Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangement of Certain Officers.
(c) On January 25, 2021, the board of directors (the "Board") of
(e) On
These changes were adopted following a comprehensive review of the Company's previous program, which was conducted by the Committee's recently-appointed independent compensation consultant, McLagan (a division of Aon plc). The purpose of this review was to evaluate the continued appropriateness of the Company's program as compared to the programs of its peer companies, with the goal of ensuring that the Company's pay practices mature in tandem with the Company's business. The resulting changes, which represent a first step in this process, are designed to (1) ensure that the mix of pay elements reflects current market practice; (2) move executive pay levels closer to the market median, as compared to pay levels at the Company's peers; and (3) emphasize performance-based and at-risk pay elements, thus increasing the degree of alignment between executive pay and stockholder interests.
Base Salaries. The Board, on the recommendation of the Committee, approved the following base salaries for the Company's current NEOs, effective as of the NEO's work anniversary date as noted below:
Named Executive Officer Title New Salary ($) Effective Date
Thomas A. Broughton III Chairman, President, & CEO 675,000
Annual Incentive Plan. On the Effective Date, the Board, on the recommendation
of the Committee, approved the
For fiscal 2021, each of the NEOs has been named as a participant in the AIP, with target awards approved by the Committee as follows:
Fiscal 2021 Target Awards under the AIP
Target Award Target Award NEO (as a % of Base Salary) ($) Mr. Broughton 105%$708,750 Mr. Rushing 50% 187,500 Mr. Foshee 50% 170,000 Mr. Abbott 50% 112,500
Payouts under the 2021 AIP will range between 0-150% of an executive's target
award, depending upon the Company's achievement of the selected performance
criteria. If the threshold performance levels are achieved, 50% of the target
award would be earned while 150% of the target award would be earned if the
maximum performance levels are met or exceeded. Results that fall between two
performance levels (threshold and target or target and maximum) will be
pro-rated, while no payout will be earned if results fall below the established
thresholds. Additional details regarding the specific performance criteria
selected for fiscal 2021, as well as the Company's actual achievement against
those metrics, will be disclosed in the proxy statement for the 2022 annual
meeting of stockholders or the Annual Report Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
Annual Long-Term Incentive Program. Under its previous program, the Committee
made equity awards to executive officers on an as-needed basis. Over the last
three years, the only NEOs who have received any equity awards were
For fiscal 2021, the Committee granted time-based restricted shares of ServisFirst common stock and performance share units to the NEOs as follows, effective as of the Effective Date:
Time-based Performance Total Target Award Value Restricted Stock Share Units (Restricted Stock + PSUs) NEO (#) (PSUs) (#) ($) Mr. Broughton 8,267 8,267$709,000 Mr. Rushing 2,187 2,187 188,000 Mr. Foshee 1,983 1,983 170,000
Given the size of his 2020 grant,
These long-term incentive awards were granted under, and subject to all of the
terms and conditions of, the
The foregoing description of LTI Agreements does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the LTI Agreements, which the Company expects to file as exhibits to its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the current fiscal quarter.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits Exhibit Number DescriptionServisFirst Bancshares, Inc. Annual Incentive Plan, effectiveJanuary 10 * 1, 2021. Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL 104 document)
*Filed with this Current Report.
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