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 29, 2015  

 

1347 PROPERTY INSURANCE HOLDINGS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)  

 

 

         
Delaware   001-36366   46-1119100

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

1511 N. Westshore Blvd., Suite 870, Tampa, FL 33607

(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)

(855) 862-0436

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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.

 

The Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of 1347 Property Insurance Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on May 29, 2015. At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved the Company’s Amended and Restated 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (“Plan”). The Company’s Board of Directors previously adopted amendments and approved a restatement of the Company’s 2014 Equity Incentive Plan, subject to stockholder approval, in order to implement certain changes relating to permitted award types under the Plan. Following stockholder approval, the Plan now includes the following award types in addition to stock options: restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance shares, performance cash awards and other stock-based awards.

By approving the Plan, stockholders also approved, as required by Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, the material terms of the performance measures for performance-based awards under the Plan, which will allow the Company to grant equity-based compensation that is exempt from the $1 million limit on tax-deductible compensation.

The above description of the Plan is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Plan, which was filed as Appendix A to the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed on April 30, 2015, and is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.02.

In addition, on May 29, 2015, the Compensation and Management Resources Committee of the Company approved a restricted stock unit (“RSU”) award agreement under Plan, which form of agreement is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.2 and is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.02.

In accordance with the Plan, the Company granted the following RSUs, which each represent the right to receive one share of our common stock upon satisfaction of certain conditions: 12,500 to Douglas N. Raucy, President and Chief Executive Officer, 4,000 to John S. Hill, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and 4,000 to Dean Stroud, Vice President and Chief Underwriting Officer. Under the RSUs, 50% of the shares of common stock will be issued following the date that the closing price of the Company's common stock on the NASDAQ or any other national securities exchange on which the common stock is traded equals or exceeds $10.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) and 50% of the shares of common stock will be issued following the date that the closing price of the Company's common stock on the NASDAQ or any other national securities exchange on which the common stock is traded equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like).

On June 1, 2015, the Company entered into the Third Amendment to Option Agreement between the Company and Douglas N. Raucy (the “Amendment”). The Amendment extends the expiration date by which Mr. Raucy’s previously disclosed option to purchase 33,033 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Option Agreement”) must be exercised from June 15, 2015 to December 15, 2015, provided that Mr. Raucy is employed by the Company on the date of exercise. All other terms and conditions set forth in the Option Agreement not otherwise amended pursuant to the Amendment continue in full force and effect.

The Amendment was evidenced by a separate written agreement between the Company and Mr. Raucy. The foregoing description of the Amendment is qualified in its entirety by the terms of the Amendment, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.3.

 
 

 

 

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

The Annual Meeting was held on May 29, 2015 and a total of 5,660,001 shares were present in person or by proxy. At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders acted upon the following matters: (i) the election of two Class I members of the Board of Directors to serve terms ending at the Company’s 2018 Annual Meeting; (ii) the approval of certain issuances of shares of our common stock upon exercise of outstanding warrants issued to 1347 Advisors LLC; (iii) the approval of an amendment to our Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of our common stock, $0.001 par value per share, from 10,000,000 to 20,000,000 shares (the “Charter Amendment”); (iv) the approval of the Plan; and (v) the ratification of the appointment of BDO USA, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015. The Company’s stockholders approved all of the above proposals except the Charter Amendment. The following is a summary of the voting results for each matter presented to stockholders.

Proposal No. 1 – Election of directors.

Name   Shares For     Shares Withheld     Broker Non-Votes  
Douglas N. Raucy     3,702,296       407,911       1,549,794  
Joshua S. Horowitz     4,063,497       46,710       1,549,794  

The other members of the Board of Directors whose terms of office continued after the Annual Meeting were: Gordon G. Pratt, Leo Christopher Saenger III, Larry G. Swets, Jr. and Scott D. Wollney.

Proposal No. 2 – To approve certain issuances of shares of the Company's common stock upon exercise of outstanding warrants issued to 1347 Advisors LLC.

