Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
Departure of Chief Financial Officer
On July 11, 2023, Mr. Stephen Robertson, the Chief Financial Officer of Intapp, Inc. (the “Company”) informed the Company of his retirement in 2024, and that he will resign from his role as Chief Financial Officer effective August 7, 2023. Mr. Robertson and the Company anticipate that Mr. Robertson will continue his service to the Company as a non-executive senior advisor on terms and conditions to be agreed upon at a later date.
Appointment of Chief Financial Officer
On July 11, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company appointed Mr. David Morton to serve as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective August 7, 2023.
Mr. Morton, 51, joins the Company from Digicert, Inc., a cybersecurity company where he has been serving as chief financial officer since November 2021. He has been responsible for the financial strategy and has led the worldwide accounting, treasury, financial planning, tax, acquisition, and investor relations functions. Mr. Morton has over 20 years of experience in the technology industry, including global leadership roles. Mr. Morton was also the chief financial officer at Anaplan, Inc. from September 2018 to July 2021 and then served in a transition role until September 2021 where he was responsible for overseeing finance, accounting, legal, procurement, IT and facility operations. He also previously served as the chief accounting officer at Tesla, Inc. from August 2018 to September 2018 and spent over 20 years at Seagate Technology where he served as chief financial officer from October 2015 to August 2018. Mr. Morton holds a B.S. in Business Administration with a major in Finance, Real Estate and Law from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. Morton and any other persons pursuant to which Mr. Morton was appointed as Chief Financial Officer. Neither Mr. Morton nor any of his immediate family members have been or are currently proposed to be a participant in any transaction that would be required to be reported pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
Employment Agreement with Mr. Morton
On July 11, 2023, the Company entered into an Employment Agreement with Mr. Morton in his role as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective as of August 7, 2023 (the “Employment Agreement”). Under the Employment Agreement, Mr. Morton will be eligible to receive an annual base salary of $450,000, a target annual bonus of 80% of base salary, long-term incentive plan and employee benefit plan participation, and the reimbursement of business expenses. Mr. Morton will also be eligible to receive an award under the Company’s 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) with a grant date value equal to $12,000,000, with the number of shares of Company common stock subject to the award to be determined by using the average trading price of the Company’s common stock over a period preceding the grant date, as determined by the Compensation Committee in its sole discretion. Approximately 50% of the shares will be in the form of Restricted Share Units (as defined in the Plan) and approximately 50% of the shares will be in the form of Performance Share Units (as defined in the Plan). The award will be subject to such terms and conditions as set forth in the Plan and applicable award agreement.
Mr. Morton will also be eligible to receive severance payments and benefits, depending on the circumstances of the termination of his employment, contingent upon his execution of a general waiver and release of claims and materially consistent with the terms of the employment agreements that have been entered into with the other named executive officers of the Company (other than our Chief Executive Officer).