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April 25, 2007
May * , 2008
Dear Internap Stockholder:
I am pleased to invite you to Internap Network Services Corporation’s 20072008 annual meeting of stockholders. This year’s meeting will be held on Thursday, June 21, 2007,19, 2008, at 10:00 a.m., Eastern Time, at 250 Williams Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30303. Details of the business to be conducted at the annual meeting are given in the attached Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement. A copy of our 20062007 Annual Report to Stockholders is also enclosed.
Whether or not you plan to attend the annual meeting, we hope you will have your shares represented by marking, signing, dating, and returning your proxy card in the enclosed envelope as soon as possible. Your stock will be voted in accordance with the instructions you have given in your proxy card. If you return your signed proxy but no voting instructions are given, your shares will be voted for each of the proposals discussed in the attached Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement. If you attend the annual meeting, you may vote your shares in person even though you have previously signed and returned your proxy card. Even if you plan to attend the annual meeting, we recommend that you also submit your proxy and voting instructions so that your vote will be counted if you later decide not to attend the meeting.
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James P. DeBlasio President and Chief Executive Officer |
NOTICE OF THE 20072008 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
TO BE HELD ON JUNE 21, 2007
19, 2008
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 20072008 annual meeting of stockholders of Internap Network Services Corporation, a Delaware corporation, will be held on Thursday, June 21, 2007,19, 2008, at 10:00 a.m., Eastern Time, at 250 Williams Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, for the following purposes:
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| 2. | To amend the Certificate of Incorporation; | |
| 3. | To increase the number of shares available for issuance pursuant to the Amended and Restated Internap Network Services Corporation 2005 Incentive Stock Plan by four million shares; | |
| 4. | To ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for our fiscal year ending December 31, | |
The foregoing items of business are more fully described in the proxy statement accompanying this notice and incorporated by reference herein.
The Board of Directors has fixed the close of business on April 20, 200721, 2008 as the record date for the determination of holders of our common stock entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the annual meeting and any adjournment or postponement thereof. A list of stockholders entitled to vote at the annual meeting shall be open for the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose relevant to the annual meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten days prior to the annual meeting at our principal executive offices at 250 Williams Street, Suite E-100, Atlanta, Georgia 30303.
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Richard Dobb Corporate Secretary |
Atlanta, Georgia
April 25, 2007
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Your vote is important. Whether or not you expect to attend the annual meeting, please read the attached proxy statement and then promptly complete, date, sign, and return the enclosed proxy card in order to ensure your representation at the annual meeting. A return envelope, (whichwhich is postage prepaid if mailed in the United States)States, is enclosed for your convenience. Even if you have given your proxy, you may still vote in person if you attend the annual meeting. Please note, however, that if your shares are held of record by a broker, bank or other nominee and you wish to vote at the annual meeting, you must obtain from such broker, bank or other nominee a proxy card issued in your name. Contact your broker, bank or other nominee for instructions.
INTERNAP NETWORK SERVICES CORPORATION
250 Williams Street, Suite E-100
PROXY STATEMENT
FOR THE 20072008 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
TO BE HELD ON JUNE 21, 2007
19, 2008
INFORMATION ABOUT THE ANNUAL MEETING
Our Board of Directors is soliciting proxies for use at our 20072008 annual meeting of stockholders to be held on Thursday, June 21, 2007,19, 2008, at 10:00 a.m., Eastern Time, or at any adjournment or postponement thereof. The annual meeting will be held at 250 Williams Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30303. When used in this proxy statement, the terms “we,” “us,” “our,” the “Company,” and “Internap” refer to Internap Network Services Corporation.
A copy of our 20062007 Annual Report to Stockholders accompanies this proxy statement. Additional copies of the 20062007 Annual Report to Stockholders, along with copies of our 20062007 Annual Report on Form 10-K/A,10-K, including financial statements and financial statement schedules (but not including documents incorporated by reference) are available to any stockholder without charge upon written request to:
Internap Network Services Corporation
Attention: Corporate Secretary
250 Williams Street, Suite E-100
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
| Internap Network Services Corporation |
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| 250 Williams Street, Suite E-100 |
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You may also obtain our 20062007 Annual Report on Form 10-K/A10-K over the Internet at the Securities and Exchange Commission’s, or SEC’s, website, www.sec.gov, or at our website, www.internap.com.
This proxy statement and form of proxy card are first being sent or given to stockholders on or about May 4, 2007.
GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT VOTING
Who Can Vote
The Board of Directors has set April 20, 200721, 2008 as the record date for the annual meeting. Only holders of record of our common stock at the close of business on this date will be entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the annual meeting. As of the record date, we had outstanding and entitled to vote 48,923,48050,419,895 shares of common stock. Each holder of record of our common stock on the record date will be entitled to one vote for each share held on all matters to be voted upon at the annual meeting.
Matters Submitted to Stockholders for a Vote
You are being asked to vote on the following proposals:
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| 2. | To amend the Certificate of Incorporation; | |
| 3. | To increase the number of shares available for issuance pursuant to the Amended and Restated Internap Network Services Corporation 2005 Incentive Stock Plan by four million shares; | |
| 4. | To ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for our fiscal year ending December 31, | |
No cumulative voting rights are authorized, and dissenters’ rights are not applicable to any of the matters being voted upon.
Quorum
In order for us to conduct the annual meeting, we must have a quorum, which means that a majority of the outstanding shares of our common stock as of the record date must be present, in person or by proxy, at the meeting.
Vote Required
Election of Directors. Stockholders may vote “For” all nominees, “Withhold” their votes as to all nominees or “Withhold” their votes as to specific nominees. The twoperson receiving the highest number of votes for election as a Director with a term expiring at the 2010 annual meeting and the three persons receiving the highest number of votes for election as a Director with a term expiring at the 20102011 annual meeting will be elected, which is called a “plurality.” Abstentions will be counted in determining whether a quorum is present but will have no other effect on the election of Directors.
Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation. Stockholders may vote “For” the proposal, “Against” the proposal or “Abstain.” The vote required to approve the amendment to the certificate of incorporation is the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of our common stock that are outstanding. Abstentions and broker non-votes will not be voted, although they will be counted in determining whether a quorum is present. Abstentions will have the same effect as a vote against the proposal, but broker non-votes will have no effect in determining the outcome of the vote on this proposal.
Increase the Number of Shares Available for Issuance Pursuant to the Amended and Restated Internap Network Services Corporation 2005 Incentive Stock Plan. Stockholders may vote “For” the proposal, “Against” the proposal or “Abstain.” The vote required to approve the increase of number of shares available for issuance pursuant to the Amended and Restated Internap Network Services Corporation 2005 Incentive Stock Plan is the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of our common stock present, in person or by proxy, at the annual meeting. Abstentions and broker non-votes will not be voted, although they will be counted in determining whether a quorum is present. Abstentions will have the same effect as a vote against the proposal, but broker non-votes will have no effect in determining the outcome of the vote on this proposal.
Ratification of the Auditors. Stockholders may vote “For” the proposal, “Against” the proposal or “Abstain.” The vote required to approve the ratification of the appointment of our independent registered public accounting firm is the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of our common stock present, in person or by proxy, at the annual meeting. Abstentions and broker non-votes will not be voted, although they will be counted in determining whether a quorum is present. Abstentions will have the same effect as a vote against the proposal, but broker non-votes will have no effect in determining the outcome of the vote on this proposal.
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Failure to Vote
If you do not vote your proxy and your shares are held in street name, your brokerage firm may either:
vote your shares on routine matters; or
leave your shares unvoted.
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How to Vote
You may vote by mail. You may vote by mail by signing your proxy card and mailing it in the enclosed envelope. If you mark your voting instructions on the proxy card, your shares will be voted as you instruct. If you return a signed card but do not provide voting instructions, your shares will be voted “For” each of the proposals described in this proxy statement.
You may vote by the Internet. Detailed instructions on how to vote by the Internet are set forth below.
For shares registered in your name —As a stockholder of record, you may go to www.proxyvote.com to grant a proxy to vote your shares via the Internet. You will be required to provide your number and control number contained on your proxy card. You will then be asked to complete an electronic proxy card. The votes represented by such proxy will be generated on the computer screen, and you will be prompted to submit or revise them as desired. For shares registered in the name of a broker or bank —If you hold your shares through a broker, bank or other nominee, that institution will send you separate instructions describing the procedures for voting your shares. General information for all shares voted via the Internet —We must receive votes submitted via the Internet by 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on June 18, 2008. Submitting your proxy via the Internet will not affect your right to vote in person should you decide to attend the annual meeting. |
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You may also vote by phone. You may vote by phone by using a touch-tone telephone and calling 1-800-690-6903. Have your proxy card in hand when you call and then follow the instructions.
You may also vote in person at the annual meeting. Written ballots will be given to anyone who wants to vote at the annual meeting. If you hold your shares in “street name,” you will need to obtain a proxy from the broker or bank that holds your shares in order to vote at the annual meeting.
Revocability of Proxies
Any stockholder delivering a proxy has the power to revoke it at any time before it is voted by:
| 1. | giving written notice to the Corporate Secretary, Internap Network Services Corporation, at 250 Williams Street, Suite E-100, Atlanta, Georgia 30303; |
| 2. | executing and delivering to the Corporate Secretary a proxy card bearing a later date; or |
| 3. | voting in person at the annual meeting. |
Cost of this Proxy
We will bear the entire cost of solicitation of proxies, including the costs of preparing, assembling, printing, and mailing this proxy statement, the proxy card and any additional information furnished to stockholders. We
will furnish copies of solicitation materials to banks, brokerage houses, fiduciaries, and custodians holding in their names shares of our common stock beneficially owned by others to forward to such beneficial owners. We may reimburse persons representing beneficial owners of common stock for their costs of forwarding solicitation materials to such beneficial owners. We may also solicit proxies by telephone, facsimile or personal solicitation by our Directors, officers or other regular employees. We will not pay any additional compensation to Directors, officers or other regular employees for such services.We have retained Morrow & Co., LLC, 470 West Avenue, Stamford, Connecticut 06902, to assist us in the solicitation of proxies at an initial anticipated cost of approximately $10,000 plus reasonable out-of-pocket expenses.
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will furnish copies of solicitation materials to banks, brokerage houses, fiduciaries, and custodians holding in their names shares of our common stock beneficially owned by others to forward to such beneficial owners. We may reimburse persons representing beneficial owners of common stock for their costs of forwarding solicitation materials to such beneficial owners. We may also solicit proxies by telephone, facsimile or personal solicitation by our Directors, officers or other regular employees. We will not pay any additional compensation to Directors, officers or other regular employees for such services.We have retained Morrow & Co., LLC, 470 West Avenue, Stamford, Connecticut 06902, to assist us in the solicitation of proxies at an initial anticipated cost of approximately $10,000 plus reasonable out-of-pocket expenses.
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Other Matters that May Come Before the Annual Meeting
Our Board of Directors knows of no matters other than those referred to in the accompanying Notice of 20072008 Annual Meeting of Stockholders that may properly come before the annual meeting. If, however, any other matters should be properly presented for consideration and voting at the annual meeting or any adjournments or postponements thereof, the accompanying proxy gives discretionary authority to the persons named as proxies on the proxy card to vote the shares represented by all valid proxy cards with respect to such other matters. Those persons intend to vote that proxy in accordance with their best judgment.
PROPOSAL 1—ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
Under our certificate of incorporation, as amended, the size of our Board of Directors is set at no less than five (5) nor more than nine (9) members, with the specific number set by resolutions of our Board of Directors. The Board is divided into three classes, with the Directors in each class serving a three-year term. With the resignation of Fredric Harman on March 15, 2007, ourOur Board of Directors currently consists of seveneight members.
The terms of the twothree Directors in Class II, James DeBlasioIII, Eugene Eidenberg, William Harding and Kevin Ober,Daniel Stanzione, will expire at the annual meeting.
In addition, the term of Gary Pfeiffer, a Class II Director, will expire at the annual meeting. The Board of Directors appointed Mr. Pfeiffer as a Class II Director in August 2007 to fill a vacancy on the Board of Directors. In accordance with Delaware law and our bylaws, Directors elected by the Board to fill newly-created directorships or to fill vacancies on the Board may only serve until the annual meeting of stockholders immediately following the appointment. For this reason, Mr. Pfeiffer, whose term does not otherwise expire until 2010, is being put forward to our stockholders for a vote.
