Item 5.02
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Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Principal Officers.
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On January 10, 2022, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Boston Omaha Corporation (the “Company”), based upon the recommendation of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the "Compensation Committee"), awarded bonuses to each of its co-chief executive officers, Adam Peterson and Alex Rozek, pursuant to the Company's Amended and Restated Management Incentive Bonus Plan (the "Bonus Plan"). The Bonus Plan is designed to encourage the growth in the Company's "Adjusted Stockholders' Equity", as defined in the Bonus Plan, based upon the increase in the Company's stockholders equity for such fiscal year less any increase arising from the sale of Company securities. Under the Bonus Plan, the total awards shall equal 20% of the amount by which Adjusted Stockholders’ Equity Per Share for the applicable fiscal year exceeds 106% of Adjusted Stockholders’ Equity Per Share for the preceding fiscal year, subject to any limitation on total amounts payable under the Bonus Plan as may be established by the Bonus Plan and/or the Committee and in any event subject to a high water mark for the highest level for the Adjusted Stockholders’ Equity Per Share as previously determined by the Committee based upon the Company’s financial statements as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Based upon these factors, the Compensation Committee recommended a bonus for each of Mr. Peterson and Mr. Rozek in the amount of $7,192,404.50, for a total bonus payment under the Plan of $14,384,809.00, which recommendation was approved by the Board. In addition to determining the bonuses based upon the formula set forth in the Bonus Plan, the Compensation Committee and Board also took into consideration a number of other factors, including, but not limited to, the lack of any bonus payment to either Mr. Peterson or Mr. Rozek since they began their services as co-chief executive officers in 2015 and each of Mr. Peterson and Mr. Rozek providing their services to the Company for nominal compensation for four or more years. The bonus payment may be increased by an amount of less than 5% based upon final adjustments.
On January 10, 2022, the Board, based upon the recommendation of the Compensation Committee, awarded to Joshua P. Weisenburger, the Company's Chief Financial Officer, (i) a one-time bonus in the amount of $650,000.00; and (ii) established a long-term compensation incentive for Mr. Weisenburger of $250,000, such incentive (a) to be payable in equity in the Company vesting in three equal annual installments on each of December 31, 2022, 2023 and 2024, each installment’s vesting subject to Mr. Weisenburger’s continuing employment with the Corporation as its Chief Financial Officer at the time such installment vests, (b) any equity grants to be conditioned on the approval by the Company’s shareholders of an equity incentive plan to be established by the Company, and (c) in the event such equity incentive plan is not approved by the Company’s stockholders, the equity incentive value of such plan in the amount of $250,000 to be paid in three equal installments of $83,333.33 on each of December 31, 2022, 2023 and 2024, each installment payment subject to Mr. Weisenburger’s continuing employment with the Company as its Chief Financial Officer at the time such installment vests. In addition, the Company increased Mr. Weisenburger's base salary, effective January 1, 2022, from $265,000 to $275,000 per calendar year.