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 9, 2019

 

Purple Innovation, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

  

Delaware   001-37523   47-4078206
(State of Incorporation)   (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

123 East 200 North    
Alpine, Utah   84004
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (801) 756-2600

 

 

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

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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Pre-commencements 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 (§ 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. ☐

  

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

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share   PRPL   The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Warrants to purchase one-half of one share of Class A Common Stock   PRPLW   OTC PINK

  

 

 

 

   

ITEM 5.02 DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS.

 

Long-Term Incentive Plan

 

On May 9, 2019, the HR & Compensation Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Purple Innovation, Inc. (the “Company”) approved a Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan (the “LTIP”) pursuant to the Purple Innovation, Inc. 2017 Equity Incentive Plan approved by the shareholders and the authority previously granted to the Committee by the Company’s Board. Participation in the LTIP is limited to key employees who are employed to serve as Senior Vice Presidents, Vice Presidents or Senior Directors of the Company, including certain of the Company’s named executive officers such as Tony Pearce and Terry Pearce (the founders and majority shareholders of the Company). Not all eligible employees, including the eligible named executive officers, are guaranteed to participate in the plan, as participation will be subject to Board discretion and approval. The LTIP will be administered by the Committee as authorized by the Board.

 

Subject to the terms of the LTIP, options to purchase shares of Class A Common Stock of the Company are awarded to participants by entering into a grant agreement with the participant. Such grants will be made during open trading windows under the Company’s Insider Trading Policy. The grant agreement will provide a vesting schedule governing the exercisability of the options. The LTIP includes five calendar plan years from January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2023.

 

Each participant is eligible to receive an annual grant of options to purchase shares of Class A Common Stock of the Company in an amount determined by dividing the “equity level” applicable to each participant by the fair market value of the Class A Common Stock of the Company. The “equity level” applicable to each participant is determined by multiplying (x) the percentage set forth in the participation letter issued by the Company to the participant by (y) the participant’s annual base salary.

 

The foregoing summary of the LTIP does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the LTIP, which is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

Short-Term Incentive Plan

 

On May 9,2019 the Committee approved a Short-Term Cash Incentive Plan (the “STIP”) pursuant to authority previously granted to the Committee by the Company’s Board. Participation in the STIP is limited to key employees who are employed to serve as Senior Vice Presidents, Vice Presidents, Senior Directors, Directors or Managers , including certain of the Company’s named executive officers such as Tony Pearce and Terry Pearce (the founders and majority shareholders of the Company). Not all eligible employees, including the eligible named executive officers, are guaranteed to participate in the plan, as participation will be subject to Board discretion and approval. The STIP will be administered by the Committee as authorized by the Board.

 

For the STIP to activate, the company must achieve certain net revenue and adjusted EBITDA targets. If the Company does not reach the minimum targets, no cash awards will be paid to any of the participants under the Plan.

 

The amount of the total payment is adjustable, to account for personal performance criteria, as follows: 70% of the amount is based on the Company’s achievement of at least the minimum target amounts; and the remaining 30% is based on the participant’s achievement of personal performance criteria selected or approved by the Board. Subject to the other provisions of the STIP, payment to a participant will be made in cash in an amount up to the product determined by multiplying (x) a certain percentage from 50% to 100% by (y) the participant’s “bonus level.” That percentage will be determined based on whether and the extent to which the net revenue target and adjusted EBITDA target both exceed certain minimum target threshold amounts. The “bonus level” applicable to each participant is determined by multiplying (x) the percentage set forth in the participation letter issued by the Company to the participant by (y) the participant’s annual base salary. A participant will have no right to receive a payment under the STIP unless the participant remains in good standing with the Company during the plan year and remains in the employ of the Company through and including the payment date in 2020.

 

The foregoing summary of the STIP does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the STIP, which is attached as Exhibit 99.2 to this report and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

 

(d) Exhibits

 

99.1 Purple Innovation, Inc. 2019 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan dated as of May 9, 2019
   
99.2 Purple Innovation, Inc. 2019 Short-Term Cash Incentive Plan dated as of May 9, 2019

 

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SIGNATURE

 

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.

 

Dated: May 14, 2019 PURPLE INNOVATION, INC.
   
  By: /s/ Craig L. Phillips
    Craig L. Phillips
    Interim Chief Financial Officer

 

 

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Exhibit 99.1

 

PURPLE INNOVATION, INC. 2019 LONG-TERM EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

 

The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Purple Innovation, Inc., for itself and its subsidiaries (collectively “Company”), has adopted this Purple Innovation, Inc. 2019 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) as of May 9, 2019.