Based upon the recommendation of the Nominations and Governance Committee, the Board of Directors has nominated each of Mr. DeBlasioDr. Eidenberg, Dr. Harding and Mr. OberDr. Stanzione for election as Class III Directors for a term expiring at the 2011 annual meeting of stockholders and Mr. Pfeiffer for election as a Class II DirectorsDirector for a term expiring at the 2010 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors have been qualified, or until their earlier death, resignation or removal. Each of the nominees has agreed to serve if elected, and the Board of Directors has no reason to believe they will be unable to serve. If any nominee for Director is unable to serve, the persons named in the proxy may vote for a substitute nominee.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE “FOR” THE ELECTION OF MR. DEBLASIODR. EIDENBERG, DR. HARDING AND MR. OBERDR. STANZIONE AS DIRECTORS TO HOLD OFFICE UNTIL THE 2011 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS AND “FOR” THE ELECTION OF MR. PFEIFFER AS A DIRECTOR TO HOLD OFFICE UNTIL THE 2010 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS.
Set forth below is information about the Director nominees and about the incumbent Directors whose terms will expire in 20082009 and 2009.
2010.
Nominees for a Term Expiring in 20102011 (Class II)
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Planning and Analysis for Lucent from 2001 to 2002, as Chief Financial Officer of Lucent’s Optical Networking Group from 2000 to 2001 and as Financial Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Lucent’s Wireless Networks Group from 1997 to 2000. Mr. DeBlasio holds a M.B.A degree in Finance and Financial Portfolio Analysis from Seton Hall University and a B.S. degree in Industrial Management from Villanova University.
Kevin L. Ober, 46, has served as a Director of Internap since October 1997 and is a Managing Partner of Divergent Venture Partners. Prior to Divergent, he spent seven years with Vulcan Ventures, a national venture capital firm owned by Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft Corporation. While with Vulcan, he led investments in Internet infrastructure companies such as Nexabit Networks, Wavtrace and Net Perceptions, as well as Internap. Other investments included Command Audio, Capstone Turbine, Colorado Micro Displays, ShareWave, Terastor, and Netschools. Prior to working at Vulcan Ventures, Mr. Ober served in various positions at Conner Peripherals, Inc., a computer hard disk drive manufacturer in San Jose California. He holds a B.S. degree in Business Administration from St. John’s University and a M.B.A. degree from Santa Clara University.
Fredric Harman was a Class II Director, and he resigned on March 15, 2007.
Incumbent Directors Whose Terms Will Expire in 2008 (Class III)
Eugene Eidenberg, 67,68, has served as a Director since November 1997 and non-executive chairman of our Board of Directors since April 2002. From November 1997 until April 2002, Dr. Eidenberg was the chairman of the Board of Directors. From July 2001 until April 2002, Dr. Eidenberg served as our chief executive officer. Dr. Eidenberg has been a Strategic Advisor of Granite Venture Associates LLC, an early-stage high tech venture capital firm, since 2005, after co-founding the firm and serving as a Managing Director from 1999 until 2005. He has served as a Principal of Hambrecht & Quist Venture Associates, an early-stage high tech venture capital firm, since 1998 and was an advisory director at the San Francisco investment-banking firm of Hambrecht & Quist from 1995 to 1998. Dr. Eidenberg served for 12 years in a number of senior management positions with MCI Communications Corporation. His positions at MCI included Senior Vice President for Regulatory and Public Policy, President of MCI’s Pacific Division, Executive Vice President for Strategic Planning and Corporate Development and Executive Vice President for MCI’s international businesses. Dr. Eidenberg was Secretary to the Cabinet and Assistant to the President during the Carter Administration. Dr. Eidenberg is currently a director of several private companies. Dr. Eidenberg holds a Ph.D. and a M.A. degree from Northwestern University and a B.A. degree from the University of Wisconsin.
William J. Harding, 59, has served as60, is currently a Managing Director of VantagePoint Venture Partners since January 1999.October 2007. Dr. Harding has served as a Managing Member of Morgan Stanley Venture Partners III, LLC since 1997 and a Managing Director of Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc. since 1999.from 1999 until October 2007. He joined Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc. in October 1994. Dr. Harding is currently a director of Aviza Technology, Inc. and several private companies. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Dr. Harding was a General Partner of several venture capital partnerships affiliated with J.H. Whitney & Co. Previously, Dr. Harding was associated with Amdahl Corporation from 1976 to 1985, serving in various technical and business development roles. Prior to Amdahl, Dr. Harding held several technical positions with Honeywell Information Systems. Dr. Harding holds a B.S. degree in Engineering Mathematics and a M.S. degree in Systems Engineering from the University of Arizona and a Ph.D. in Engineering from Arizona State University. Dr. Harding also served as an officer in the Military Intelligence Branch of the United States Army Reserve.
Daniel C. Stanzione, 61,62, has served as a Director since October 2004. Dr. Stanzione retired from Lucent Technologies in 2000 where he served as Chief Operating Officer and President of Bell Laboratories. At Lucent’s formation in 1995, Dr. Stanzione was President of Network Systems, Lucent’s business unit that sold products and services to telecommunication service providers around the world. Dr. Stanzione is currently a director of several private companies, as well as two public companies, Quest Diagnostics Inc., a public company, and Avaya.Telecordia, a private company. Dr. Stanzione is currently a consultant and serves on the Network Advisory Board at Accenture. Dr. Stanzione holds a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering, a M.S. degree in Environmental Systems Engineering and a Ph. D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, all from Clemson University.
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Nominee for a Term Expiring in 2010 (Class II)
Gary Pfeiffer, 58, joined Delaware-based E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, in 1974, where he held numerous positions in finance and international operations in several DuPont divisions. He served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the company from 1997 to 2006. Currently a member of the Board of Directors of The Talbots, Inc., Mr. Pfeiffer serves as Presiding Director, Chairperson of the Compensation Committee, and is also a member of the Audit Committee. He also serves as a Director of Quest Diagnostics, Inc. where he chairs the Audit and Finance Committee and is a member of the Compensation Committee, Governance Committee and Executive Committee.
Incumbent Directors Whose Terms Will Expire in 2010 (Class II)
James DeBlasio, 52, was appointed as Internap’s President and Chief Executive Officer in November 2005, after serving as President and Chief Operating Officer of Internap from September 2005 until November 2005. Mr. DeBlasio has served as a Director of Internap since July 2003. He also previously served as Chairman of the Audit Committee and member of the Nominations and Governance Committee of Internap’s Board of Directors, until he resigned from these committee appointments upon commencing employment as the Company’s President and Chief Operating Officer in September 2005. From 2003 until September 2005, Mr. DeBlasio served as Financial Vice President of the wireline and wireless product portfolio of Lucent Technologies, a network communications equipment provider. Prior to that, from 2002 to 2003, he was Financial Vice President for Lucent’s Mobility Solutions Group. He served as Financial Vice President—Corporate Planning and Analysis for Lucent from 2001 to 2002, as Chief Financial Officer of Lucent’s Optical Networking Group from 2000 to 2001 and as Financial Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Lucent’s Wireless Networks Group from 1997 to 2000. Mr. DeBlasio holds a M.B.A degree in Finance and Financial Portfolio Analysis from Seton Hall University and a B.S. degree in Industrial Management from Villanova University.
Kevin L. Ober, 47, has served as a Director of Internap since October 1997 and is a Managing Partner of Divergent Venture Partners. Mr. Ober currently leads Divergent’s investment in Plaint Technology. Prior to Divergent, he spent seven years with Vulcan Ventures, a national venture capital firm owned by Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft Corporation. While with Vulcan, he led investments in Internet infrastructure companies such as Nexabit Networks, Wavtrace and Net Perceptions, as well as Internap. Other investments included Command Audio, Capstone Turbine, Colorado Micro Displays, ShareWave, Terastor, and Netschools. Prior to working at Vulcan Ventures, Mr. Ober served in various positions at Conner Peripherals, Inc., a computer hard disk drive manufacturer in San Jose California. He holds a B.S. degree in Business Administration from St. John’s University and a M.B.A. degree from Santa Clara University.
Incumbent Directors Whose Terms Will Expire in 2009 (Class I)
Charles B. Coe, 59, 60, has served as a Director since July 2003. Mr. Coe is a 28-year veteran of the telecommunications industry, including 15 years with BellSouth. During his tenure at BellSouth, he served as President of BellSouth Network Services, President of BellSouth Telecommunications, President of BellSouth International, and Group President of Customer Operations for BellSouth Telecommunications. Previously, Mr. Coe had served in various management positions with AT&T Communications and American Telesystems Corporation. Mr. Cole is currently a director of Dycom Industries, Inc. Mr. Coe holds a M.B.A. degree from Georgia State University and a B.S. degree from The Citadel.
Patricia L. Higgins, 57,58, has served as a Director since December 2004. Ms. Higgins has nearly 30 years of experience in the telecommunications industry. Ms. Higgins is the former President, CEO, and a boardBoard member of Switch & Data Facilities Company, Inc., a leading provider of neutral interconnection and collocation services. Until 2000, Ms. Higgins served as Chairman and CEO of The Research Board, a premier consulting and research services company for information technology. Prior to 1999, Ms. Higgins was the CIO of Alcoa Inc. and also held senior management positions at UNISYS Corporation, Verizon (NYNEX) and AT&T Inc. Ms. Higgins currently serves on the boardBoard of directorsDirectors of Delta Airlines,The Travelers Companies, Inc., Visteon Corporation and Barnes and Noble, Inc. Ms. Higgins holds a B.A. degree from Montclair State University and attended Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program.
Family Relationships
No family relationships exist among any of our Directors or executive officers.
Agreements to Elect Directors
No agreements exist to elect any of our Directors.
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Board of Directors’ Committees and Meetings
The Board of Directors conducts its business through meetings and it may take action by unanimous written consent of the full Board, but only in rare instances following fulsome consideration and discussion of the issues presented, and through three standing committees of the Board, which are an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee and a Nominations and Governance Committee. The Board of Directors has adopted a charter for each of these committees that can be found on our website at www.internap.com.
During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006,2007, the Board of Directors held 13nine meetings, the Audit Committee held eight11 meetings, the Compensation Committee held sixnine meetings, and the Nominations and Governance Committee held twosix meetings. During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006,2007, each member of our Board of Directors attended at least 75% of the meetings of the Board of Directors and of the committees on which he or she served that were held during the period for which he or she was a Director or committee member.
We have not adopted a formal policy regarding Director attendance at our annual meetings. We, however, strongly encourage all Directors to attend the annual meeting. AllEach of our Directors, werewho was a Director at the time of our 2007 annual meeting, was in attendance at the 20062007 annual meeting of stockholders.
The Board of Directors has affirmatively determined that each current non-employee Director is an “independent director” as that term is defined under NASDAQ rules and regulations. The Board of Directors made no determination of Mr. Harman’s independence, as he resigned on March 15, 2007. Mr. DeBlasio, the
President and Chief Executive Officer, is not an independent Director because of his employment by the Company. Mr. DeBlasio does not participate in any action of the Board or the Compensation Committee related to his compensation.
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President and Chief Executive Officer, is not an independent Director because of his employment by the Company. Mr. DeBlasio does not participate in any action of the Board or the Compensation Committee related to his compensation.
Audit Committee. The Audit Committee is composed of Dr. Harding, Ms. Higgins, Dr. HardingMr. Ober, and Mr. Ober.Pfeiffer. Ms. Higgins is the Chair of the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee is responsible for, among other things:
directly appointing our independent registered public accountants;
discussing with our independent registered public accountants their independence from management;
reviewing with our independent registered public accountants the scope and results of their audit;
approving all audit services and pre-approving all permissible non-audit services to be performed by the independent registered public accountants;
overseeing the financial reporting process and discussing with management and our independent registered public accountants the interim and annual financial statements that we file with the SEC; and
reviewing and monitoring our accounting principles, policies and financial and accounting controls.