Shares For   Shares Against   Shares Abstain   Broker Non-Votes
2,459,795   1,649,912   500   1,549,794

Proposal No. 3 – To approve an amendment to the Company's Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.001 par value per share, from 10,000,000 to 20,000,000 shares.

Shares For   Shares Against   Shares Abstain   Broker Non-Votes
2,529,963   1,579,109   1,135   1,549,794

Proposal No. 4 – To approve the Company's Amended and Restated 2014 Equity Incentive Plan.

Shares For   Shares Against   Shares Abstain   Broker Non-Votes
3,915,649   187,673   6,885   1,549,794

Proposal No. 5 – To ratify the appointment of BDO USA, LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015.

Shares For   Shares Against   Shares Abstain   Broker Non-Votes
5,562,596   96,305   1,100   0

 

 
 

  

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit Description

10.1 1347 Property Insurance Holdings, Inc. Amended and Restated 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A of 1347 Property Insurance Holdings, Inc.’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 2015).
10.2 Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement under the 1347 Property Insurance Holdings, Inc. Amended and Restated 2014 Equity Incentive Plan.
10.3 Third Amendment to Option Agreement, dated June 1, 2015, between Douglas N. Raucy and 1347 Property Insurance Holdings, Inc.
 
 

 

 

 

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.

Date: June 2, 2015

 

     
1347 PROPERTY INSURANCE HOLDINGS, INC.
   
By:  

/s/ John S. Hill

    John S. Hill
    Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
       

 

 
 

 

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

 

Exhibit Description

10.1 1347 Property Insurance Holdings, Inc. Amended and Restated 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A of 1347 Property Insurance Holdings, Inc.’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 2015).
10.2 Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement under the 1347 Property Insurance Holdings, Inc. Amended and Restated 2014 Equity Incentive Plan.
10.3 Third Amendment to Option Agreement, dated June 1, 2015, between Douglas N. Raucy and 1347 Property Insurance Holdings, Inc.

 

Exhibit 10.2

Restricted Stock Unit
Grant Notice and Agreement

1347 PROPERTY INSURANCE HOLDINGS, INC. AMENDED AND RESTATED 2014 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT GRANT NOTICE AND AGREEMENT

To : [________________] (referred to herein as “you”)

1347 Property Insurance Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) is pleased to confirm that you have been granted a Restricted Stock Unit (“RSU”) Award (this “Award”), effective [_______________] (the “Award Date”). This Award is subject to the terms of this Restricted Stock Unit Grant Notice and Agreement (this “Agreement”) and is made under the 1347 Property Insurance Holdings, Inc. Amended and Restated 2014 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the “Plan”) which is incorporated into this Agreement by reference. Any capitalized terms used herein that are otherwise undefined shall have the same meaning provided in the Plan.

1. Acceptance of Terms and Conditions . To be eligible to receive this Award, you must sign this Agreement and return it to John S. Hill, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, within 30 days after the Award Date. By signing this Agreement, you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions herein, the Plan and any and all conditions established by the Company in connection with Awards issued under the Plan, and you further acknowledge and agree that this Award does not confer any legal or equitable right (other than those rights constituting the Award itself) against the Company or any subsidiary directly or indirectly, or give rise to any cause of action at law or in equity against the Company.
2. Grant of Restricted Stock Units . Subject to the restrictions, limitations, terms and conditions specified in the Plan, the prospectus for the 1347 Property Insurance Holdings, Inc. Amended and Restated 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan Prospectus”), and this Agreement, the Company hereby grants you as of the Award Date [________________] RSUs. These RSUs will remain restricted until the applicable vesting date set forth below (each, a “Vesting Date”). Prior to the Vesting Dates, the RSUs are not transferable by you by means of sale, assignment, exchange, pledge, or otherwise. On each of the below-stated Vesting Dates on which you continue to be employed by the Company, you will vest in the below-stated percentage of the total number of RSUs awarded in this Agreement, until you are 100% vested:
Vesting Date Vested Percentage of RSUs Awarded
The date that the closing price of the Common Shares on the NASDAQ or any other national securities exchange on which the Common Shares are traded equals or exceeds $10.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like). 50%
 

