UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 22, 2019

 

Marchex, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (206) 331-3300

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

   

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

         Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 

 

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Performance Equity Awards.

On May 22, 2019 (the “Grant Date”), the Corporation’s Compensation Committee, pursuant to its review of equity award incentives for executive officers of the Corporation, approved stock option grants and grants of restricted stock under the Corporation’s 2012 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) effective on the Grant Date to the executive officers in the below table (subject to continued employment at such time) in the following amounts:

 

Each such option shall have an exercise price of $5.25 per share, the closing price of the Corporation’s Class B common stock on the Grant Date, shall be an incentive stock option to the extent permitted by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and otherwise a nonqualified stock option. The restricted stock will be valued based upon the closing price of the Corporation’s Class B common stock on the Grant Date.

Such options and shares of restricted stock shall vest on the fifth annual anniversary of the Grant Date with accelerated vesting upon certain events and subject to continued employment at all such times. With respect to acceleration, (a) 50% of such options and shares of restricted stock shall vest upon attainment of specified revenue, adjusted OIBA or share price targets at the later of eighteen (18) months or performance attainment (2019 revenue exceeding 120% of 2018 level, 2019 adjusted OIBA exceeding specified multiples of 2018 level, or the Class B common stock share price for twenty (20) consecutive trading days exceeding 150% of the initial 2019 twenty (20) consecutive trading day average), and (b) such remaining unvested options and shares of restricted stock shall vest upon attainment of specified revenue, adjusted OIBA or share price targets at the later of thirty (30) months or performance attainment (trailing twelve (12) month revenue exceeding 127% of 2018 level, trailing twelve (12) month adjusted OIBA exceeding specified multiples of 2018 level higher than the initial performance target above, or the Class B common stock share price for twenty (20) consecutive trading days exceeding 160% of the initial 2019 twenty (20) consecutive trading day average). Such options and shares of restricted stock shall also be subject to the Corporation’s standard form of executive officer “Double-Trigger Change in Control Acceleration” of vesting to the extent not otherwise vested upon such event.

 

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements for Certain Officers.

The information set forth under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

 

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Marchex has duly caused this Current Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.