All committee members are independent as defined in applicable SEC and NASDAQ rules. The Board of Directors has determined that Ms. Higgins, the current committee Chair, qualifies as an audit committee financial expert within the meaning of NASDAQ rules and regulations.
Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee consists of Mr. Coe, Ms. Higgins, Mr. Pfeiffer, and Ms. Higgins.Dr. Stanzione. Mr. Harman was a member of the Compensation Committee prior to his resignation on March 15, 2007. Mr. Coe currently serves as Chair of the Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee reviews and recommends to the Board the compensation and benefits of all our officers and establishes and reviews general policies relating to compensation and benefits for our employees. All committee members are independent as defined in applicable NASDAQ rules.
Nominations and Governance Committee. The Nominations and Governance Committee consists of Doctors Stanzione and Eidenberg, Mr. Coe, and Ms. Higgins. Mr.Dr. Stanzione currently serves as Chair of the Nominations and Governance Committee. The Nominations and Governance Committee is responsible for assisting the Board of Directors in identifying and attracting highly qualified individuals to serve as Directors and selecting Director nominees and recommending them to the Board for election at annual meetings of stockholders. Each member of the Nominations and Governance Committee is independent as defined in applicable NASDAQ rules. The Nominations and Governance Committee is also responsible for monitoring significant developments in the regulation and practice of corporate governance and the duties and responsibilities of directors generally, evaluating and administering the Corporate Governance Guidelines of the Company and recommending changes to the Board and periodically reviewing the Company’s governance structure.
Selection of Director Nominees
General Criteria and Process. The policy of the Nominations and Governance Committee is to consider candidates for Board membership received by Nominations and Governance Committee members, other Board members, management, the Company’s stockholders, third party search firms, and any other appropriate sources. In identifying and evaluating Director candidates, the Nominations and Governance Committee has not set specific criteria for Directors. Under its committee charter, the Nominations and Governance Committee is responsible for determining desired skills and attributes and may consider strength of character, mature judgment, career specialization, relevant technical skills, diversity, and the extent to which the candidate would fill a present need on the Board. The Nominations and Governance Committee may retain a third party search firm to identify Director candidates and has sole authority to select the search firm and approve the terms and fees of any Director search engagement.
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Stockholder Nominations. Stockholders who wish to recommend nominees for consideration by the Nominations and Governance Committee must submit their nominations in writing to our Corporate Secretary. Submissions must include sufficient biographical information concerning the recommended individual for the committee to consider the recommended nominee, including age, five-year employment history with employer names and a description of the employer’s business, whether such individual can read and comprehend basic financial statements, and other board memberships, if any, held by the recommended individual. The submission must be accompanied by a written consent of the individual to stand for election if nominated by the Board of Directors and to serve if elected by the stockholders. The Nominations and Governance Committee may consider such stockholder recommendations when it evaluates and recommends nominees to the Board of Directors for submission to the stockholders at each annual meeting. Stockholder nominations made in accordance with these procedures and requirements must be addressed to Internap Network Services Corporation, Attn: Corporate Secretary, at 250 Williams Street, Suite E-100, Atlanta, Georgia 30303.
In addition, stockholders may nominate Directors for election without consideration by the Nominations and Governance Committee. Any stockholder of record may nominate an individual by following the procedures and deadlines set forth in the “Stockholders’ Proposals for 20082009 Annual Meeting” section of this proxy statement and by complying with the eligibility, advance notice and other provisions of our bylaws. Under our bylaws, a stockholder is eligible to submit a stockholder proposal if the stockholder is of record and entitled to vote at the annual meeting. The stockholder also must provide timely notice of the proposal to us. To be timely, the stockholder must provide advance notice not less than 90 nor more than 120 calendar days prior to the anniversary date of the preceding year’s annual meeting.
As of December 31, 2006,2007, the Nominations and Governance Committee had not received a recommended nominee from any stockholder or group of stockholders that beneficially owned more than 5% of our common stock for at least one year as of the date of the recommendation.
Compensation of Directors
We discuss the compensation of our Directors in the section “Compensation Discussion and Analysis.”
Stockholder Communications with the Board of Directors
The Board of Directors has a policy and process to facilitate stockholder communications with Directors. Stockholders who wish to communicate directly with the Board of Directors may do so by writing to Internap Network Services Corporation, 250 Williams Street, Suite E-100, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, Attn: Corporate Secretary or by sending electronic mail toboardofdirectors@internap.com.
The Corporate Secretary will forward all communications received without reviewing or editing them. The Chairman of the Board of Directors, or the other Director to whom your communication is addressed, if other than the Board, will decide whether and how to respond to your communication. Such person may consult with the Corporate Secretary regarding his or her response.
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF
CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
The following table sets forth the beneficial ownership of shares of common stock as of March 15, 200725, 2008 for:
our Directors and Director nominees;
our principal executive officer, our principal financial officer, our threemost highly compensated executive officers other than the principal executive officer and principal financial officer as of December 31, 2006, and one individual who would have been among the three most highly
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• | our Directors and Director nominees; | |
| • | our principal executive officer, our principal accounting officer, our three most highly compensated named executive officers other than the principal executive officer and principal accounting officer as of December 31, 2007, and one individual who would have been the principal financial officer had he been an executive officer as of December 31, | |
| • | our Directors, Director nominees and executive officers as a group; and | |
our Directors, Director nominees and executive officers as a group; and
each stockholder who holds more than a 5% interest in our outstanding common stock.
Unless otherwise indicated in the footnotes, all of such interests are owned directly and the indicated person or entity has sole voting and disposition power.
Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC. In computing the number of shares beneficially owned by a person and the percentage of ownership held by that person, shares of common stock subject to options and warrants held by that person that are currently exercisable or will become exercisable within 60 days after March 15, 200725, 2008 are deemed outstanding, while these shares are not deemed outstanding for computing percentage ownership of any other person.
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The percentage of common stock beneficially owned is based on 48,897,27850,249,871 shares of our common stock outstanding at March 15, 2007.
25, 2008.
The address for those individuals for which an address is not otherwise indicated is: c/o Internap Network Services Corporation, 250 Williams Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30303.
| Common Stock Beneficially Owned | |||||
| Number of Shares | Percent of Class | ||||
David L. Abrahamson (1) | 186,152 | * | |||
David A. Buckel (2) | 196,602 | * | |||
Charles B. Coe (3) | 41,000 | * | |||
James P. DeBlasio (4) | 451,425 | * | |||
Eugene Eidenberg (5) | 235,156 | * | |||
FMR Corp. (6) | 3,130,967 | 6.4 | % | ||
Franklin Resources, Inc. (7) | 4,693,076 | 9.6 | % | ||
William J. Harding (8) | 46,783 | * | |||
Fredric Harman (9) | 47,914 | * | |||
Patricia L. Higgins (10) | 33,729 | * | |||
Eric Klinker (11) | 74,389 | * | |||
Kevin L. Ober (12) | 18,000 | * | |||
Robert Smith (13) | — | * | |||
Daniel C. Stanzione (14) | 29,000 | * | |||
Eric Suddith (15) | 65,525 | * | |||
All Directors and executive officers as a group (15 persons) | 9,249,718 | 18.9 | % | ||
| Common Stock Beneficially Owned | |||||
| Number of Shares | Percent of Class | ||||
| Tamara Augustyn (1) | 36,751 | * | |||
| David A. Buckel (2) | -- | -- | |||
| Charles B. Coe (3) | 53,500 | * | |||
| James P. DeBlasio (4) | 681,323 | * | |||
| Richard Dobb (5) | 66,235 | * | |||
| Eugene Eidenberg (6) | 242,656 | * | |||
| Franklin Resources, Inc. (7) | 3,696,290 | 7.4% | |||
| William J. Harding (8) | 24,783 | * | |||
| Patricia L. Higgins (9) | 41,229 | * | |||
Integral Capital Management VII, LLC, Integral Capital Management VIII, LLC and ICP Absolute Return Management, LLC (10) | 2,999,000 | 6.0% | |||
| Phil Kaplan (11) | 437,862 | * | |||
| Kornitzer Capital Management, Inc. (12) | 3,736,800 | 7.4% | |||
| Vince Molinaro (13) | 194,771 | * | |||
| Kevin L. Ober (14) | 23,500 | * | |||
| Gary Pfeiffer (15) | 12,500 | * | |||
| Daniel C. Stanzione (16) | 45,500 | * | |||
| All Directors and executive officers as a group (13 persons) | 1,860,610 | 3.7% | |||
* Less than 1%.
| (1) | Consists of |
| (2) | Mr. Buckel resigned his position as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer on November 19, 2007. |
Consists of |
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| (4) | Consists |
| (5) | Consists of |
| (6) | Consists of the 2,500 shares of restricted common stock awarded on June 22, 2007 one-third of which vest on each of the first, second and third anniversary of the grant date, provided Dr. Eidenberg is a Director of the Company on such date, 236 shares of common stock |
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| (7) | As of |
| (8) | |
| (9) | Consists of 4,729 shares of common stock, 2,500 shares of restricted common stock awarded on June 22, 2007 one-third of which vest on each of the first, second and third anniversary of the grant date, provided Ms. Higgins is a Director of the Company on such date, and options to purchase 34,000 shares of common stock that are vested and exercisable. |
| (10) |
| (11) | Consists of |
| (12) | As of December 31, 2007. The address is 5420 West 61st Place, Shawnee Mission, Kansas 66205. |
| (13) | Consists of 125,000 shares of restricted common stock awarded on April 24, 2007 of which 25% of the award vests on the anniversary of grant, provided that Mr. Molinaro is employed by the Company on that date and 69,771 shares of restricted common stock awarded on March 20, 2008, half of which are time-based and half are performance-based vesting. The time-based portion vests in 16 equal quarterly installments. The performance-based portion vests in increments of one-third beginning on the first anniversary of the grant date if the Company achieves revenue and EBITDA levels established by the Board. The Company will either meet or not meet both goals in a given year. With respect to all shares of performance-based restricted stock that do not vest during any of the three years, 50% of such shares will vest on the fourth anniversary of the date of the grant. The vesting of any restricted stock (including both time-based and performance-based) is subject to Mr. Molinaro being an employee in good standing on the date of vesting. Mr. Molinaro resigned his position as Chief Operating Officer on April 7, 2008 and plans to remain an employee through June 30, 2008. |
| (14) | Consists of 2,500 shares of restricted common stock awarded on June 22, 2007 one-third of which vest on each of the first, second and third anniversary of the grant date, provided Mr. Ober is a Director of the Company on such date, and options to purchase |
| Consists of 12,500 shares of restricted common stock awarded on August 21, 2007 one-third of which vest on each of the first, second and third anniversary of the grant date, provided Mr. Pfeiffer is a Director of the Company on such date. | |
| (16) | Consists of 9,000 shares purchased in the open market, 2,500 shares of restricted common stock awarded on June 22, 2007 one-third of which vest on each of the first, second and third anniversary of the grant date, provided Dr. Stanzione is a Director of the Company on such date, and options to purchase |
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Executive Officers
In addition to Mr. DeBlasio, our President and Chief Executive Officer, whose biographical information appears under “Proposal 1—Election of Directors,” set forth below are each of our named executive officers and their ages as of December 31, 2006.2007.
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Name | Age | Position | ||
| James P. DeBlasio | President and Chief Executive Officer | |||
| Vice President | |||
David A. Buckel | 45 | Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (1) | ||
| Vice President | |||
| Phil Kaplan | 41 | Chief Strategy Officer | ||
| Vince Molinaro | 44 | Chief Operating Officer (2) |
| (1) | Mr. Buckel resigned his position as Vice President and Chief | |||
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| (2) | Mr. Molinaro resigned his position as Chief Operating Officer on April 7, 2008. |
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David A. Buckel has served as the Company’s Vice President and Chief Financial Officer sincefrom May 2004 to November 2007, after serving as Financial Vice President from October 2003 until May 2004. Mr. Buckel also previously served as an Investor Relations consultant with the Company from July 2003 until October 2003. From November 2002 to July 2003, he served as Senior Manager and President of AJC Finance & Market Group, a financial consulting firm. Prior to that, Mr. Buckel was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for two NASDAQ-listed companies, Web.com, which was formerly known as Interland Corporation, a provider of applications and web hosting and consulting services from March 2001 through November 2002, and Applied Theory Corporation, a provider of hosting, software development and Internet connectivity products, from July 1995 through March 2001. Mr. Buckel, a Certified Management Accountant, holds a B.S. degree in Accounting from Canisius College and a M.B.A. degree in Finance and Operations Management from Syracuse University.
