Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Election of Claire Bramley as Chief Financial Officer
On June 8, 2021, Teradata Corporation (the “Company” or “Teradata”) issued a press release (the “Press Release”) announcing that Teradata’s Board of Directors elected Claire Bramley as Chief Financial Officer and principal accounting officer (“CFO”) of the Company, effective June 14, 2021.
Ms. Bramley, age 44, most recently served as the Global Controller of HP Inc. (“HP”) from December 2018 until June 2021. From June 2015 to December 2018, she served as HP’s Regional Head of Finance for its Europe, Middle East and Africa region. From January 2013 to May 2015, Ms. Fullard served as Vice President, Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis at HP.
In connection with her election as CFO of the Company, on May 18, 2021, Teradata entered into an offer letter with Ms. Bramley (the “Offer Letter”). The Offer Letter provides that Ms. Bramley will receive an initial annual base salary of $500,000, a target annual incentive bonus opportunity equal to 80% of her base salary under the Company’s management incentive plan (pro-rated for 2021), and will be eligible to participate in the other benefit plans generally made available to the Company’s senior executives, including the Company’s Executive Severance Plan (“ESP”) and change in control severance plan.
The Offer Letter also provides that Ms. Bramley will be paid a cash signing bonus of $500,000, which is subject to a repayment obligation of $250,000 of such amount (net of taxes) if Ms. Bramley’s employment is terminated with cause or she resigns for any reason other than good reason during her first year of employment, and $125,000 of such amount (net of taxes) if Ms. Bramley’s employment is terminated with cause or she resigns for any reason other than good reason during her second year of employment. She will also receive a travel allowance of $7,500 per month.
In addition, the Offer Letter provides that, on or about June 15, 2021, and subject to her commencing employment with the Company, Ms. Bramley will receive the following equity awards: (i) a new hire grant of service-based restricted share units (“RSUs”), with a target value equal to $3,500,000, which shall vest as follows: 50% in December 2021, 30% on the first anniversary of the date of grant, and 20% on the second anniversary of the date of grant, in each case subject to continued employment; (ii) an annual grant of service-based RSUs under Teradata’s 2021 long-term equity program with a target value of $1,000,000, which shall vest in equal annual installments on the first, second and third anniversaries of the grant date, in each case subject to continued employment; and (iii) an annual grant of performance-based RSUs under Teradata’s 2021 long-term equity program with a target value of $1,500,000, subject to a three-year performance period commencing January 1, 2021 and achievement of the same performance goals applicable to other senior executives of Teradata.
With respect to Ms. Bramley’s participation in the ESP, the Offer Letter provides that Ms. Bramley will participate as a Level I participant under the terms and conditions of the ESP, amended as follows: upon a qualified termination under the ESP, she is entitled to enhanced vesting of any outstanding but unvested service-based RSUs (but not performance-based RSUs), such that she will be treated as having attained age 55 at the time of termination for purposes of determining the vesting of those service-based awards.
Ms. Bramley will be subject to the Company’s stock ownership guidelines applicable to the chief financial officer position. She also will be entitled to standard indemnification and insurance coverage available to the Company’s other executive officers.