 

The date that the closing price of the Common Shares on the NASDAQ or any other national securities exchange on which the Common Shares are traded equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like). 50%
3. Dividend Equivalents . Subject to the restrictions, limitations and conditions described in the Plan, dividend equivalents payable on the vested RSUs will be accrued on your behalf for the period between the Vesting Date and the date you are delivered Common Shares. Any such dividends shall be paid to you, without interest, on the date Common Shares are actually delivered to you under the terms of this Agreement.
4. Death or Disability . In the event that you cease active employment with the Company because of your death or Disability prior to one or more Vesting Dates, all unvested RSUs will vest as of the date of death or the date you are determined to be experiencing a Disability.
5. Distribution of Shares Upon Vesting . Common Shares will be delivered to you or, in the event of your death, your beneficiary, during the 30-day period following the date the corresponding RSUs vest, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement.
6. Termination Other than as a Result of Death or Disability. If your employment is terminated by the Company or by you for any reason other than death or Disability, then all unvested RSUs are forfeited on the date of termination.
7. Clawback. The Units and any cash payment or Common Shares delivered pursuant to the Plan or this Agreement are subject to forfeiture, recovery by the Company or any clawback or recoupment policy which the Company, by action of its Board of Directors, may adopt from time to time, including without limitation any such policy which the Company may be required to adopt under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and implementing rules and regulations thereunder, or as otherwise required by law .
8. Adjustments . If the number of outstanding Common Shares is changed as a result of a stock split or the like without additional consideration to the Company, the number of RSUs subject to this Award shall be adjusted to correspond to the change in the outstanding Common Shares.
9. Rights as a Stockholder . By accepting this Award, you shall have no rights as a stockholder of the Company in respect of the RSUs, including the right to vote until and unless the RSUs have vested and ownership of Common Shares issuable upon vesting of the RSUs has been transferred to you.
10. Public Offer Waiver . By voluntarily accepting this Award, you acknowledge and understand that your rights under the Plan are offered to you strictly as an employee of the Company and that this Award of RSUs is not an offer of securities made to the general public.
11. Conformity with the Plan and Share Ownership and Retention Requirements. This Award is intended to conform in all respects with, and is subject to, all applicable provisions of the Plan. Inconsistencies between this Agreement, the Plan Prospectus or the Plan shall be resolved in accordance with the terms of the Plan. By your acceptance of this Agreement, you agree to be bound by all of the terms of this Agreement, the Plan, and the Plan Prospectus.
12. Interpretations. Any dispute, disagreement or question that arises under, or as a result of, or in any way relates to the interpretation, construction or application of the terms of this Agreement, the Plan, or the Plan Prospectus will be determined and resolved by the Committee or its authorized delegate. Such determination or resolution by the Committee or its authorized delegate will be final, binding and conclusive for all purposes.
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13. No Rights to Continued Employment . By voluntarily acknowledging and accepting this Award, you acknowledge and understand that this Award shall not form part of any contract of employment between you and the Company. Nothing in the Agreement, the Plan Prospectus, or the Plan confers on you any right to continue in the employ of the Company or in any way affects the Company’s right to terminate your employment without prior notice at any time or for any reason. You further acknowledge that this Award is for future services to the Company and is not under any circumstances to be considered compensation for past services.
14. Nature of Grant .  In accepting the grant, you acknowledge, understand, and agree that: (a) the Plan is established voluntarily by the Company, it is discretionary in nature and it may be modified, amended, suspended or terminated by the Company at any time, unless otherwise provided in the Plan and this Award, and any such modification, amendment, suspension or termination will not constitute a constructive or wrongful dismissal; (b) the RSUs are extraordinary items and are not part of normal or expected compensation or salary for any purposes, including, but not limited to, calculating any severance, resignation, termination, redundancy, end of service payments, bonuses, pension or welfare or retirement benefits or similar payments; (c) in no event should the RSUs be considered as compensation for, or relating in any way to, past services for the Company, nor are the RSUs or the underlying Common Shares intended to replace any pension rights or compensation; (d) the future value of the underlying Common Shares is unknown and cannot be predicted with certainty, and (e) the Company is not providing any tax, legal or financial advice.
15. Miscellaneous .
a. Modification . The Award of these RSUs is documented by the records of the Committee or its delegate which shall be the final determinant of the number of Common Shares granted and the conditions of this Agreement. The Committee may amend or modify this Award in any manner to the extent that the Committee would have had the authority under the Plan initially to grant such Award, provided that no such amendment or modification shall impair your rights under this Agreement without your consent. Except as in accordance with the two immediately preceding sentences and Paragraph 16, this Agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented only by an instrument in writing signed by both parties hereto.
b. Governing Law . All matters arising under this Agreement, including matters of validity, construction and interpretation, shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to any state’s conflict of law principles.
c. Successors and Assigns . Except as otherwise provided herein, this Agreement will bind and inure to the benefit of the respective successors and permitted assigns of the parties hereto whether so expressed or not.
d. Severability . Whenever feasible, each provision of this Agreement will be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement is held to be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision will be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of this Agreement.
e. Impact Upon Termination of Employment . By voluntarily acknowledging and accepting this Award, you agree that no benefits accruing under the Plan will be reflected in any severance or indemnity payments that the Company may make or be required to make to you in the future, regardless of the jurisdiction in which you may be located.
16. Amendment . By accepting this Award, you agree that the granting of the Award is at the discretion of the Committee and that acceptance of this Award is no guarantee that future Awards will be granted
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under the Plan. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement, the Plan Prospectus, or the Plan to the contrary, this Award may be amended by the Company without your consent, including but not limited to modifications to any of the rights granted to you under this Agreement, at such time and in such manner as the Company may consider necessary or desirable to reflect changes in law, including, but not limited to, exchange listing requirements. You understand that the Company may amend, resubmit, alter, change, suspend, cancel, or discontinue the Plan at any time without limitation.