Philip N. Kaplan has served as Chief Strategy Officer of the Company since February 2007 when the Company acquired VitalStream Holdings, Inc., or VitalStream. He served as president of VitalStream since November 2004, as chief operating officer and a director of VitalStream since April 2002, and as Secretary of VitalStream from April 2002 until November 2004. Mr. Kaplan served as chief operating officer, secretary and a director of VitalStream, Inc. since its inception in March 2000, which merged with VitalStream in 2002. Mr. Kaplan was also co-founder of AnaServe, Inc. where he held the position of senior vice president, secretary and treasurer from its formation in 1995 until its acquisition by Concentric Network Corporation in August 1998. Mr. Kaplan remained employed by Concentric until April 1999. Mr. Kaplan received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics with a minor in Russian language from the University of California, Davis.
Vincent J. Molinaro served as the Company’s Chief TechnologyOperating Officer from April 2007 to April 7, 2008. From December 2006 to April 2007, Mr. Molinaro served as president of the Europe & North Region for Alcatel-Lucent. From July 2005 to December 2006, Mr. Molinaro served as president of North America Region for Lucent Technologies and Vice President,led the sales, technical support and delivery teams to grow the company’s service provider business and extend its legacy products into next-generation enterprise solutions. Additionally, from December 1994 to July 2000, Mr. Molinaro lived in the Netherlands serving as vice president and chief operating officer of Lucent’s Europe, Middle East & Africa Regions. In that position, he oversaw all marketing, sales, service, support, and program management for Internet and telecommunications companies throughout the region. He was also an executive in the Data Networking Systems Group and the Applications Software Business Unit. Mr. Molinaro joined AT&T Bell Laboratories as a member of the technical staff in 1988, and then transferred to AT&T Network Systems two years later. During his tenure with AT&T he held many global roles ranging from systems engineering and product management to marketing and business development. Mr. Molinaro holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering from October 2005 to March 2007, after holding various other management positions with the Company, including as Chief Technology OfficerBoston University and Vice Presidenta Master of Engineering since June 2005 and as Vice President of Engineering since January 2004. Previously, Mr. Klinker held various management positions, most recently as Chief Technology Officer and Chief Architect, at netVmg, a privately held pioneering provider of intelligent route control and bandwidth management products, from 2000 until the company was acquired by Internap in October 2003. Prior to netVmg, Mr. Klinker worked with Excite@Home, where he focused on product development of cable and IP network management systems. Mr. Klinker also spent seven years in applied research for the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C. His primary research interests focused on IP Multicast Routing, Distributed Computing and Information Security. Mr. Klinker holds a B.S. degreeScience in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and a M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. Mr. Klinker resigned in March 2007.Bridgeport.
Robert P. Smith served as the Company’s Vice President, Marketing and Chief Marketing Officer from May 2005 to July 2006. Prior to joining the Company in May 2005, Mr. Smith was a Senior Director of BellSouth Product Management from May 2001, where he led teams responsible for next generation enterprise and mass-market products covering full profit and loss activities of research, development, marketing, and external
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messaging. Previously, from November 1999 to May 2001, Mr. Smith was Senior Director of Marketing for Qwest Communications. In this role, he directed product positioning, customer acquisition, advertising, direct mail, call centers, and channel launch programs. Prior to working at Qwest, Mr. Smith was Executive Manager of Internet and VPN Services for MCI and was responsible for global product management of the company’s Internet access products. Mr. Smith has served on the board of directors of the Metro Ethernet Forum, an industry task force with over forty members created to bring standards and interoperability to Ethernet based networks. Mr. Smith holds a bachelor’s degree in History from East Carolina University.
Eric Suddith has served as the Company’s Vice President of Human Resources since August 2006, after holding various other management positions with the Company including Vice President, Operations since February 2004 and Director of Service Delivery from October 2002. From 2000 until 2002, Mr. Suddith served as the Vice President of Network Engineering with US LEC, a communications service provider. Prior to that, from 1985 to 2000, he held several leadership positions at AT&T, including Business Customer Care General Manager of Network International Transitions. Additionally, over his 15 years with AT&T, Mr. Suddith led several organizations including the National Network Provisioning and Operations organization, National Contract Management, Corporate ITS Services, Product Management, Field Operations and Customer Care. Mr. Suddith served in the United States Air Force and received a B.S. degree in Business and a M.B.A. degree from Liberty University. He has also completed postgraduate studies at the Wharton Business School and the University of Wisconsin School of Engineering.
Compensation Discussion and Analysis
Introduction
In this section, we discuss certain aspects of our compensation program as it pertains to our principal executive officer, our principal financialaccounting officer, our three other most highly compensated executive officers as of December 31, 2006,2007, and one individual who would have been among the three most highly compensated executive officers had he been an executive officer as of December 31, 2006.2007. We refer to these individuals as the “named executive officers.” Our discussion focuses on compensation and practices relating to 2006,2007, our most recently completed fiscal year, and includes relevant actions we have taken thus far in 20072008 that affect the compensation of our named executive officers.
We believe that the individual performance of our named executive officers can have a significant impact on our overall results. We, therefore, place considerable importance on the design and administration of our executive compensation program.
This Compensation Discussion and Analysis will outline our compensation philosophy, the administration of our policies, our use of consultants, and provide a detailed description of how and why we paid each element of the compensation plan to our named executive officers.
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Philosophy
Our executive compensation program is designed to: (1) attract, motivate, reward, and retain high quality executives necessary for our leadership; (2) ensure that compensation provided to executive officers is closely aligned with our short and long-term business objectives, financial performance and financial performance;strategic goals; (3) build a strong link between an individual’s performance and his or her related compensation opportunities;paid compensation; and (4) maximize stockholder value.further align the interests of management with our stockholders by providing equity incentive compensation. Our executive compensation practices are intended to provide each executive a total annual compensation that is commensurate with the executive’s responsibilities, experience and demonstrated performance and are intended to be competitive with a select group of peer Internet infrastructure companies, as well as a larger group of other similarly sized technology companies.
Administration
The Company is in an industry characterized by intense competition, rapid technological change and the introduction of new products and services. Successful companies in this industry are those that achieve growth in this environment. Our compensation program reflects our commitment to growth and increasing stockholder value by providing for bonuses and equity awards only when the Company has achieved certain levels of growth. For example, the bonuses received by our named executive officers in 2007 for performance in 2006 were the first such bonuses awarded by the Company and coincided with the Company’s unprecedented financial performance.
Determination Process
The Compensation Committee, or the Committee, oversees the establishment of executive compensation policies and programs consistent with our corporate objectives and stockholder interests, as well as reviews the general policies relating to the compensation and benefits for all of our employees. The Board of Directors
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determines the Committee’s membership. All members of the Committee are independent Directors under NASDAQ rules. The Committee meets at scheduled times during the year, and it may take action by unanimous written consent, but only in rare instances following fulsome consideration and discussion of the issues presented. The Chair of the Committee reports on Committee actions and recommendations at meetings of the full Board of Directors. The Committee engages independent compensation consultants and considers their data and input.
The Committee’s charter, which is available on our website, mandates that the Committee annually review each named executive officer’s compensation package. The Committee considers: (1) the extent to which we attained specified corporate objectives for the preceding year; (2) the extent to which the named executive officer attained his or her individual objectives for the preceding year; (3) the recommendations of the Chief Executive Officer with respect to compensation of the other named executive officers; (4) the experience and contribution levels of the named executive officer; (5) internal pay equity; and (6) benchmarking the total compensation levels of executive officers in similar positions in companies in a select group of peer Internet infrastructure companies, as well as a larger group of other similarly sized technology companies, through surveys conducted by independent compensation consultants.
The Committee approves the total compensation, including base salary adjustments, cash bonus and long-term incentive awards, of the named executive officers, other than the Chief Executive Officer, based on the factors described in the preceding paragraph. The Committee considers the same factors when evaluating the Chief Executive Officer’s performance and recommends a compensation package, including base salary adjustments, cash bonus and long-term incentive awards, to the Board of Directors for its review, discussion and approval. A majority of the independent Directors of the full Board of Directors must approve the compensation of our Chief Executive Officer.
The Committee typically makes changes to our named executive officers’ base salaries in December of each year, but made such adjustments to base salaries for 2007 in January of 2007. The Committee typically determines bonus awards in March after financial results for the preceding year are available. The Committee also determines the long-term incentives in March during its prescheduled meeting.
Use of Consultants
We recognize that competitive compensation is critical for attracting, motivating and rewarding qualified executives. To ensure our named executive officers are compensated appropriately, the Committee retained the services of Aon Consulting, or Aon, an independent compensation consultant, or Aon, to identify appropriate compensation levels and compensation program design features. Aon assisted the Committee in identifying and establishing median total compensation goals and assisted in general oversight of our executive compensation program. This oversight includes helping the Committee evaluate compensation practices and assisting the Committee with developing and implementing our executive compensation program and philosophy. The Committee used information provided by Aon when approving or recommending compensation levels, but does not delegate authority to set compensation to Aon or to any other party.
At the Committee’s direction to ensure independence, neither Aon nor any of its affiliates or subsidiaries provided any other services to the Company.
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Compensation for 2007
In September 2006, Aon conducted a review of labor market salary levels for top executives in similar sized companies and similar industries using published compensation surveys and a selected peer group of companies. Aon provided a preliminary list of potential peer companies using publicly available databases and screening on relevant industry categories. The peer group consistedCommittee reviewed this preliminary list and considered the similarities of Internet infrastructure companies,products and services offered, revenue size, market capitalization, and number of employees, as well as a larger group of similarly situatedrevenue growth and sized technologyprofitability. Based on this review, the Committee determined that the following companies but these companies are not necessarily dispositive ofwould constitute the companies we consider in all comparative analyses. The peer group companies includedgroup: Akamai Technologies Inc., Arbinet-Thexchange Inc., Cbeyond Communications Inc., Cogent Communications Group, Covad Communications Group, Equinix Inc., Globix Corp., Infospace Inc., Internet Security Systems Inc., Ipass Inc., ITC Deltacom Inc., Navisite Inc., Savvis Inc., Terremark Worldwide Inc., and VitalstreamVitalStream Holdings, Inc.
The peer group companies are Internet infrastructure companies, as well as a larger group of similarly situated and sized technology companies, but these companies are not necessarily dispositive of the companies we consider in all comparative analyses. While the these peer companies differed in relative revenue size, Aon used regression analysis of its database to factor in size differences and to calculate actual and expected compensation for executives relative to net sales and completed an analysis that linked the peer group executive regression data, the published survey data and the Company’s internal hierarchy. Aon matched our executive positions to published compensation survey data for similarly sized companies. These surveys are generally broad in scope and incorporate the comparison data from hundreds of respondent companies. The survey sources on which Aon relied included Aon’s Radford Technology Compensation Surveys and surveys from other well-known sources, including William M. Mercer and Watson Wyatt. Data utilized represented companies of similar size, industry and scope to us, with revenues generally less than $200 million.
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Aon conducted a regression analysis using the peer group database to calculate actual and expected compensation for chief executive officers relative to 2005 net sales and completed an analysis that linked the peer group chief executive officer regression data, the published survey data and our internal hierarchy. This analysis compared relative values from published surveys of positions below the chief executive officer by creating a published survey index to the chief executive officer. Aon set the chief executive officer index at 100% and the indices for positions below the chief executive officer are calculated by dividing the published survey median results for each position by the published median for the chief executive officer’s compensation. These indices were applied to calculate expected compensation levels for the positions below the chief executive officer.
For base salaries, Aonthe Committee focused on the published survey data results because Aonthe Committee viewed those results as more indicative of the labor market since the published survey data sources covered many more companies. For total cash compensation, which is salary plus bonus and total direct compensation, which is total cash plus the present value of stock or other long-term compensation, Aon usedthe Committee focused on the peer group regression results because theythose companies are growth companies and better represented the labor market on these elements of compensation.
