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): June 6, 2017

 

CROCS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

0-51754

 

20-2164234

(State or other jurisdiction

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

of incorporation)

 

 

 

Identification No.)

 

7477 East Dry Creek Parkway
Niwot, Colorado

 

80503

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (303) 848-7000

 

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:

 

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o         Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

o         Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

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

 

Emerging growth company o

 

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. o

 

 

 



 

Item 1.01               Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On June 6, 2017, Crocs, Inc. (the “Company”) and Blackstone Capital Partners VI L.P. entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Investment Agreement, dated December 28, 2013, as amended.  The Amendment permits the size of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company to be increased from eight members to nine members through the Company’s 2018 annual meeting of stockholders.

 

The Amendment is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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

 

Appointment of Andrew Rees as a Director

 

On June 6, 2017, the size of the Board was expanded to nine members and Andrew Rees, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, was appointed to the Board as a Class I director.

 

Mr. Rees will not receive any additional compensation for his service on the Board.  There are no understandings or arrangements between Mr. Rees and any other person pursuant to which he was selected as a director.

 

Approval of the Amendment and Restatement of the 2008 Cash Incentive Plan

 

On June 6, 2017, at the Company’s 2017 Annual Meeting of the Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”), the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment and restatement of the Crocs, Inc. 2008 Cash Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) to, among other things, allow payments under the Plan to qualify for deductibility for federal income tax purposes under Internal Revenue Code Section 162(m). The amendment and restatement of the Plan became effective immediately upon stockholder approval at the Annual Meeting.

 

The summary of the Plan included herein is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Plan, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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

 

On June 6, 2017, the Company held its Annual Meeting in Boulder, Colorado.  The results of the matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders at the Annual Meeting were as follows:

 

(a)       The nominees for election as Class III directors to serve until the 2020 annual meeting of stockholders and thereafter until their successors are duly elected and qualified, were elected based on the following votes:

 

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Name of Nominee

 

Votes For

 

Votes
Withheld

 

Broker
Non-Votes

Jason Giordano

 

70,345,221

 

646,600

 

8,665,361

Thomas J. Smach

 

70,121,852

 

869,969

 

8,665,361

Prakash A. Melwani

 

70,149,254

 

842,567

 

8,665,361

 

(b)       The proposal to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2017 was approved based on the following votes:

 

Votes For

 

Votes
Against

 

Votes
Abstaining

79,205,482

 

417,017

 

34,683

 

(c)       The proposal regarding the advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved based on the following votes:

 

Votes For

 

Votes
Against

 

Votes
Abstaining

 

Broker
Non-Votes

70,132,371

 

816,005

 

43,445

 

8,665,361

 

(d)       The stockholders selected a frequency of every year for future advisory votes to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executed officers based on the following votes:

 

1 Year

 

2 Years

 

3 Years

 

Votes
Abstaining

 

Broker
Non-Votes

60,455,216

 

169,854

 

10,307,839

 

58,912

 

8,665,361

 

(e)       The proposal to approve the amendment and restatement of the Company’s 2008 Cash Incentive Plan was approved based on the following votes:

 

Votes For

 

Votes
Against

 

Votes
Abstaining

 

Broker
Non-Votes

69,829,831

 

1,089,009

 

72,981

 

8,665,361

 

As indicated above, a significant majority of stockholders voted, on an advisory basis, in favor of holding advisory votes to approve named executive officer compensation every year. In light of these results, the Company’s Board has determined to hold an advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation every year until the next required advisory vote on the frequency of future votes on named executive officer compensation or until the Board otherwise determines that a different frequency for such advisory votes is in the best interests of the stockholders of the Company.

 

Item 9.01.                                         Financial Statements and Exhibit

 

(d)   Exhibits

 

Exhibit
No.

 

Description

 

 

 

10.1

 

Second Amendment to Investment Agreement, dated as of June 6, 2017, between Crocs, Inc. and Blackstone Capital Partners VI L.P.

