On May 20, 2022, CS Disco, Inc. (the “Company”) approved a nonstatutory stock option grant to Kiwi Camara, the Company’s co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, of a ten-year CEO performance award (the “CEO Performance Award”). The CEO Performance Award was approved by the independent members of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) at a meeting of the Board (from which Mr. Camara recused himself), based upon the recommendation of the Compensation Committee of the Board (the “Compensation Committee”). The vesting and exercisability of the CEO Performance Award is tied solely to achieving pre-established, rigorous stock price milestones (each, a “Milestone Price”). The CEO Performance Award will be granted on May 25, 2022 and is subject to stockholder approval at the 2022 annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders (the “2022 Annual Meeting”). If stockholder approval is not obtained, the CEO Performance Award will expire and be of no further force or effect, and the shares of the Company’s common stock subject to such award will not be available for any further equity awards.
For so long as the CEO Performance Award is in effect, the Board will not grant any additional equity awards to Mr. Camara before the expiration of the award.
The CEO Performance Award is a ten-year nonstatutory stock option to purchase an aggregate of 4,366,966 shares of the Company’s common stock, which equaled approximately 7.5% of the Company’s outstanding shares of common stock as of May 16, 2022, that vests in six tranches. Each of the six tranches vests only if a Milestone Price is met. To meet the first Milestone Price, the Company’s stock price must increase to $150 per share, an increase of 507% over $24.71, the Company’s closing stock price on May 16, 2022. Except in the case of a change in control of the Company, the next five tranches will only vest if the Company achieves higher per share stock prices that increase in $150 increments—up to a final stock price of $900 per share.
Each of the six vesting tranches of the CEO Performance Award vest upon certification by the Compensation Committee that the Milestone Price for such tranche has been achieved on or before expiration of the CEO Performance Award on May 24, 2032. For each Milestone Price achieved, Mr. Camara will vest and earn the right to exercise the CEO Performance Award for a specified number of shares of the Company’s common stock, as follows:
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Tranche | | Milestone Price (per share) | | Shares Eligible to Vest Upon Achievement of Applicable Milestone Price |
1 | | $150 | | 291,131 |
2 | | $300 | | 436,697 |
3 | | $450 | | 727,827 |
4 | | $600 | | 970,437 |
5 | | $750 | | 970,437 |
6 | | $900 | | 970,437 |
If none of the six Milestone Prices is achieved, none of the shares subject to the CEO Performance Award will vest or be exercisable. In order for a Milestone Price to be considered achieved, the volume-weighted average closing price of the Company’s common stock must be equal to or greater than such Milestone Price during any 90-calendar day period during the performance period. In addition, for vesting to occur when the milestones are met, Mr. Camara must generally remain as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Executive Chairman and/or any other position approved by the Board through the date that the Milestone Price is achieved (except as otherwise provided).
If the Milestone Price applicable to any tranche is achieved prior to the second anniversary of the grant date, such tranche will vest in equal installments on the same day of each month as the grant date between the applicable Milestone Price achievement date for such tranche and the second anniversary of the grant date, subject to Mr. Camara’s continued services through the applicable vesting date.
The exercise price per share subject to the CEO Performance Award will be the greater of (1) $32 per share, which was the per share initial public offering price of the Company’s common stock and (2) the closing sales price of the Company’s common stock on May 25, 2022, the grant date of the CEO Performance Award.