Aon identified the market median salary for each of our named executive officers. Based on that median, we concluded that the base salaries of our named executive officers earnedwere between 94% and 112% of the published surveys’ market median salary for his or hereach position. We also concluded that our named executive officers had total cash compensation that ranged from 105% to 139% of expected total cash compensation from the peer group regressions, and total direct compensation that ranged from 85% to 151% of the expected total direct compensation from the peer group regressions.
The overall results of the Aon engagement provided the foundation for our actions involving executive compensation in 20062007.
Compensation for 2008
To assist with its decisions for executive compensation for 2008, the Committee asked Aon to conduct a review of the competitiveness of Internap’s executive compensation program for its top executives and will provideto compare Internap’s executive compensation to published surveys and a mutually selected peer group. Aon presented the results of this review in August of 2007 and formed the foundation for our actions related to executive compensation in 2007.
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Aon utilized published surveys and a selected peer group of similar companies to Internap. Aon developed key findings from an analysis of competitive compensation data and its review of reports and documents provided by the Company. Aon compared the Company’s top executive positions to the executives listed in the proxy statement of each of the selected peer companies. The Committee, with Aon’s advice, selected the peer companies. Aon then matched the Company’s executive positions to published compensation survey data for similarly sized companies. The surveys are generally broad in scope and incorporate the compensation data from hundreds of respondent companies. Aon aged this salary information to October 1, 2007 at a 3.5% annualized increase rate, which was based on actual 2006 and projected 2007 median merit salary increase rates for technology companies. The surveys Aon used were:
● The 2005 Radford Executive Compensation Survey, Telecommunications Products/Services with revenues from $200 million to $1 billion;
● The 2006 William M. Mercer Executive Compensation Report, All Organizations with revenues less than $500 million; and
● The 2006 Watson Wyatt Industry Report on Top Management Compensation, All Organizations with revenues from $150 million to $750 million.
Aon then evaluated the Company’s compensation components and total compensation levels, including base salary and annual and long-term incentives, for the positions matched to the survey sources. Aon also developed a database of compensation and financial information for the Company and the peer group. The peer group consisted of the following companies: Akamai Technologies Inc., Cbeyond Communications Inc., Cogent Communications Group, Covad Communications Group, Equinix Inc., Infospace Inc., ITC Deltacom Inc., Limelight Networks Inc., Navisite Inc., Neustar Inc., Premier Global Services, Radiant Systems Inc., Savvis Inc., Switch & Data Facilities Co., and Terremark Worldwide Inc.
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The following companies were included as peers in Aon’s 2006 analysis, but were not included as peers in this 2007 analysis: Arbinet-Thexchange Inc., Globix Corp., Internet Security Systems Inc., Ipass Inc., and VitalStream Holdings, Inc. The Committee did not include Globix because it underwent business changes and portions were acquired. Similarly, the Committee did not include Internet Security Systems Inc. or VitalStream Holdings, Inc. because both were acquired. The following companies were not included as peers in the 2006 analysis, but were peers in this 2007 analysis: Infospace Inc., Limelight Networks Inc., Neustar Inc., Premier Global Services, Radiant Systems Inc., and Switch & Data Facilities Co. The Committee did not include Limelight in its 2006 analysis because it was not publicly traded. It added Infospace, Neustar, Premier, Radiant, and Switch & Data this year because those companies are succeeding in areas we expect to grow. The Committee did not include Arbinet-Thexchange Inc. and Ipass Inc. because it concluded that the newly included companies were more relevant peers.
Aon then conducted regression analyses using the peer group database to calculate actual and expected CEO compensation. Aon completed an Executive Value Index analysis that linked peer group CEO regression data, the published survey data and the Company’s internal hierarchy. This analysis compared relative values from published surveys of positions below the CEO by creating a published survey index to CEO. The CEO index is set at 100% and the indices for positions below the CEO are calculated by dividing the published survey results for each position by the published survey median for the CEO’s compensation. This approach is particularly accurate in measuring job values based on the duties and responsibilities of each job, rather than a ranking of by salary only.
Aon also identified the prevalence of performance-based long-term incentive grants for the peer companies. Aon evaluated stock compensation dilution levels for the peer companies to identify competitive annual stock compensation grants and total stock compensation shares outstanding and available for grant relative to total shares issued and outstanding.
Aon then developed recommended target compensation levels for certain executives, including target base salaries, bonus opportunity ranges and long-term incentive award ranges.
Based on the published survey data, Aon concluded that the Company’s base salaries for these executives were 103.7% of the median survey data and 87.2% of the 75th percentile survey data. Based on the trended peer group analysis, which was unadjusted for differences in net sales size, Aon concluded that the Company’s base salaries for these executives was 98.7% of the median survey data and 88.7% of the 75th percentile survey data.
Executive Compensation Program Overview
The three primary components of our executive compensation program are:
Base salary;
Annual cash incentives; and
Long-term equity incentives, which consist of stock options and restricted stock.
We strive to provide sufficiently competitive levels of base salary and annual and long-term incentive opportunities in order to attract and retain the talent needed to ensure continued operational and financial success, high quality customer service and creation of sustained stockholder value. To this end, we target total compensation ateach element to the median forof our peer group.
group and the broader published survey pay data for similar sized companies in the technology industry, which reflects the Committee’s commitment to pay for performance. When the Company’s performance exceeds established benchmarks, the compensation of our named executive officers will exceed this median.
We believe that the compensation of our named executive officers should be predominately performance-based because these individuals have the greatest ability to influence our performance. To that end, long-term award opportunities are substantially greater than annual cashour compensation practices provide ong-term award opportunities to reflect the strategic roles of our named executive officers in leading us toward long-term growth, increasing profitability and stockholder value creation.
Accordingly, the Committee does not target a particular mix of compensation elements and the amounts awarded or paid pursuant to each element do not affect decisions regarding the other elements.
A description of these three components and related programs follows.
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Executive Summary
The total compensation of our President and Chief Executive Officer, Jim DeBlasio, was $1,750,408, which consisted of base salary of $425,000, awards of restricted stock of $524,831, awards of stock options of $435,452, and a bonus of $337,663 of which $297,500 was paid in cash and $40,163 was paid in shares of common stock. The cash component of Mr. DeBlasio’s compensation equals approximately 41% of his total compensation and the equity component of his compensation equals approximately 59% of his total compensation.
The total compensation of our former Chief Financial Officer, David Buckel, was $750,248, which consisted of salary of $240,333, which is a prorated amount of his base salary of $260,000 for the portion of the year he was employed by the Company, awards of restricted stock of $222,204 and awards of stock options of $287,711. The cash component of Mr. Buckel’s compensation equals approximately 32% of his total compensation and the equity component of his compensation equals approximately 68% of his total compensation.
The total compensation of our Chief Operating Officer, Vincent Molinaro, was $661,336, which consisted of salary of $247,917, which is a prorated amount of his base salary of $350,000 for the portion of the year he was employed by the Company, a portion of his signing bonus of $13,333, awards of restricted stock of $325,086, and a cash bonus of $75,000. The cash component of Mr. Molinaro’s compensation equals approximately 51% of his total compensation and the equity component of his compensation equals approximately 49% of his total compensation.
The total compensation of our Vice President and General Counsel, Richard Dobb, was $381,363, which consisted of salary of $180,000, which is a prorated amount of his base salary of $240,000 for the portion of the year he was employed by the Company, awards of restricted stock of $78,783 and a bonus of $122,580 of which $108,000 was paid in cash and $14,180 was paid in shares of common stock. The cash component of Mr. Dobb’s compensation equals approximately 76% of his total compensation and the equity component of his compensation equals approximately 24% of his total compensation.
The total compensation of our Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, Phil Kaplan, was $726,137, which consisted of base salary of $230,808, which is a prorated amount of his base salary of $235,000 for the portion of the year he was employed by the Company, awards of stock options of $396,641 and a bonus of $98,688 of which $87,000 was paid in cash and $11,688 was paid in shares of common stock. The cash component of Mr. Kaplan’s compensation equals approximately 44% of his total compensation and the equity component of his compensation equals approximately 56% of his total compensation.
The total compensation of our Vice President and Principal Accounting Officer, Tamara Augustyn, was $347,428, which consisted of base salary of $172,500 awards of restricted stock of $42,987, awards of stock options of $41,941, and a cash bonus of $90,000. The cash component of Ms. Augustyn’s compensation equals approximately 76% of her total compensation and the equity component of her compensation equals approximately 24% of her total compensation.
| 1. | Base Salary |
The Committee establishes base salaries that are sufficient to attract and retain individuals with the qualities it believes are necessary for our long-term financial success and that are competitive in the marketplace. A named executive officer’s base salary generally reflects the officer’s responsibilities, tenure, job performance, special circumstances, and direct competition for the officer’s services. In other cases, the Committee determines salaries in negotiations to recruit certain highly qualified executives for key positions, after consideration of, with no specific weighting, the importance of the position being filled, the experience and background of the candidate, the level of compensation required to induce the candidate to leave his or her current position, and the compensation historically paid to others in that position.
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The Committee reviews the salaries of our executive officers annually in January of each year.annually. In addition to these periodic reviews, the Committee may at any time review the salary of an executive who has received a significant promotion, whose responsibilities have been increased significantly or who is a retention risk. The Committee evaluated the fiscal year 2006 base salary levels for our named executive officers as part of its annual assessment. Salaries for the named executive officers generally are based upon their personal performance in light of individual levels of responsibility, our overall performance and profitability during the preceding year, economic trends that may affect us, and the competitiveness of the executive’s salary with the salaries of executives in comparable positions at companies of comparable size or with operational characteristics. While the Committee considered each of these factors, it did not assign a specific value to each factor.
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As part of the compensation setting process for the named executive officers other than the Chief Executive Officer, the Committee met with our Chief Executive Officer and reviewed the performance of each of the other named executive officers. The Committee then considered the recommendations of the Chief Executive Officer along with the competitiveness of the named executive officer’s salary compared to salaries of executives of our peer group. Generally, salaries are targeted at the median of the published surveys.
As part of the compensation setting process for the Chief Executive Officer, the Committee evaluated the Chief Executive Officer’s performance against Board-approved goals and objectives and considered his compensation compared to the salaries of chief executive officers of our peer group. Considering that Mr. DeBlasio’s tenure as Chief Executive Officer began on November 18, 2005, the Committee recommended to the Board of Directors, and the majority of the independent Directors approved, a compensation plan that left the Chief Executive Officer’s salary unchanged for fiscal year 2006 from fiscal year 2005.
The base salary component of our executive compensation provides each named executive officer with a fixed minimum amount of annual cash compensation. Set forth below and effective as of January 20062007 are the fiscal year 20062007 base salaries for our named executive officers:
Name | Base Salary | |||
James DeBlasio | $ | 350,000 | ||
David Buckel | $ | 240,000 | ||
David Abrahamson | $ | 230,000 | ||
Eric Klinker | $ | 200,000 | ||
Robert Smith | $ | 200,000 | (1) | |
Eric Suddith | $ | 190,000 | ||
Name | Base Salary | |||
| James DeBlasio | $ | 425,000 | ||
| Vincent Molinaro | $ | 350,000 | ||
| David Buckel | $ | 260,000 | (1) | |
| Richard Dobb | $ | 240,000 | ||
| Phil Kaplan | $ | 235,000 | ||
| Tamara Augustyn | $ | 175,000 | ||
| (1) | Mr. |
In JanuaryDecember 2007, the Board conducted its annual review of the salaries of the named executive officers. The Board compared each named executive officer’s base salary to market median levels and considered each named executive officer’s experience and sustained performance in the position and also considered each named executive officer’s job performance balanced against his or her retention risk andrisk. Effective January 1, 2008, the Board increased Mr. DeBlasio’s base salary to $425,000,$460,000, increased Mr. Buckel’sMolinaro’s base salary to $260,000,$360,000, Mr. Abrahamson’sDobb’s base salary to $250,000, and$248,000, Mr. Suddith’sKaplan’s base salary to $200,000.$244,000, and Ms. Augustyn’s base salary to $185,000.
| 2. | Annual Cash Incentives |
We believe that our compensation program should focus the named executive officers and other key executives on our annual financial performance and should reward individual performance. To that end, we have adopted the 20062007 Executive Bonus Award Incentive Plan, or the Plan. Named executive officers and other executives participate in the Plan and our Chief Executive Officer may recommend to the Committee that other key contributors participate in the Plan.
