RAMCO GERSHENSON PROPERTIES TRUST (Form: 8-K, Received: 03/10/2017 13:47:38)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 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): March 6, 2017

RAMCO-GERSHENSON PROPERTIES TRUST
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its Charter)



Maryland	1-10093	13-6908486
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)



31500 Northwestern Highway, Suite 300, Farmington Hills, Michigan				48334
(Address of principal executive offices)				(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code (248) 350-9900

Not applicable

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

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

5.02(e): On March 6, 2017, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Trustees (the "Committee") of Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust (the "Trust") approved the adoption of the 2017 Executive Incentive Plan for the Trust's chief executive officer (the "CEO"), chief operating officer (the "COO") and the chief financial officer (the "CFO"). The individuals will participate in a short-term incentive program, based on the achievement of operating funds from operations per share, property acquisition and property disposition targets, subject to the Trust's achievement of a ratio of net debt to adjusted EBITDA below a specified threshold. The CEO will have a target short-term incentive opportunity equal to 125% of base salary, while the COO and CFO will each have a target opportunity equal to 75% of base salary.

Threshold payout (50% of target incentive), target payout (100% of target incentive) and maximum payout (200% of target incentive) will be determined by the Committee based on its assessment of the achievement of these performance goals. The operating funds from operations per share metric, the property acquisition metric and the property disposition metric shall account for 80%, 10% and 10% of the potential award, respectively.

The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by the 2017 Executive Incentive Plan attached as Exhibit 10.1 hereto, which is hereby incorporated by reference.

Item 9.01 Exhibits.


(d)	Exhibits

10.1 2017 Executive Incentive Plan dated March 6, 2017

SIGNATURES

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



		RAMCO-GERSHENSON PROPERTIES TRUST

Date:	March 10, 2017	By: /s/ GEOFFREY BEDROSIAN
		Geoffrey Bedrosian
		Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Description

10.1 2017 Executive Incentive Plan dated March 6, 2017

Exhibit 10.1

Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust

2017 Executive Incentive Plan

For 2017, the CEO, COO and CFO positions will participate in a formal short-term incentive program, based on operating funds from operations (FFO) per share, property acquisitions and property dispositions, subject to a maximum ratio of net Debt to Adjusted EBITDA. The CEO will have a target short-term incentive opportunity equal to 125% of base salary while the COO and CFO will each have a target opportunity equal to 75% of base salary.

Specific metrics and requirements are as follows:

Funds From Operations Per Share :

Threshold payout (50% of target incentive), target payout (100% of target incentive) and maximum payout (200% of target incentive) shall occur at achievement of operating FFO per share for 2017 (adjusted for any equity issued during the year) equal to or greater than targets established by the Compensation Committee of the Trust (the “Compensation Committee”). Payouts are interpolated on a linear basis for achievement of results between threshold, target and maximum levels. The Funds From Operations metric shall account for 80% of the potential award.

Acquisitions :

Threshold payout (50% of target incentive), target payout (100% of target incentive) and maximum payout (200% of target incentive) shall occur at achievement of property acquisitions with a purchase price equal to or greater than targets established by the Compensation Committee. Payouts are interpolated on a linear basis for achievement of results between threshold, target and maximum levels. The Acquisitions metric shall account for 10% of the potential award.

Dispositions :

Threshold payout (50% of target incentive), target payout (100% of target incentive) and maximum payout (200% of target incentive) shall occur at achievement of property dispositions with a purchase price equal to or greater than targets established by the Compensation Committee. Payouts are interpolated on a linear basis for achievement of results between threshold, target and maximum levels. The Dispositions metric shall account for 10% of the potential award.

Maximum Net Debt to Adjusted EBITDA :

Payment of award amounts as otherwise calculated for achievement of the three measures, above, under the short-term incentive program shall be at the 0%, 75%, 85%, 100% or 110% levels, subject to achievement of a ratio of net Debt to Adjusted EBITDA at December 31, 2017 equal to or less than the maximum ratios established by the Compensation Committee.

Administration Guidelines

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This Plan shall be administered by the Trust’s Compensation Committee, which shall be authorized to interpret this Plan, to make, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to this Plan, to make awards under this Plan, and to make all other determinations under this Plan necessary or advisable for its administration. The Compensation Committee may at its discretion reduce the payments that would otherwise be made under this Plan.

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The performance targets shall be established by the Compensation Committee based on the Trust’s 2017 budget. Under the Compensation Committee’s Charter, it has the discretion to exclude from the calculation of annual incentive goals any non-recurring special charges and amounts. Such special charges could generally include items such as significant litigation and settlement costs; restructuring charges; changes in accounting policies; acquisition and divestiture impacts; and material unbudgeted expenses incurred by or at the direction of the Board. To that end, the Committee may consider any strategic decision or change in the budget made throughout the course of 2017 that can have a material impact on operating FFO per share, acquisitions or dispositions, either positive or negative, that was not accounted for in the budget setting process at the beginning of the year.


•	In no event shall payment under the Plan to any individual exceed 200% of target incentive. In no event shall payment under the Plan to any individual exceed 100% of target incentive unless operating FFO per share reaches the threshold level.


•	All determinations, interpretations and constructions made by the Compensation Committee shall be final and conclusive.


•	Rights under this Plan may not be transferred, assigned or pledged.


•	Nothing in this Plan confers on any participant any right to continued employment and this Plan does not interfere with the Trust’s right to terminate an employee’s employment.


•	A participant must be a full-time employee in good standing at the date of payment of the award in or around March 2018 in order to receive any payment under the Plan. No payment will be made to any person who leaves the full-time employ of the Trust before such date.

Adopted: March 6, 2017