 

1. Purpose of Plan.

 

The purposes of the Plan are to retain and incentivize key employees who can influence long-term business success by improving profitability and shareholder value. The intent of this Plan is to maintain competitive compensation for such key employees and link a component of total compensation with long-term business performance.

 

2. Definitions.

 

(a) “Annual Base Salary” with respect to the Plan Year (defined below) shall mean the amount of salary paid by the Company to a participant during such Plan Year without reduction for any amounts withheld pursuant to participation in a qualified “cafeteria plan” under Section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) or a cash or deferred arrangement under Section 401(k) of the Code. Annual Base Salary shall not include any amount paid or accruing to a participant under the Plan, cash awards granted under any Purple Innovation, Inc. short-term cash incentive or any other incentive plan, any extraordinary renumeration, expense allowance, imputed income or any other amounts deemed to be indirect compensation, and any contributions made by the Company to this Plan or any other plan or any other amounts which, in the discretion of the Board, are not considered to be Annual Base Salary for purposes of the Plan.

 

(b) “Equity Level” with respect to the Plan shall mean the monetary value used to determine the amount of equity awarded in a Grant Document (defined below) as set forth in this Plan, determined by multiplying (x) the percentage set forth in the participation letter issued by the Company to those who are eligible to participate in the Plan by (y) the participant’s Annual Base Salary.

 

(c) “Grant Document” shall mean an “Options Grant Agreement” or other document signed by the Company and the employee in which the terms of the equity award are stated.

 

(d) “Incentive Plan” shall mean the Purple Innovation, Inc. 2017 Equity Incentive Plan previously approved by the shareholders and which governs and takes precedence over this Plan and any Grant Document. Any capitalized terms used herein not otherwise defined or defined inconsistently with a definition in the Incentive Plan, shall have the meaning provided in the Incentive Plan.

 

(e) “Plan Year” shall mean all or any of the five calendar years beginning with 2019 (January 1, 2019) and ending with 2023 (December 31, 2023). (If the Plan is extended to apply to subsequent years it shall mean the Company’s fiscal year if then different from the calendar year.)

 

 

 

 

(f) “Vesting Schedule” shall mean the dates on which equity awarded under the Plan vests, or becomes an exercisable property right owned by the participant, in accordance with the terms of the Grant Document received by the participant during the Plan Year.

 

3. Administration of the Plan.

 

The Plan is authorized by the Board and shall be administered by the Company under the oversight of the HR & Compensation Committee. All awards made under the Plan shall be approved by the Board. No member of the Board, while serving as such, shall be eligible for participation in the Plan as a director but shall be eligible as an employee if also employed by the Company. The Board shall have exclusive and final authority in all determinations and decisions affecting the Plan and its participants. The Board shall also have sole authority to interpret the Plan, to establish and revise rules and regulations relating to the Plan, to delegate such responsibilities or duties as it deems desirable, and to make any other determination that it believes necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan including, but not limited to: (i) approving the designation of eligible participants; (ii) determining the percentage to be multiplied by a participant’s Annual Base Salary; (iii) setting the criteria for each participant; and (iv) determining attainment of the Plan’s purpose and other material terms.

 

4. Participation.

 

Participation in the Plan is limited to key employees who are employed to serve as Senior Vice Presidents, Vice Presidents or Senior Directors as determined by the Company’s management, or Board if required by the Bylaws, upon consideration of such factors deemed appropriate in connection with accomplishing the purposes of the Plan. The Board may from time to time designate when a participant ceases to be a participant of the Plan during the Plan Year or return to participation in the Plan during the Plan Year. The timing of equity awards for new employees hired and beginning service during a Plan Year shall be determined on a case-by-case basis.

 

5. Condition Precedent to an Award.

 

For the Plan to activate, the Company must have sufficient shares available for issuance in accordance with the Incentive Plan, as the same may be refreshed from time to time. In no case shall an award be valid or binding if there is insufficient equity in the Incentive Plan to issue Class A Common Stock under this Plan. All equity awards must be consistent with the Incentive Plan.

 

6. Right to an Award.

 

Unless otherwise determined by the Board, in its sole discretion, a participant shall have no right to receive equity under the Plan unless the participant remains in the employ of the Company at the time of the grant, and shall have no right to exercise Options granted under the Plan unless the participant remains in the employ of the Company through and including one or more dates provided in the Vesting Schedule, and then limited to the portion(s) vested under the Vesting Schedule, and remains in good standing with the Company during the Plan Year prior to any vesting. No participant shall have a right to more than the amount of equity that is granted or to exercise more than the amount of Options vested in accordance with the Grant Document.