The purpose of the Plan is to:
Focus participants’ actions on the achievement of annual revenue growth and profitability goals;
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Align participants’ actions on the accomplishment of key operational and strategic goals;
Encourage and reward participants for the achievement of specific objectives; and
Maintain a competitive range of incentive compensation opportunities.
Each named executive officer’s award is based on the following three criteria:
| 1. | Achievement of revenue goals by us, which comprises 25% of the potential award; |
| 2. | Achievement of adjusted EBITDA goals by us, which comprises 50% of the potential award; and |
| 3. | Achievement of individual goals by the named executive officer, which comprises 25% of the potential award. |
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We must meet a threshold of financial performance based on revenue, adjusted EBITDA and net income, which excludes equity compensation expenses, for the year in order for any awards to be made pursuant to the Plan. The Board established this minimum financial performance in November of 20052006 as part of our business plan for 2006.2007. In addition, a named executive officer must achieve a certain rating in his or her performance review, which includes attaining his or her individual and department budget objectives, to receive any award pursuant to the Plan.
We choose to base awards pursuant to the Plan on adjusted EBITDA and revenue because we believe they are accurate measurements of our core performance. We chose to base the majority of awards pursuant to the Plan based on adjusted EBITDA because adjusted EBITDA has become a commonly used metric, especially for capital-intensive technology companies such as ours, for assessing operating performance, liquidity and valuations by investors, analysts and banks.
For 2007, the adjusted EBITDA target was $36.1 million and the revenue target was $235.0 million, compared to an adjusted EBITDA target of $18.8 million and revenue target of $160.1 million for 2006. The change in these targets from 2006 to 2007 represents an approximately 92% increase in adjusted EBITDA and a 46% increase in revenue.
The Committee chose these revenue and adjusted EBITDA targets because they reflected the substantial growth the Company expected in 2007, particularly in light of its acquisition of VitalStream Holdings, Inc. Further, these targets complemented the earnings guidance the Company issued, which was adjusted EBITDA of $34-37 million and revenue of $235 million.
With respect to individual goals, the Chief Executive Officer establishes his goals with the Compensation Committee and the Chief Executive Officer oversees the establishment of each of the other named executive officer’s goals for the upcoming year. Upon completion of the year, the Chief Executive Officer rates each of the other named executive officer on the attainment of those goals. A named executive officer receives a Needs Improvement rating, or NI, a Meets Expectations rating, or ME, an Often Exceeds Expectations rating, or OE, or an Exceeds Expectations rating, or EE. The Board rates the Chief Executive Officer using the same rating system. If a named executive officer receives a Needs Improvement rating, he or she is not eligible for any award pursuant to the Plan, regardless of the Company’s financial performance.
To be eligible for awards, a participant must be a full-time employee at the time the Board determines achievement under the Plan. If an executive joins the Company mid-year, his or her award is pro-rated for the portion of the year during which he or she was an executive.
The Board assigns each executive a target level as a percentage of his or her salary.salary, which are based on survey analysis. The target award levels for 20062007 were:
Name | Target | Maximum | ||||
James DeBlasio | 60 | % | 120 | % | ||
David Buckel | 45 | % | 90 | % | ||
David Abrahamson (1) | 25 | % | 50 | % | ||
Eric Klinker | 37 | % | 74 | % | ||
Robert Smith (2) | — | — | ||||
Eric Suddith | 37 | % | 74 | % |
Name | Target | Maximum | ||||
| James DeBlasio | 70 | % | 140 | % | ||
| David Buckel (1) | 50 | % | 100 | % | ||
| Vincent Molinaro | 50 | % | 100 | % | ||
| Richard Dobb | 45 | % | 90 | % | ||
| Phil Kaplan | 37 | % | 74 | % | ||
| Tamara Augustyn (2) | -- | % | -- | % |
| (1) |
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| (2) | Ms. Augustyn assumed the role of Principal Accounting Officer following Mr. Buckel’s resignation in November 2007 and was not a participant in the Plan when the Board established these percentages. |
The Board retains the sole discretion to determine whether the Company and the named executive officer have met the objectives.
The Board established the following four levels for each of the three criteria: threshold, target, above and maximum. The Board, or in its discretion, the Committee, may adjust the revenue and adjusted EBITDA goals to exclude extraordinary expenses or benefits in its sole discretion.
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Potential payment for achievement of the “Threshold” objective for the annual revenue goal and annual adjusted EBITDA goal equals 40% of each respective criteria’scriterion’s allocated percentage of the individual named executive officer’s target award amount, which is 40% of 25% of the total target award amount in the case of the annual revenue goal and 40% of 50% of the total target award amount, in the case of the annual adjusted EBITDA goal. Potential payment for achievement of the threshold objective for the individual goals is $0.
Potential payment of achievement of the “Target” objective for the annual revenue goal, annual adjusted EBITDA goal and individual goals equals 100% of each criteria’scriterion’s allocated percentage of the named executive officer’s total target award amount, which are 25%, 50% and 25% of the total target award amount, respectively.
Potential payment for achievement of the “Above” objective for the annual revenue goal, annual adjusted EBITDA goal and individual goals are 130% of each respective goal’s allocated portion of the individual’s target award amount.
Potential payment for achievement of the “Maximum” objective for the annual revenue goal, annual adjusted EBITDA goal and individual goals is 200% of each such goal’s allocated portion of the individual’s target award amount.
The Board determines the potential payment for performance for the annual revenue and annual adjusted EBITDA goals that fallsfall between the “Target,” “Threshold,” “Above,” or “Maximum” objectives by interpolating on a straight-line basis to determine thean incentive amount.
In November 2006, the Board established the target revenue and target adjusted EBITDA goals for 2007. The Compensation Committee established the following target award levels for our named executive officers, other than our Chief Executive Officer, and the Board established the target award level for Mr. DeBlasio:
Name | Target | Maximum | ||||
James DeBlasio | 70 | % | 140 | % | ||
David Buckel | 50 | % | 100 | % | ||
David Abrahamson | 25 | % | 50 | % | ||
Eric Klinker (1) | — | — | ||||
Robert Smith (2) | — | — | ||||
Eric Suddith | 37 | % | 74 | % |
These performance targets are not an indication of how we will perform in 2007. The sole purpose of these targets, which the Board established in November 2006, is to establish internal performance-based goals under an annual incentive compensation plan. Consistent with our pay-for-performance compensation philosophy, the Board establishes these goals to align executive compensation with our performance and to encourage the achievement of our goals. As disclosed in our March 1, 2007 press release, we issued revenue guidance of 30% growth and full year adjusted EBIDTA in the range of $34 to $37 million. We are not providing any guidance, nor updating any prior guidance, of our future performance with the disclosure of these performance targets, and you are cautioned not to place any reliance on these performance targets as an indication of our future performance.
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The following table is an illustrative example for a named executive officer whose salary is $240,000 and whose target award is 45%.
| Weight | Threshold | Target | Above | Maximum | |||||||||||||||
| Annual Revenue Bonus Payout | 25 | % | 95 | % | 100 | % | 105 | % | 110 | % | |||||||||
| $ | 10,800 | $ | 27,000 | $ | 35,100 | $ | 54,000 | ||||||||||||
| Annual Adjusted EBITDA Bonus Payout | 50 | % | 90 | % | 100 | % | 110 | % | 120 | % | |||||||||
| $ | 21,600 | $ | 54,000 | $ | 70,200 | $ | 108,000 | ||||||||||||
| Individual Goals Bonus Payout | 25 | % | NI | ME | OE | EE | |||||||||||||
| $ | 0 | $ | 27,000 | $ | 35,100 | $ | 54,000 | ||||||||||||
If our annual revenue was 110% of the annual revenue goal established by the Board, then this named executive officer would receive a bonus for thatthose criteria of $54,000. If our annual adjusted EBITDA objective was 110% of the adjusted EBITDA goal established by the Board, then this named executive officer would receive a bonus of $70,200. If this named executive officer received a rating of Often Exceeds Expectations, or OE, this named executive officer would receive a bonus of $35,100. In total, this named executive officer would receive a total bonus of $159,300.
Applying
The Board decided that the Company would pay the Target Award Level, as defined in the Plan, in cash and pay the excess of the Target Award Level in shares of common stock. The Company determined the number of shares of common stock to be awarded based on the closing price of the Company’s stock price on the day preceding the date on which the Company paid such bonus. The Company withheld the number of shares necessary to cover the taxes each participant owed the Internal Revenue Service as a result of the vesting of the shares of common stock.
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In 2007, the Company’s revenue was $235 million, which equaled the revenue target established in the Plan, and adjusted EBITDA was $37.7 million, which exceeded the adjusted EBITDA target established in the Plan. In consideration of this matrix and as provided in the Board awardedPlan, the named executive officers cash bonuses pursuantCommittee determined in 2008 and approved bonus payment amounts not directly calculated by reference to the Plan in excess of the followingtargets established in the Plan for each named executive officer, other than the Chief Executive Officer, and the Board determined the bonus payment for the Chief Executive Officer, as follows and paid such amounts on March 15, 2007 for performance in 2006:
Name | Amount | ||
James DeBlasio | $ | 420,000 | |
David Buckel | $ | 216,000 | |
David Abrahamson | $ | 150,000 | |
Eric Klinker | $ | 100,000 | |
Robert Smith (1) | — | ||
Eric Suddith | $ | 129,300 | |
Name: | Total Bonus Amount | Cash Portion | Stock Portion | |||||||||
James DeBlasio | $ | 337,663 | $ | 297,500 | $ | 40,163, or 6,638 shares | ||||||
David Buckel (1) | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||
Vincent Molinaro | $ | 75,000 | $ | 75,000 | $ | 0 | ||||||
Richard Dobb | $ | 122,580 | $ | 108,000 | $ | 14,580, or 2,409 shares | ||||||
Phil Kaplan | $ | 98,688 | $ | 87,000 | $ | 11,688, or 1,931 shares | ||||||
Tamara Augustyn (2) | $ | 90,000 | $ | 90,000 | $ | 0 | ||||||
| (1) | Mr. |
| (2) | Ms. Augustyn assumed the role of Principal Accounting Officer following Mr. Buckel’s resignation in November 2007. |
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In the fourth quarter of 2007, the Board established the target revenue and target adjusted EBITDA goals for 2008. The Committee established the following target award levels for our named executive officers, David Abrahamson, was also eligible to participateother than our Chief Executive Officer, and the Board established the target award level for Mr. DeBlasio:
Name | Target | Maximum | ||||
| James DeBlasio | 70 | % | 140 | % | ||
| David Buckel (1) | -- | % | -- | % | ||
| Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | 50 | % | 100 | % | ||
| Vincent Molinaro (2) | 50 | % | 100 | % | ||
| Richard Dobb | 45 | % | 90 | % | ||
| Phil Kaplan | 45 | % | 90 | % | ||
| Tamara Augustyn (3) | -- | % | -- | % |
| (1) | Mr. Buckel resigned his position as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer on November 18, 2007. |
| (2) | Mr. Molinaro resigned his position as Chief Operating Officer on April 7, 2008. |
| (3) | Ms. Augustyn will not be a participant in the Plan for 2008. |
The changes in performance targets are not an indication of how we will perform in 2008. The sole purpose of these targets, which the Board established in the 2006 Sales Commission Plan, or Sales Plan. The purposefourth quarter of 2007, is to establish internal performance-based goals under an annual incentive compensation plan. Consistent with our pay-for-performance compensation philosophy, the Sales Plan is to:
AlignBoard establishes these goals to align executive compensation with the Company’s visionour performance and strategy;
Incent the sales of high margin, strategic products and services;
Encourage and rewardto encourage the achievement of specific objectives;our goals. As disclosed in the press release we furnished in our Current Report on Form 8-K on February 28, 2008, we issued revenue guidance of 25% growth and
Maintain a competitive range full year adjusted EBIDTA of incentive compensation opportunities.
