Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On June 25, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Vicor Corporation (the “Company”) appointed James F. Schmidt, the Company’s Corporate Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, and Corporate Secretary, as a director of the Company to serve until the Company’s 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until his successor is elected and qualified or until his earlier resignation or removal. In connection with this appointment, the Board increased its size from nine members to ten members. Mr. Schmidt has not been appointed to serve on any Board committee.
There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Schmidt and any other persons pursuant to which Mr. Schmidt was selected as a director.
As a director who is also an employee, Mr. Schmidt is eligible to participate in, and receive equity compensation in accordance with, the Company’s standard compensation program for directors who are also employees. Under such compensation program, each director (including directors who are employees), other than any director holding in excess of 10% of the total number of shares of the capital stock of the Company, receives an annual grant of non-qualified stock options following the Annual Meeting of Stockholders under the Vicor Corporation Amended and Restated 2000 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (the “Vicor Plan”). As of June 25, 2021, the date of Mr. Schmidt’s appointment to the Board, the standard formula to calculate this stock option award was $100,000, divided by the closing price of a share of the Company’s common stock as reported on The Nasdaq Stock Market on the day of the Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
Accordingly, in connection with Mr. Schmidt’s appointment to the Board on June 25, 2021, he was awarded stock options under the Vicor Plan to purchase an aggregate of 1,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, at an exercise price of $100.00 per share, which vest over a five year period and expire on June 25, 2031.
Additionally, in connection with Mr. Schmidt’s appointment as the Company’s Corporate Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, and Corporate Secretary effective as of June 1, 2021, Mr. Schmidt was awarded stock options under the Vicor Plan on June 1, 2021 to purchase an aggregate of 25,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, at an exercise price of $93.33 per share, which vest over a five year period and expire on June 1, 2031. As of June 1, 2021, Mr. Schmidt’s annual base salary for 2021 was set at $370,000, and he is eligible to earn a bonus of $250,000 upon successful implementation of certain internal systems. In addition, he is eligible to participate in the benefit plans and arrangements made available generally to the Company’s executive officers, which are described in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 2021.