17. Imposition of Other Requirements. The Company reserves the right to impose other requirements on your participation in the Plan, on the RSUs and on any Common Shares acquired under the Plan, to the extent the Company determines it is necessary or advisable in order to comply with applicable law or facilitate the administration of the Plan, and to require you to sign any additional agreements or undertakings that may be necessary to accomplish the foregoing. If the Company reasonably anticipates that the income tax deduction with respect to a payment under this Award would be limited or eliminated by application of Section 162(m) of the Code, then to the extent permitted by Treas. Reg. §1.409A-1(b)(4)(ii), payment shall be deferred as deemed necessary to ensure that the entire amount of Common Shares payable under this Award is deductible. Any Common Shares that are not paid due to this Section 162(m) limitation shall continue to be credited with dividends. Any delayed payment of Common Shares (and related dividends, if any) shall be paid to the Grantee as soon as reasonably practicable following the earliest date the Company reasonably anticipates that the deduction of a delayed payment will not be limited or eliminated by application of Section 162(m) of the Code.
18. Taxes .  You acknowledge that (a) the ultimate liability for any and all taxes payable with respect to your benefits under this Award, including but not limited to federal and state income and employment taxes (collectively, “Tax-Related Items”) are your responsibility and may exceed the amount actually withheld by the Company and (b) the Company (i) makes no representations or undertakings regarding the treatment of any Tax-Related Items in connection with any aspect of the RSUs, including, but not limited to, the grant, vesting and/or conversion of the RSUs and issuance of Common Shares; (ii) does not commit and is under no obligation to structure the terms of the grant or any aspect of the RSUs to reduce or eliminate your liability for Tax-Related Items; (iii) may be required to withhold or account for Tax-Related Items in more than one jurisdiction if you have become subject to tax in more than one jurisdiction between the Award Date and the date of any relevant taxable event; and (iv) may refuse to deliver the Common Shares to you if you fail to comply with your obligations in connection with the Tax-Related Items as provided in this Section.  You agree to pay any such Tax-Related items in cash unless otherwise agreed by the Company.
19. Section 409A Provisions . The payment of Common Shares under the Award is intended to be exempt from the application of Section 409A of the Code by reason of the short-term deferral exemption set forth in Treasury Regulation §1.409A-1(b)(4).  Notwithstanding anything in the Plan or the Award to the contrary, to the extent that any amount or benefit hereunder that constitutes nonqualified deferred compensation under Section 409A of the Code and applicable guidance thereunder is otherwise payable or distributable to you under the Plan or the Award solely by reason of the occurrence of a termination of employment following a Change of Control or due to your Disability, such amount or benefit will not be payable or distributable to you by reason of such circumstance unless the Committee determines in good faith that (i) the termination of employment following a Change in Control constitutes a “separation from service” or the Disability is a “disability”, as the case may be, under Section 409A(a)(2)(A) of the Code and applicable final regulations, or (ii) the payment or distribution of such amount or benefit would be exempt from the application of Section 409A by reason of the short-term deferral exemption or otherwise.   In no event shall the Company have any responsibility for tax consequences to you (or your
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beneficiary) resulting from the terms or operation of this Award Agreement. Any payment or distribution that constitutes nonqualified deferred compensation subject to Section 409A and that becomes payable to you while you are a specified employee as defined in Section 409A(a)(2)(B) of the Code on account of separation from service instead shall be made on the earlier of the date that is six months and one day after the date of such separation from service and your death.