Award eligibility was basedapproximately 20% of total revenue. We are not providing any guidance, nor updating any prior guidance, of our future performance with the disclosure of these performance targets, and you are cautioned not to place any reliance on two components. The first component was achievementthese performance targets as an indication of the net new annual contract value goals. The second component was the achievement of the net new revenue goals. A Commission Review Board, which consists of Mr. Abrahamson, Mr. Buckel, Mr. Suddith, and a non-executive employee, administers the Sales Plan. Mr. Abrahamson received payments pursuant to the Sales Plan in 2006 totaling $107,960.
In addition, the Compensation Committee authorized an additional payment to Mr. Abrahamson of $35,000 if our annual revenues exceeded an established benchmark in 2006. Mr. Abrahamson received this payment in March 2007.
Mr. Abrahamson will participate in a sales commission plan for 2007.
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| 3. | Long-Term Equity Incentives |
Historically, the primary form of equity compensation that we awarded consisted of non-qualified stock options. We selected this form because of the favorable accounting and tax treatments and the near universal expectation by employees in our industry that they would receive stock options. Beginning in 2006, however, the accounting treatment for stock options changed as a result of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 123R, Share-Based Payment (revised 2004), making the accounting treatment of stock options less attractive because it required the Company to record an expense related to stock options. As a result, we assessed the desirability of granting shares of restricted stock to employees, particularly members of senior management, and concluded that restricted stock would provide an equally motivating form of incentive compensation while permitting us to issue fewer shares, thereby reducing potential dilution. We continue to award stock options to new hires, upon a promotion, as a result of performance evaluations, and in other special situations. Each of the named executive officers received stock options in conjunction with his or her commencement of employment with us.
The Committee grants stock options and restricted stock to named executive officers, other than the Chief Executive Officer, under ourthe Amended and Restated Internap Network Services Corporation 2005 Incentive Stock Plan, or the Stock Plan, which our stockholders approved, to provide long-term incentives that are aligned with the creation of increased stockholder value over time. We believe an executive who owns options or restricted stock will have an increased personal interest in our growth and success. Because these awards vest over time, they also serve as a retention device. The Committee recommends the amounts of the Chief Executive Officer’s awards to the Board and the Board determines his grants. The strike price of options is the fair market value of our stock at the date of grant. Options also typically have a ten-year term and generally vest 25% on the first anniversary of the grant date and in 36 equal monthly installments thereafter. Shares of restricted stock typically vest in 16 equal quarterly installments.
The Committee reviews long-term incentive levels for all named executive officers each fiscal year in light of long-term strategic and performance objectives and each named executive officer’s current and anticipated contributions to our future performance and the value of such named executive officer’s current equity package.performance. When determining the number of stock options or restricted shares to be awarded to a named executive officer, the Committee considers: (1) the named executive officer’s current contribution to our performance; (2) the value already accumulated by the named executive officer from previous grants; (3) the named executive officer’s anticipated contribution in meeting our long-term strategic performance goals;goals and (4)(3) comparisons to formal surveys of executive long-term incentive awards relative to the median of the peer group, as well as a larger group of other similarly sized technology companies.
With the exception of significant promotions and new hires, we generally make these awards at the first meeting of the Committee each year following the availability of the financial results for the prior year. These grants were made on January 18, 2006 for our 2005 fiscal year and March 15, 2007 for our 2006 fiscal year and March 20, 2008 for our 2007 fiscal year. For 2007 and future years, weWe selected this timing in March because it enables us to consider both the Company’s performance and the named executive officer’s performance for the previous year, as well as to consider our expectations for the current year. The Committee’s schedule is determined several months in advance and the proximity of any awards to earnings announcements or other market events is coincidental.
We do not time, and have never timed, the grant of stock options or restricted stock in coordination with the release of material non-public information nor have we timed our release of non-public information for the purpose of affecting the value of executive compensation. Although our Chief Executive Officer may recommend the amount of stock awards granted to management, the Committee, or in the case of awards to our Chief Executive Officer, the Board, approves the grant of all stock awards and does not delegate the timing of grants. We have retained a third party service provider to administer the day-to-day activities of the Stock Plan, but the provider does not determine the recipient of stock awards, the amount of stock awards granted to a participant, the exercise price, or vesting of stock awards.
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Prior to the scheduled meeting of the Committee in March, 2007, our Chief Executive Officer provided a list of recommended incentive restricted stock grants for the other named executive officers to the Committee. The following paragraph describes the formula he used to determine the number of shares restricted stock he recommended that the other named executive officers receive.
The named executive officer’s base salary is multiplied by the target bonus percentage established by the Board for that named executive officer for 2007 to arrive at a target bonus. The base salary and the target bonus are added together to yield the target cash compensation. The target bonus percentage is multiplied by a market competitive multiple, provided by Aon. Using Aon’s formula,which Aon developed based on its analysis. Based on this analysis, the Committee determined that our chief executive officer receiveswould receive a multiple of 5.5.6.0. Other executives receive a lower multiple, which is expressed in increments of 0.5 based on his or her decreasing level of responsibilities from the chief executive officer. These multiples of target bonus reinforce our named executive officers’ strategic role in driving the achievement of our long-term performance objectives and the creation of stockholder value. We calculated the target long-term incentive opportunities for our named executive officers using the following multiples of their target bonus percentages:
| Multiple | |
James DeBlasio | ||
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David | ||
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| Richard Dobb | 4 | |
| Phil Kaplan | 4 | |
| Tamara Augustyn | 1.5 |
| (1) | Mr. |
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The target bonus percentage multiplied by this multiple yields a target long-term incentive as a percentage of target salary. This percentage of target salary is then multiplied by the named executive officer’s 20062007 base salary to yield a target long-term incentive amount. This target long-term incentive amount is then divided by the closingvolume-weighted average price of our common stock on the date we calculated the target awardsfrom March 19, 2007 to March 19, 2008 to yield a target number of restricted shares. Our Chief Executive Officer then adjusted this suggested number in order to achieve parity among our other named executive officers in terms of long-term equity stake and to make a named executive officer’s long-term equity stake more commensurate with his contribution. Our Chief Executive Officer then presented his recommendations to the Committee.
The calculation of these awards is materially different from such calculation in 2007 in that the Committee chose to use the volume-weighted average price of our common stock from March 19, 2007 to March 19, 2008 rather than the closing price of the stock on the day before the grant. Using the volume-weighted average price rather than the closing price the day before reduced the number of shares granted by approximately 66%. In making its determination to use the volume-weighted average price, the Committee considered the unusual volatility of the stock price and that the closing price of the Company’s stock on March 19, 2007 was $16.49, while the closing price on March 19, 2008 was $4.09. Given this decline in value, the Committee concluded that using the closing price the day before rather than the volume-weighted average price would result in equity awards that do not reflect the goal of paying for performance.
The Board concluded that half of each award should be time-based and half should be performance-based in order to tie the long term incentive to performance. Previous equity awards were all time-based. The Board made this change to further align the interest of our named executive officers with our stockholders’ interests. For the time-based portion, the shares vest in 16 equal quarterly installments. For the performance-based portion, the shares vest in 33% annual increments starting with the year that includes the first anniversary of the grant date. Executives earn annual tranches of awards, which vest on each of the first three anniversaries from the date of grant, to the extent that the Company achieves certain revenue and EBITDA targets established by the Board of Directors for each respective year in the performance cycle. The Company will either meet or not meet both goals in a given year. With respect to all shares of performance-based restricted stock that do not vest during any of the three years, 50% of such shares will vest on the fourth anniversary of the date of the grant.
The vesting of any restricted stock (including both time-based and performance-based) is subject to the executive being an employee in good standing on the date of vesting.
The Committee considered the recommendation in light of the named executive officer’s contribution and anticipated contribution and the results provided from Aon’s competitive market survey. In making its determination of both cash incentives and long-term incentive awards and its recommendation to the Board for Mr. DeBlasio’s awards, the Committee noted that we experienced record revenues of $181.4 millionconsidered the Company’s performance in 2006. The Committee decided to grant2007 and granted each named executive officer, other than the Chief Executive Officer, a target award based on the above-described matrix and an additional special grant in light of our financial performance in 2006.
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matrix.
The Board then considered the number of shares of restricted stock to grant to our Chief Executive Officer. The Board applied the same process as described above, which suggested a grant toand granted Mr. DeBlasio of 100,000 shares. The Board also considered this target number in light of Mr. DeBlasio’s contribution and anticipated contribution, as well as our financial performance in 2006, and decided to grant him an additional 25,000149,776 shares, as special grant, as indicated in the following table.
Name | Number of Shares of Target Grant | Number of Shares of Special Grant | ||
James DeBlasio | 100,000 | 25,000 | ||
David Buckel | 35,000 | 40,000 | ||
David Abrahamson | 13,000 | 12,000 | ||
Eric Klinker (1) | — | — | ||
Robert Smith (2) | — | — | ||
Eric Suddith | 16,000 | 9,000 |
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Name | Total Number of Shares | Time-Based | Performance-Based | |
James DeBlasio | 149,776 | 74,888 | 74,888 | |
David Buckel (1) | -- | -- | -- | |
Vincent Molinaro | 69,771 | 34,886 | 34,886 | |
Richard Dobb | 34,607 | 17,303 | 17,303 | |
Phil Kaplan | 34,048 | 17,024 | 17,024 | |
Tamara Augustyn | 3,980 | 3,980 | -- |
| (1) | Mr. |
Stock Retention Guidelines
On March 20, 2008, the Board adopted stock retention guidelines for certain executives. The stock retention guidelines are based on net shares obtained from option exercises or vesting of restricted shares after costs of exercise and taxes. The percentage of net shares obtained from option exercises or vesting of restricted shares after costs of exercise and taxes that each executive is to retain and the time in which he or she is to hold such shares are set forth in the following table:
| Retention Ratio | Time to Retain | |||
| Chief | 50.0% | 5 Years from date of acquisition | ||
| Chief Operating Officer | 33.3% | 4 Years from date of acquisition | ||
| Chief Financial Officer | 33.3% | 4 Years from date of acquisition | ||
| Chief Technology Officer | 25.0% | 3 Years from date of acquisition | ||
| Chief Strategy Officer | 25.0% | 3 Years from date of acquisition | ||
| Vice President, Human Resources | 25.0% | 3 Years from date of acquisition | ||
| Vice President and | 25.0% | 3 Years from date of acquisition | ||
| Vice President, Sales | 25.0% | 3 Years from date of acquisition |
These guidelines apply to the grants made pursuant to the Stock Plan on March 20, 2008 described above and will apply to all future grants. The enumerated executives are subject to these guidelines for as long as he or she is an employee of the Company.
The Board concluded that the emerging best practices in corporate governance include such guidelines and and adopted these stock retention guidelines to further align the interests of the executives with our stockholders’ interests.
Perquisites; Other Compensation
We annually review any perquisites that our named executive officers may receive. In general, we do not provide our named executive officers with many of the types of perquisites that other companies offer their executives. As reflected in our Summary Compensation Table, our Chief Executive Officer received $34,518.97$18,900 for corporate housing and $13,080.44$8,561.91 for car service during fiscal year 2006.2007. The aggregate cost of these perquisites was $47,599.41.
$27,462.
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We provide named executive officers with the same benefit package available to all of our salaried employees. This package includes:
Health and dental insurance;
Basic life insurance;
Long-term disability insurance; and
Participation in our 401(k) plan, including matching contributions.
Limitations on the Deductibility of Executive Compensation
Compensation payments in excess of $1 million to the chief executive officer or the other five most highly compensated executive officers are subject to a limitation on deductibility by us under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Certain performance-based compensation is not subject to the limitation on deductibility. The Committee does not expect cash compensation in 20062007 to our Chief Executive Officer or any other named executive officer to be in excess of $1 million. We intend to maintain qualification of ourthe Amended and Restated Internap Network Services Corporation 2005 Incentive Stock Plan for the performance-based exception to the $1 million limitation on deductibility of compensation payments.
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Summary Compensation Table
The following table sets forth total compensation for 20062007 for our named executive officers.