 

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7. Grant.

 

Subject to the other provisions of the Plan, equity awarded to a participant under the Plan will be made each Plan Year by entering into a Grant Document with the participant for Options to purchase Class A Common Stock of the Company in an amount determined by dividing (x) the Equity Level applicable to the participant for the subject Plan Year by (y) the fair market value of the Company’s Class A Common Stock, as determined in accordance with the Grant Document, on the date of the award stated on the Grant Document. It is anticipated that the form for the Grant Document will provide a Vesting Schedule governing the exercisability of the Options. The Company reserves the right to amend and change the form of agreement from time to time in its discretion. Options awarded under the Plan will be recommended by management and/or the HR & Compensation Committee and subject to approval by the Board.

  

8. Time of Grant.

  

The grant will occur promptly during an open trading window as determined in accordance with the Company’s Insider Trading Policy after the Annual Base Salary for the participant during the Plan Year has been determined and announced to the participant. Any changes in the Annual Base Salary of participants are anticipated during the first quarter of each Plan Year but may occur at any time with supplemental awards made later in the year if necessary.

 

9. Miscellaneous Provisions.

  

(a) A participant’s rights and interests under the Plan are personal to the participant and may not be sold, assigned, pledged, or otherwise transferred or encumbered in any manner.

 

(b) No equity award will be earned that is not vested in accordance with the Vesting Schedule at the time employment is terminated (including for voluntary or involuntary separation, retirement, death or disability).

 

(c) Neither the Plan nor any action taken under the Plan shall be construed as giving any employee any right to continued employment with the Company either before or after vesting under the Vesting Schedule set forth in the Grant Document.

 

(d) The Company shall have the right to make such provisions as it deems necessary or appropriate to satisfy any obligations it may have to withhold income or other taxes incurred because of equity awards made under the Plan or vesting under the Vesting Schedule.

 

(e) The Board may at any time, and from time to time, alter, amend, suspend, or terminate the Plan in whole or in part prior to any equity award under the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such action may be taken that affects adversely any of the rights of a participant, without such participant’s consent, under a Grant Document previously entered into under the Plan.

 

(f) The Company has the right to recoup or “clawback” awards granted under this Plan in accordance with the Company’s Clawback Policy in effect at the time.

 

(g) The Plan shall apply only to the Plan Year and shall not continue thereafter for subsequent years or from year to year, except as hereafter may be determined by the Board.

 

(h) In the absence of a written employment contract, the relationship between employees and the Company is one of at-will employment. The Plan does not alter this relationship. The Plan will not supersede any specific employment contract obligations the Company may have with a Plan participant.

 

 

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Exhibit 99.2

 

PURPLE INNOVATION, INC. 2019 SHORT-TERM CASH INCENTIVE PLAN

 

The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Purple Innovation, Inc., for itself and its subsidiaries (collectively “Company”), has adopted this Purple Innovation, Inc. 2019 Short-Term Cash Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) as of May 9, 2019.

 

1. Purpose of Plan.

 

The purposes of the Plan are to provide clear focus on the Company’s annual strategic objectives, to align compensation with Company performance, to motivate and reward personal performance, and to retain the talent needed to drive success.

 

2. Definitions.

 

(a) “Adjusted EBITDA” with respect to the Plan shall mean the adjustments made to EBITDA as reported by the Company in its 2020 Form 10-K, for the Plan Year (defined below).

 

(b) “Annual Base Salary” with respect to the Plan Year shall mean the amount of salary paid by the Company to a participant during such Plan Year without reduction for any amounts withheld pursuant to participation in a qualified “cafeteria plan” under Section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) or a cash or deferred arrangement under Section 401(k) of the Code. Annual Base Salary shall not include any amount paid or accruing to a participant under the Plan, equity awards granted under the Purple Innovation, Inc. 2017 Equity Incentive Plan or any other incentive plan, any extraordinary remuneration, expense allowance, imputed income or any other amounts deemed to be indirect compensation, and any contributions made by the Company to this Plan or any other plan or any other amounts which, in the discretion of the Board, are not considered to be Annual Base Salary for purposes of the Plan.

 

(c) “Bonus Level” with respect to the Plan shall mean the monetary value used to determine the amount of cash to award as set forth in the Plan, determined by multiplying (x) the percentage set forth in the participation letter issued by the Company to those who are eligible to participate in the Plan by (y) the participant’s Annual Base Salary.