 

 

 

10.2

 

Crocs, Inc. 2008 Cash Incentive Plan (as Amended and Restated)

 

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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.

 

 

CROCS, INC.

 

 

 

 

Date: June 7, 2017

By:

/s/ Daniel P. Hart

 

 

Daniel P. Hart

 

 

Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Administrative Officer

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
No.

 

Description

 

 

 

10.1

 

Second Amendment to Investment Agreement, dated as of June 6, 2017, between Crocs, Inc. and Blackstone Capital Partners VI L.P.

 

 

 

10.2

 

Crocs, Inc. 2008 Cash Incentive Plan (as Amended and Restated)

 

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Exhibit 10.1

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

SECOND AMENDMENT TO INVESTMENT AGREEMENT

 

This second amendment (this “ Second Amendment ”) to that certain Investment Agreement (the “ Investment Agreement ”), dated as of December 28, 2013, by and between Crocs, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”) and Blackstone Capital Partners VI L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“ Blackstone ”) is made and entered into and effective as of this 6th day of June 2017 (the “ Amendment Effective Date ”). Blackstone and the Company are collectively and interchangeably referred to singularly as “ Party ” and collectively as “ Parties ”.

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, the Parties desire to amend the Investment Agreement to allow an increase in the size of the board of directors of the Company; and

 

WHEREAS, unless otherwise expressly set forth herein, all capitalized terms used in this Amendment have the meaning set forth in the Investment Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties agree as follows:

 

AMENDMENT

 

1.               Amendment of Section 4.5 . Section 4.5(a) of the Agreement is restated as follows:

 

“(a) For so long as the Blackstone Parties Beneficially Own shares of Series A Preferred Stock and/or shares of Common Stock that were converted from shares of Series A Preferred Stock that represent at least 25% of the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock issued at Closing, the Board of Directors shall, through the date of the 2018 annual meeting of the stockholders of the Company, consist of not more than nine (9) members, and thereafter, the Board of Directors shall consist of not more than eight (8) members unless the Blackstone Parties consent in writing to a waiver of this Section 4.5(a) pursuant to Section 6.2 hereto.”

 

2.               No Other Changes; Interpretation . Except as expressly provided herein, the Agreement is not amended, supplemented, modified, revised or otherwise affected by this Second Amendment. All references in the Agreement to “this Agreement”, “the Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof”, “herein” or words of like import, and each reference to the Agreement in any other agreements, documents or instruments executed and delivered pursuant to or in connection with the Agreement shall be deemed to mean and be a reference to the Agreement as amended by this Second Amendment.

 

3.               Governing Law . This Second Amendment is governed by and will be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

 

4.               Counterparts . This Second Amendment may be executed in any number of separate counterparts, each such counterpart being deemed to be an original instrument, and all such counterparts will together constitute the same agreement. Executed signature pages to this Second Amendment may be delivered by facsimile or other means of electronic transmission and such facsimiles or other means of electronic transmission will be deemed as sufficient as if actual signature pages had been delivered.

 

[ Signature Page Follows ]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Second Amendment as of the Amendment Effective Date.

 

Blackstone Capital Partners VI L.P.

 

Crocs, Inc.

By: Blackstone Management Associates VI L.L.C., its general partner

 

 

By: BMA VI L.L.C., its sole member

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Prakash Melwani

 

By:

/s/ Daniel P. Hart

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

Prakash Melwani

 

Name:

Daniel P. Hart

 

 

 

 

 

Title:

Sr. Managing Director

 

Title:

Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Administrative Officer

 

 

 

Date: June 6, 2017

 

Date: June 6, 2017

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit 10.2

 

CROCS, INC.
2008 CASH INCENTIVE PLAN
(As Amended and Restated Effective June 6, 2017)

 

