| Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On October 31, 2023, PayPal Holdings, Inc. (the “Company,” and collectively with its consolidated subsidiaries, “PayPal”) appointed Jamie Miller as the Company’s Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, effective November 6, 2023.
Ms. Miller, age 55, previously served as Partner, Global Chief Financial Officer of Ernst & Young Global Limited, a global provider of assurance, tax, strategy and transactions and consulting services, since February 2023. Prior to that, Ms. Miller served as Chief Financial Officer of Cargill, Incorporated, a global food, agricultural, financial and industrial products company, from June 2021 to January 2023, and as Head of Corporate Strategy of Cargill from April 2022 to January 2023. Prior to joining Cargill, Ms. Miller worked at General Electric Company (“GE”), a multinational power, renewable energy, aviation and healthcare company, for 12 years, where she served in various leadership roles, including as GE’s Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer from November 2017 to February 2020. Ms. Miller served as President and Chief Executive Officer of GE Transportation from October 2015 to November 2017, as Chief Information Officer of GE from April 2013 to October 2015, and as Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of GE from April 2008 to April 2013. Prior to joining GE in 2008, Ms. Miller served as Senior Vice President and Controller of WellPoint, Inc. (now Anthem), and as a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Ms. Miller has served on Qualcomm’s (Nasdaq: QCOM) Board of Directors since 2020 and previously served on the Board of Directors of Baker Hughes Company (Nasdaq: BKR) from 2017 to 2019.
Ms. Miller was not selected as the Company’s Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer pursuant to any arrangement or understanding between her and any other person. Ms. Miller does not have any family relationship with any director or executive officer of the Company, or person nominated or chosen by the Company to become a director or executive officer, and she has no direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
In connection with Ms. Miller’s appointment as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, the Company entered into an offer letter with Ms. Miller (the “Offer Letter”) setting forth the terms of her employment and compensation. Pursuant to the Offer Letter, Ms. Miller is an at-will employee and will be entitled to an annual base salary of $750,000 and eligible for an annual target bonus of 125% of her annual base salary pursuant to PayPal’s Annual Incentive Plan. Ms. Miller is also eligible to receive a one-time sign on bonus of $6,000,000, payable in two installments and contingent on Ms. Miller remaining employed with the Company on the date of each payment, provided that such sign on bonus is subject to recovery if Ms. Miller resigns from PayPal or her employment is terminated for cause within certain timeframes set forth in the Offer Letter.
The Offer Letter also provides that Ms. Miller will receive the following equity awards (collectively, the “Equity Awards”):
| | • | | Restricted stock units having a targeted grant date value of $6,250,000 (the “RSUs”). One-third (1/3) of the RSUs will vest on the first anniversary of the grant date, with one-twelfth (1/12) of the RSUs vesting on each quarterly vest date thereafter, conditioned upon Ms. Miller’s continued employment with a PayPal company. The RSUs are expected to be awarded on or about December 15, 2023; |
| | • | | Restricted stock units having a targeted grant date value of $2,000,000 (the “Sign-On Incentive RSUs”). One-third (1/3) of the Sign-On Incentive RSUs will vest on the first anniversary of the grant date, with one-twelfth (1/12) of the Sign-On Incentive RSUs vesting on each quarterly vest date thereafter, conditioned upon Ms. Miller’s continued employment with a PayPal company. The Incentive RSUs are expected to be awarded on or about December 15, 2023; and |
| | • | | Performance-based restricted stock units having a targeted grant date value of $6,250,000 at target (the “PBRSUs”). Any PBRSUs earned based on the Company’s performance over the three-year performance period (2024-2026) will vest and be settled in March of the year immediately following the performance period, conditioned upon Ms. Miller’s continued employment with a PayPal company. The PBRSUs are expected to be awarded in early 2024. |