 

(d) “Payment Date” shall mean the date payments are made under the Plan which shall occur promptly following the filing of the Company’s audited financial results in Form 10-K for the Plan Year.

 

(e) “Personal Performance Criteria” for participants in the Plan may include one or more criteria as set by the Board in its discretion to promote the Company’s key strategic objectives.

 

(f) “Plan Year” shall mean calendar year 2019 (January 1, 2019 – December 31, 2019). (If the Plan is extended to apply to subsequent years it shall mean the Company’s fiscal year if then different from the calendar year.)

 

 

 

 

3. Administration of the Plan.

 

The Plan is authorized by the Board and shall be administered by the Company under the oversight of the HR & Compensation Committee. All awards made under the Plan shall be approved by the Board. No member of the Board, while serving as such, shall be eligible for participation in the Plan as a director but shall be eligible as an employee if also employed by the Company. The Board shall have exclusive and final authority in all determinations and decisions affecting the Plan and its participants. The Board shall also have sole authority to interpret the Plan, to establish and revise rules and regulations relating to the Plan, to delegate such responsibilities or duties as it deems desirable, and to make any other determination that it believes necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan including, but not limited to: (i) approving the designation of eligible participants; (ii) determining the percentage to be multiplied by a participant’s Annual Base Salary; (iii) setting the Personal Performance Criteria for each participant; and (iv) determining attainment of performance goals and other material terms.

 

4. Participation.

 

Participation in the Plan is limited to key employees who are employed to serve as Senior Vice Presidents, Vice Presidents, Senior Directors, Directors or Managers as determined by the Company’s management, or Board if required by the Bylaws, upon consideration of such factors deemed appropriate in connection with accomplishing the purposes of the Plan. The Board may from time to time designate when a participant ceases to be a participant of the Plan or return to participation in the Plan. Cash awards for new participants during the Plan Year shall be pro-rated for employees who are hired and begin service before the fourth quarter of the Plan Year.

 

5. Performance Gate Trigger.

 

For the Plan to activate, the Company must achieve an annual 2019 Net Revenue Target and Adjusted EBITDA Target as these terms are defined in Section 7 below. If the Company does not reach the Minimum Targets set forth in Section 7, no cash awards will be paid to any of the participants under the Plan. This does not preclude management from making individual discretionary bonuses to any person regardless of whether the person is selected to be a participant under this Plan, subject to any needed Board approval.

 

6. Right to Payment.

 

Unless otherwise determined by the Board, in its sole discretion, a participant shall have no right to receive a payment under the Plan unless the participant remains in the employ of the Company through and including the Payment Date and remains in good standing with the Company during the Plan Year. No participant shall have a right to more than the amount of an award approved by the Board.

 

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7. Payment.

 

Subject to the other provisions of the Plan, payment to a participant under the Plan will be made in cash in an amount up to the product determined by multiplying (x) a certain percentage from 50% to 100% by (y) the participant’s Bonus Level. That percentage shall be determined based on whether and the extent to which the Net Revenue Target and Adjusted EBITDA Target both exceed the Minimum Target threshold amounts set forth in the schedule attached as Exhibit A

 

8. Miscellaneous Provisions.

 

(a) A participant’s rights and interests under the Plan are personal to the participant and may not be sold, assigned, pledged, or otherwise transferred or encumbered in any manner.

 

(b) No award will be earned on a pro rata basis for a termination (including for voluntary or involuntary separation, retirement, death or disability) of employment occurring during the Plan Year or before the Payment Date.

 

(c) Neither the Plan nor any action taken under the Plan shall be construed as giving any employee any right to continued employment with the Company either before or after the Payment Date.

 

(d) The Company shall have the right to make such provisions as it deems necessary or appropriate to satisfy any obligations it may have to withhold income or other taxes incurred because of payments made under the Plan.

 

(e) The Board may at any time, and from time to time, alter, amend, suspend, or terminate the Plan in whole or in part prior to any payment under the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such action may be taken that affects adversely any of the rights of a participant, without such participant’s consent, to an award that has been paid under the Plan.

 

(f) The Company has the right to recoup or “clawback” awards paid under this Plan in accordance with the Company’s Clawback Policy in effect at the time.

 

(g) The Plan shall apply only to the 2019 calendar year and shall not continue thereafter for subsequent years or from year to year, except as hereafter may be determined by the Board.

 

(h) In the absence of a written employment contract, the relationship between employees and the Company is one of at-will employment. The Plan does not alter this relationship. The Plan will not supersede any specific employment contract obligations the Company may have with a Plan participant.

 

 

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