The undersigned hereby acknowledges, accepts, and agrees to all terms and provisions of the foregoing Agreement.
___________________________________
Employee
___________________________________
Date

 

The signed Agreement must be returned to John S. Hill, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, within 30 days OF the AWARD Date.

 

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Exhibit 10.3 

THIRD AMENDMENT TO OPTION AGREEMENT
by and between
DOUGLAS N. RAUCY
and
1347 PROPERTY INSURANCE HOLDINGS, INC.

Dated as of June 1, 2015

THIRD AMENDMENT TO OPTION AGREEMENT dated as of June 1, 2015 (this “ Amendment ”), between Douglas N. Raucy (“ Raucy ”) and 1347 Property Insurance Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ PIH ”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS , Raucy and PIH are parties to the Option Agreement dated as of February 28, 2014, as amended (the “ Agreement ”);

WHEREAS , pursuant to Section 8.3 of the Agreement, the parties desire to amend the Agreement in certain respects, effective as of the date first written above, as set forth herein;

NOW THEREFORE , in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements contained in this Amendment, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereby agree as follows:

AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT

1.                   Pursuant to Section 8.3 of the Agreement, Section 2.1 of the Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

Section 2.1 Exercise . Raucy may exercise this Option at any time for a period commencing on the date of pricing of the IPO and ending at the close of business on December 15, 2015 (the “ Expiration Date ”), so long as Raucy is employed by PIH on the date of exercise, upon payment of the aggregate Exercise Price with respect to which the Option is being exercised and compliance with terms of this Agreement. Raucy shall exercise the Option by giving irrevocable written notice to PIH of Raucy’s intent to exercise the Option (the date of such notice, the “ Exercise Date ”). If the Option is not exercised by Raucy in the manner provided herein on or before the Expiration Date, then

 
 

this Agreement shall, without further action of any party, automatically terminate and thereafter be null and void and of no further force or effect, and neither party shall have any further rights or obligations with respect to the Option or the Matched Shares. The Option may be exercised in part (but only on one occasion) and in such case the aggregate Exercise Price to be paid by Raucy shall equal the number of shares as to which the Option is being exercised multiplied by the Exercise Price. The Option may not be exercised for fractional shares.

2.                   The other terms and conditions set forth in the Agreement not otherwise amended pursuant to this Amendment shall continue in full force and effect.

3.                   This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which, when executed and delivered, shall be an original, but all of which shall collectively constitute one and the same instrument.

[Signature Page Follows]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

DOUGLAS N. RAUCY   1347 PROPERTY INSURANCE HOLDINGS, INC.
     
/s/ Douglas N. Raucy   By: /s/ John S. Hill
    Name: John S. Hill
    Title:  Chief Financial Officer