1.  Purpose.   The purpose of the Crocs, Inc. 2008 Cash Incentive Plan (the “ Plan ”) is to advance the interests of Crocs, Inc. (“ Crocs ”) and its stockholders by promoting Crocs’s pay for performance philosophy, attracting and retaining key employees of Crocs and its subsidiaries, and stimulating the efforts of such employees toward the continued success and growth of Crocs’s business.  Amounts paid pursuant to the Plan are intended to qualify as “ performance-based compensation”  within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

2.  Definitions.   When the following terms are used with capital letters in the Plan, they will have the meanings indicated:

 

(a)  “ Award ” means an incentive award which, subject to the terms and conditions prescribed by the Committee, entitles a Participant to receive a cash payment from the Company in accordance with Section 3.

 

(b)  “ Board ” means the Board of Directors of Crocs.

 

(c)  “ Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

(d)  “ Committee ” means the Compensation Committee of the Board or such other committee as may be designated by the Board to administer the Plan.

 

(e)  “ Company ” means Crocs and its subsidiaries.

 

(f)  “ Covered Officer ” means any Participant whose compensation, in the Performance Period for which an the incentive under the Plan is calculated, is subject to the compensation expense deduction limitations set forth in Section 162(m) of the Code.

 

(g)  “ Eligible Employee ” means any employee of the Company.

 

(h)  “ Participant ” means an Eligible Employee designated by the Committee to participate in the Plan as provided in Section 3.1.  Designation by the Committee as a Participant for a specific Performance Period or series of Performance Periods does not confer on the Participant the right to participate in the Plan for any other Performance Periods.

 

(i)  “ Performance-Based Compensation ” means an Award that is intended to constitute “performance-based compensation” within the meaning of Section 162(m)(4)(C) of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

(j)  “ Performance Measures ” means one or a combination of two or more of the following performance criteria: net sales; net earnings; earnings before income taxes; earnings before interest and taxes; earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization; earnings per share (basic or diluted); profitability as measured by return ratios (including return on assets, return on equity, return on investment, return on invested capital, and return on net sales) or by the degree to which any of the foregoing earnings measures exceed a percentage of net sales; cash flow; market share; margins (including one or more of gross, operating and net earnings margins); stock price; total stockholder return; asset quality; non-performing assets; revenue growth; operating income; pre- or after-tax income; cash flow per share; operating assets; improvement in or attainment of expense levels or cost savings; economic value added; direct to consumer comparative sales; product delivery targets; and improvement in or attainment of working capital levels. In addition, for any Award to a Participant who is not, and is not likely to be as of the end of the Company’s relevant tax year, a Covered Officer or that is not intended to constitute Performance-Based Compensation, Performance Measures may include, alone or in combination with any of the foregoing Performance Measures, any other measure of performance as determined by the Committee.  Any Performance Measure utilized may be expressed in absolute amounts, on a per share basis, as a growth rate or change from preceding Performance Periods, as a comparison to the performance of specified companies or other external measures, and may relate to one or any combination of corporate (including such direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company as the Committee may determine or on such consolidated basis as the Committee may determine), group, unit, division, affiliate or individual performance.

 

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(k)  “ Performance Period ” means the period of time specified by the Committee over which the degree of attainment of specified Performance Measures will be measured.

 

3.  Awards.

 

3.1  Allocation of Awards.   Prior to the earlier of (i) 90 days following the commencement of a Performance Period or (ii) the passage of 25 percent of the duration of such Performance Period, the Committee will designate such Eligible Employees as it deems appropriate to participate in the Plan for such Performance Period. The Committee’s designation of an Eligible Employee as entitled to participate in the Plan may be for a single Performance Period, or for a fixed or indefinite series of future Performance Periods, in its discretion.  A designation for more than one Performance Period shall be subject to the Participant’s continued employment by the Company, and may be rescinded at any time as to future Performance Periods by the Committee.  Awards may be granted to a Participant in such amounts and on such terms as may be determined by the Committee.  At the time an Award is made, the Committee will specify the terms and conditions that will govern the Award, which will include that the Award will be earned only upon, and to the extent that, the applicable Performance measures as described in Section 3.2 are satisfied over the course of the applicable Performance Period.  Different terms and conditions may be established by the Committee for different Awards and for different Participants.

