Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On January 7, 2019, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Capital Senior Living Corporation (the “Company”) appointed Kimberly S. Lody as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Ms. Lody, a director of the Company since 2014, will continue to serve as a member of the Board and succeeds Lawrence A. Cohen who retired as the Company’s Vice Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, effective January 1, 2019.
Ms. Lody, age 53, has more than 25 years of expertise in multi-site health care marketing, sales and operational management. Most recently, since 2011 Ms. Lody served as the President of GN Hearing North America, part of the medical device division of the GN Group, a global leader in intelligent audio solutions for medical, professional and consumer markets. Prior to joining GN Hearing North America, Ms. Lody served as VP of Marketing, and then President, of Chronic Care, the U.S. subsidiary of Coloplast, a global medical device manufacturer based in Denmark, from 2009 to 2011. From 2004 to 2009, she served as an independent consultant, providing interim leadership and revenue enhancement programs to companies in healthcare, consumer products, automotive and insurance services. During her career, Ms. Lody also served as Chief Operating Officer of Senior Home Care from 2003 to 2004, Chief Marketing Officer of Gentiva Health Services from 1997 to 2003, and VP of Managed Care Programs for Apria Healthcare from 1994 to 1997. Ms. Lody has received several awards during her career, including the 2018 “Women in Business” award from the Twin Cities Business Journal in Minneapolis and the 2017 Diploma of the Danish Export Association and His Royal Highness Prince Henrik’s Medal of Honor from Denmark. Ms. Lody holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Hiram College in Ohio and an MBA with a concentration in finance from Wake Forest University.
In connection with Ms. Lody’s appointment as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Ms. Lody and the Company entered into an employment agreement (the “Employment Agreement”), dated as of January 7, 2019 (the “Effective Date”). Pursuant to the Employment Agreement, Ms. Lody will serve as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company from the Effective Date until December 31, 2021, unless terminated earlier pursuant to the termination provisions therein (such period, the “Employment Period”). The Employment Period will automatically renew for additional one year periods in the event that Ms. Lody or the Company does not provide written notice to the other party of their intent not to renew the term at least 30 days prior to the expiration of the then-current term. The Employment Agreement provides that the Board will nominate Ms. Lody for reelection to the Board at the expiration of each term of office, and that Ms. Lody will serve as a member of the Board for each period for which she is so elected.
Under the Employment Agreement, Ms. Lody will receive an annual base salary (“Base Salary”) of not less than $725,000 and will be eligible to receive an annual performance bonus (the “Annual Bonus”) targeted at 110% of Ms. Lody’s Base Salary (the “Target Bonus”);provided, that (i) for the year ending December 31, 2019, Ms. Lody will receive an Annual Bonus equal to at least 50% of the full Target Bonus, and (ii) the Target Bonus may be increased from time to time by the Board or the Compensation Committee of the Board (the “Compensation Committee”). Ms. Lody will also receive a signing bonus of $1,000,000, which Ms. Lody will be obligated to return to the Company in the event she voluntarily terminates her employment as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer (in the absence of “Good Reason” (as defined in the Employment Agreement)) or such employment is terminated by the Company for “Cause” (as defined in the Employment Agreement), in each case, prior to the first anniversary of the Effective Date. In addition, Ms. Lody will be eligible to participate in all health, retirement, Company-paid insurance, sick leave, disability, expense reimbursement and other benefit programs, if any, which the Company makes available to its senior executives.
Pursuant to the Employment Agreement, beginning with fiscal year 2020, Ms. Lody will be eligible to receive equity awards under the Company’s annual equity incentive award program in effect for the Company’s other senior executives, as determined by the Compensation Committee. In addition, as an inducement to Ms. Lody’s employment with the Company as its President and Chief Executive Officer, Ms. Lody will receive the following inducement equity awards: (i) anon-qualified stock option (“NSO”) to purchase a number of shares of the Company’s common stock equal to $1,000,000 divided by the Conversion Price (as defined below) with aten-year term, which NSO is scheduled to vest in installments of 33%, 33% and 34% on the first, second, and third anniversaries of the grant date, respectively; (ii) a targeted number of shares of performance-based restricted stock (the “Performance Shares”) equal to $1,000,000 divided by the Conversion Price, the vesting of which is subject to the satisfaction of certain performance conditions related to the trading price of the Company’s common stock