 

3.2  Performance Measures.   The payment of an Award will be contingent upon the degree of attainment of such Performance Measures over the applicable Performance Period as are specified by the Committee.  Performance Measures for any Performance Period will be established by the Committee prior to the earlier of (i) 90 days following the commencement of the Performance Period or (ii) the passage of 25 percent of the duration of the Performance Period.

 

3.3  Adjustments to Performance Measures.  The Committee may provide in any Award that any evaluation of performance may include or exclude any of the following events that occurs during a Performance Period: (i) asset write-downs, (ii) litigation or claim judgments or settlements, (iii) the effect of changes in tax laws, accounting principles, or other laws or provisions affecting reported results, (iv) any reorganization and restructuring programs, (v) extraordinary, unusual and/or non-recurring items, that in all of the foregoing the Company identifies in its audited financial statements, including notes to the financial statements, or the Management’s Discussion and Analysis section of the Company’s periodic reports, (vi) acquisitions or divestitures, (vii) foreign exchange gains and losses, (viii) gains and losses on asset sales, and (ix) impairments. To the extent such inclusions or exclusions affect Awards to Covered Employees, they shall be established and administered in a manner that satisfies the requirements for “performance-based compensation” within the meaning of Section 162(m), or any successor provision thereto.

 

The Committee also may, at any time during or after a Performance Period, in its sole and absolute discretion, modify the Performance Measures applicable to a Performance Period in addition to any adjustments specified for the Performance Period in accordance with the immediately preceding paragraph if it determines that as a result of changed circumstances, such modification is required to reflect the original intent of such Performance Measures.  However, no such modification may be made to the extent it would increase the amount of compensation that would otherwise be payable to any Participant who is a Covered Officer or is likely to be a Covered Officer as of the end of the Company’s relevant tax year.

 

3.4  Maximum Amount of Awards.   No Participant who is a Covered Officer shall be entitled to receive an Award payment for any Performance Period that exceeds $8,000,000 for an annual Performance Period or, if the Performance Period is longer or shorter in duration than one year, an amount equal to the product of (i) $2,000,000, multiplied by (ii) the number of quarters in the Performance Period.

 

3.5  Authority to Reduce or Eliminate Amount of Award .   The Committee is authorized at any time during or after a Performance Period, in its sole and absolute discretion, to reduce or eliminate the amount of an Award otherwise payable to any Participant for any reason.  No reduction in the amount of an Award payable to any Participant shall increase the amount of an Award payable to any other Participant.

 

3.6  Payment of Awards.  Following the completion of each Performance Period, the Committee shall certify in writing the degree to which the Performance Measures were attained and the Awards payable to Participants.  Each Participant shall receive payment in cash of the Award as soon as practicable following the Committee’s determination and certification made pursuant to this Section 3.6, but in no event later than March 15 of the calendar year immediately following the last day of the Performance Period to which such payment relates.

 

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4.  Administration.

 

4.1  Authority of Committee.   The Committee shall administer the Plan.  The Committee shall have exclusive power, subject to the limitations contained in the Plan, to make Awards and to determine when and to whom Awards will be granted, and the form, amount and other terms and conditions of each Award, subject to the provisions of the Plan.  The Committee shall have the authority to interpret the Plan and any Award made under the Plan, to establish, amend, waive and rescind any rules and regulations relating to the administration of the Plan, and to make all other determinations necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan.  The Committee may correct any defect, supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or in any Award in the manner and to the extent it shall deem desirable.  The determinations of the Committee in the administration of the Plan, as described herein, shall be final, binding and conclusive, subject to the provisions of the Plan.  A majority of the members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum for any meeting of the Committee.

 

4.2  Indemnification.   To the greatest extent permitted by law, (i) no member or former member of the Committee shall be liable for any action or determination taken or made in good faith with respect to the Plan or any Award made under the Plan, and (ii) the members or former members of the Committee shall be entitled to indemnification by the Company against and from any loss incurred by such members by reason of any such actions and determinations.

 

5.  Effective Date of the Plan.   The Plan as amended and restated effective June 6, 2017 shall become effective as of January 1, 2017; provided that the Plan as so amended and restated is approved by Crocs’s stockholders within 12 months of such date.  The Plan shall remain in effect until it has been terminated pursuant to Section 8.

 

6.  Right to Terminate Employment.   Nothing in the Plan shall confer upon any Participant the right to continue in the employment of the Company or affect any right which the Company may have to terminate the employment of a Participant with or without cause.

 

7.  Tax Withholding.   The Company shall have the right to withhold from cash payments under the Plan to a Participant or other person an amount sufficient to cover any required withholding taxes.

 

8.  Amendment, Modification and Termination of the Plan.   The Board or Committee may at any time terminate, suspend or modify the Plan and the terms and provisions of any Award to any Participant which has not been paid. Amendments are subject to approval of Crocs’s stockholders only if such approval is necessary to maintain the Plan in compliance with the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code, its successor provisions or any other applicable law or regulation.  No Award may be granted during any suspension of the Plan or after its termination.

 

9.  Unfunded Plan.   The Plan shall be unfunded, and the Company shall not be required to segregate any assets that may at any time be represented by Awards under the Plan.  No Participant shall, by virtue of the Plan, have any interest in any specific assets of the Company.

 

10.  Other Benefit and Compensation Programs.   Neither the adoption of the Plan by the Board nor its submission to the stockholders of the Company shall be construed as creating any limitation on the power of the Board or Committee to adopt such other incentive arrangements as it may deem appropriate.  Payments received by a Participant under an Award made pursuant to the Plan shall not be deemed a part of a Participant’s regular recurring compensation for purposes of the termination, indemnity or severance pay law of any state and shall not be included in, nor have any effect on, the determination of benefits under any other employee benefit plan, contract or similar arrangement provided by the Company unless expressly so provided by such other plan, contract or arrangement, or unless the Committee expressly determines otherwise.

 

11.  Recoupment .  For participants subject to the Company’s Recovery of Executive Compensation Policy (the “ Policy ”), all amounts earned under the Amended Plan are subject to the Policy, as in effect from time to time, a current copy of which may be requested from the Company at any time, and the terms and conditions of which are hereby incorporated by reference into the Amended Plan.   In addition, Awards shall be subject to the requirements of (a) Section 954 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (regarding recovery of erroneously awarded compensation) and any implementing rules and regulations thereunder, (b) similar rules under the laws of any other jurisdiction, (c) any compensation recovery or clawback policies adopted by the Company to implement any such requirements or (d) any other compensation recovery or clawback policies as may be adopted from time to time by the Company, all to the extent determined by the Committee in its discretion to be applicable to a Participant.

 

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12.  Governing Law.   To the extent that Federal laws do not otherwise control, the Plan and all determinations made and actions taken pursuant to the Plan shall be governed by the laws of the State of Colorado and construed accordingly.

 

13.  Other Provisions.

 

13.1  Non-transferability .  Participants and beneficiaries shall not have the right to assign, pledge or otherwise dispose of any part of an Award under the Plan.

 

13.2  Termination of Employment .  Except as otherwise provided in this section, no Award shall be paid to a Participant who is not actively employed by the Company as of the end of the applicable Performance Period.  If a Participant’s employment with the Company ends during a Performance Period, the Committee may, in its discretion, determine that the Participant (or his or her beneficiaries) shall be paid a pro rata portion of the Award payment that the Participant would have received but for the fact that the Participant’s employment ended.  Any such pro rated Award payment will be paid at the same time as other Award payments with respect to the applicable Performance Period.

 

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