Summary Compensation Table
Name and Principal | Year | Salary $ | Bonus $ | Stock Awards $ | Option Awards $ (1) | Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation $ | Change in Pension Value & Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation On Earnings $ | All Other Compensation $ | Total $ | |||||||||||||||||
James DeBlasio Chief Executive Officer | 2006 | $ | 350,000 | — | $ | 119,918 | $ | 435,452 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 47,599 | $ | 952,969 | ||||||||||
David Buckel Chief Financial Officer | 2006 | 235,385 | — | 70,097 | 390,611 | 100,000 | — | — | 796,093 | |||||||||||||||||
David Abrahamson Vice President, Sales | 2006 | 230,000 | — | 63,725 | 691,103 | 142,960 | — | — | 1,127,788 | |||||||||||||||||
Eric Klinker Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Engineering | 2006 | 200,000 | — | 63,725 | 174,959 | 50,000 | — | — | 488,684 | |||||||||||||||||
Robert Smith Chief Marketing Officer and Vice President of Marketing | 2006 | 297,686 | (2) | — | — | — | 20,000 | — | — | 317,686 | ||||||||||||||||
Eric Suddith Vice President of Human Resources | 2006 | 190,000 | — | 63,725 | 153,145 | 30,000 | — | — | 436,870 | |||||||||||||||||
Name and Principal Position | Year | Salary $(1) | Bonus $ | Stock Awards $(2) | Option Awards $ (2) | Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation(3) $ | Change in Pension Value & Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Earnings $ | All Other Compensation $ | Total $ | |||||||||||||||||
James DeBlasio Chief Executive Officer | 2007 | 425,000 | — | 524,831 | 435,452 | 337,663 | — | 27,462 | 1,750,408 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | 350,000 | — | 119,918 | 435,452 | — | — | 47,599 | 952,969 | ||||||||||||||||||
David Buckel (4) Chief Financial Officer | 2007 | 240,333 | — | 222,204 | 287,711 | — | — | — | 750,248 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | 235,385 | — | 70,097 | 390,611 | 100,000 | — | — | 796,093 | ||||||||||||||||||
Vincent Molinaro Chief Operating Officer | 2007 | 247,917 | 13,333 | 325,086 | — | 75,000 | — | — | 661,336 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||
Richard Dobb Vice President and General Counsel | 2007 | 180,000 | — | 78,783 | — | 122,580 | — | — | 381,363 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||
Philip Kaplan Chief Strategy Officer | 2007 | 230,808 | — | — | 396,641 | 98,688 | — | — | 726,137 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||
Tamara Augustyn Vice President and Principal Accounting Officer | 2007 | 172,500 | — | 42,987 | 41,941 | 90,000 | — | — | 347,428 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | 152,274 | — | 14,902 | 41,227 | 50,000 | — | — | 202,274 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| (2) | Represents the proportionate amount of the total fair value of stock and option awards recognized by the Company as an expense in 2007 and 2006 for inancial accounting purposes, excluding forfeitures related to service-based vesting conditions. The fair values of these awards and the amounts expensed were determined in accordance with FAS 123R. The awards for which expense is shown in this table include the awards described in the Grants of Plan-Based Awards table of this Proxy Statement, as well as awards granted in prior years for which the Company continued to recognize expense in 2007 and 2006. The assumptions used in determining the grant date fair values of these awards are set forth in the notes to the Company’s consolidated financial statements, which are included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (3) | As provided in the Plan, the Committee determined and approved bonus payments in 2008 in excess of the targets established in the Plan for each named executive officer, other than the Chief Executive Officer, and the Board determined the bonus payment for the Chief Executive Officer, and paid such excess in shares of common stock on March 15, 2008. Mr. DeBlasio’s bonus consisted of $297,500 paid in cash and $40,163 paid in shares of common stock. Mr. Dobb’s bonus consisted of $108,000 paid in cash and $14,180 paid in shares of common stock. Mr. Kaplan’s bonus consisted of $87,000 paid in cash and $11,688 paid in shares of common stock. The amounts reported in this column include the value | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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All Other Compensation
Name and Principal Position | Perquisites and Other Personal Benefits $ | Tax Reimburse- ments $ | Dividend Equivalents $ | Payments/ Accruals on Termination Plans $ | Registrant Contributions to Defined Contribution Plans $ | Insurance Premiums $ | Other $ | |||||||||||||||
James DeBlasio Chief Executive Officer | $ | 47,599 | (1) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | |||||||
David Buckel Chief Financial Officer | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
David Abrahamson Vice President, Sales | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
Eric Klinker Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Engineering | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
Robert Smith Chief Marketing Officer and Vice President of Marketing | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
Eric Suddith Vice President of Human Resources | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
Name and Principal Position | Perquisites and Other Personal Benefits $ | Tax Reimburse- ments $ | Dividend Equivalents $ | Payments/ Accruals on Termination Plans $ | Registrant Contributions to Defined Contribution Plans $ | Insurance Premiums $ | Other $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
James DeBlasio Chief Executive Officer | 27,462 | (1) | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
David Buckel Chief Financial Officer | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vincent Molinaro Chief Operating Officer | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Richard Dobb Vice President and General Counsel | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Philip Kaplan Chief Strategy Officer | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tamara Augustyn Vice President and Principal Accounting Officer | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (1) | The amounts shown for fiscal |
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Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table
The following table sets forth information regarding grants of annual incentive awards and stock optionsbased compensation for 20062007 for each named executive officer.
Grant | Estimated Future Payouts Under Non-Equity Incentive Plan Awards | Estimated Future Payouts Under Equity Incentive Plan Awards | All # | All Other # | Exercise $/Sh | Closing Market Price on Grant Date | Grant Date | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Name and Principal | Threshold $ | Target # | Maximum $ | Threshold # | Target # | Maximum # | |||||||||||||||||||||||
James DeBlasio Chief Executive Officer | 3/15/07 | $ | — | 125,000 | $ | — | — | — | — | — | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | ||||||||||||
David Buckel Chief Financial Officer | 3/15/07 9/28/06 9/28/06 9/28/06 1/18/06 | | — — — — — | 75,000 — — — — | | — — — — — | — — — — — | — — — — — | — — — — — | — — — — 55,000 | — 2,500 2,032 7,967 — | | — 14.46 14.46 14.46 — | | — 15.02 15.02 15.02 — | | — 36,150 29,383 115,203 291,500 | ||||||||||||
David Abrahamson Vice President, Sales | 3/15/07 9/28/06 9/28/06 9/28/06 9/28/06 1/18/06 | | — — — — — — | 25,000 — — — — — | | — — — — — — | — — — — — — | — — — — — — | — — — — — — | — — — — — 50,000 | — 7,689 2,551 24,949 27,310 — | | — 14.46 14.46 14.46 14.46 — | | — 15.02 15.02 15.02 15.02 — | | — 111,183 36,887 360,763 394,903 265,000 | ||||||||||||
Eric Klinker Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Engineering | 3/15/07 9/28/06 9/28/06 1/18/06 | | — — — — | — — — — | | — — — — | — — — — | — — — — | — — — — | — — — 50,000 | — 5,773 11,726 — | | — 14.46 14.46 — | | — 15.02 15.02 — | | — 83,478 169,558 265,000 | ||||||||||||
Robert Smith Chief Marketing Officer and Vice President of Marketing | 1/18/06 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 50,000 | — | — | — | 265,000 | |||||||||||||||||
Eric Suddith Vice President of Human Resources | 03/15/07 9/28/06 9/28/06 9/28/06 | 25,000 — — — | | — — — — | — — — — | — — — — | — — — — | — — — — | — 1,875 4,575 7,925 | | — 14.46 14.46 14.46 | | — 15.02 15.02 15.02 | | — 27,113 66,140 114596 | ||||||||||||||
| 1/18/06 | — | — | — | — | — | 50,000 | — | — | — | 265,000 | |||||||||||||||||||
In June 2006, our stockholders
Grant Date | Estimated Future Payouts Under Non-Equity Incentive Plan Awards | Estimated Future Payouts Under Equity Incentive Plan Awards | All Other Stock Awards: Number of Shares of Stock or Units # | All Other Stock Awards: Number of Securities Underlying Options # | Exercise or Base Price of Option Awards $/Sh | Grant Date Fair Value of Stock and Option Awards | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Name and Principal Position | Threshold $ | Target $ | Maximum $ | Threshold # | Target # | Maximum # | ||||||||||||||||||||||
James DeBlasio Chief Executive Officer | 3/15/2007 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 125,000 | — | — | $ | 2,082,500 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3/15/2008 | (1) | — | — | — | 6,638 | 40,160 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
David Buckel Chief Financial Officer | 3/15/2007 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 75,000 | — | — | 1,249,500 | |||||||||||||||||
Vincent Molinaro Chief Operating Officer | 4/24/2007 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 125,000 | — | — | 2,005,000 | |||||||||||||||||
| Richard Dobb | 4/23/2007 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 30,000 | — | — | 474,600 | |||||||||||||||||
Vice President and General Counsel | 3/15/2008 | (1) | — | — | — | — — | — — | — — | 2,409 | — | — | 14,574 | ||||||||||||||||
| Philip Kaplan | 6/22/2007 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 30,000 | 13.64 | 409,200 | |||||||||||||||||
| Chief Strategy Officer | 3/15/2008 | (1) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1,931 | — | — | 11,683 | ||||||||||||||||
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Tamara Augustyn Vice President and Principal Accounting Officer | 03/15/07 12/19/2007 | — | — — | — — | — — | — — | — — | 7,500 — | — 10,000 | — 9.15 | 124,950 91,500 | |||||||||||||||||||
(1) As provided in the Plan, the Committee determined and approved a measure to reprice certain outstanding options under our existing equity incentive plans. Options with an exercise price per share greaterbonus payments in 2008 in excess of the targets established in the Plan for each named executive officer, other than or equal to $13.00 were eligiblethe Chief Executive Officer, and the Board determined the bonus payment for the repricing. The repricing was implemented through an exchange program under which eligible participants were offered the opportunity to exchange their eligible options for new options to purchase shares. Each new option had substantially the same termsChief Executive Officer, and conditions as the eligible options cancelled except as follows:
The exercise price per share of each replacement option grantedpaid such excess in the exchange offer was $14.46, the average of the closing prices of the common stock as reported by the American Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ Global Market, as applicable, for the 15 consecutive trading days ending immediately prior to the grant date of the replacement options;
For all eligible options with an exercise price per share greater than or equal to $20.00, the exchange ratio was 1-for-2; and
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Each new option has a three-year vesting period, vesting in equal monthly installments over three years, so long as the grantee continues to be a full-time employee of the Company, and has a ten-year term.
Employees of the Company eligible to participate in the exchange offer tendered, and the Company accepted for cancellation, eligible options to purchase an aggregate of 344,987 shares of common stock representing 49.4%on March 15, 2008. Mr. DeBlasio’s bonus consisted of the total$297,500 paid in cash and $40,163 paid in shares of common stock, underlying options eligible for exchangeor 6,638 shares. Mr. Dobb’s bonus consisted of $108,000 paid in the exchange offer. The Company issued replacement options to purchase an aggregate of 179,043cash and $14,180 paid in shares of common stock, or 2,409 shares. Mr. Kaplan’s bonus consisted of $87,000 paid in exchange forcash and $11,688 paid in shares of common stock, or 1,931 shares. The Company included these shares even though the cancellationCompany did not award these shares in fiscal year 2007 to enhance the overall disclosure of the tendered eligible options.
The options listed above that were granted on September 28, 2006 were due to this option reprice.
our executive compensation policies.
Outstanding Equity Awards Table
The following table provides a detail of outstanding stock options and restricted stock awards for each named executive officer as of December 31, 2006.
| Option Awards | Stock Awards | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Name and Principal | Number of # | Number of # | Equity # | Option $ | Option Expiration Date | Number # | Market $ | Equity # | Equity $ | ||||||||||||||
James DeBlasio Chief Executive Officer | 8,000 17,000 2,000 2,000 218,750 | (4) | — — — — 281,250 | — — — — — | $ | 13.50 13.50 14.90 4.60 4.80 | 9/16/2013 9/16/2013 5/27/2014 6/23/2015 9/30/2015 | | 50,000 — — — — | (2) | $ | 993,500 — — — — | — — — — — | — — — — — | |||||||||
David Buckel Chief Financial Officer | 12,188 48,438 208 169 664 | (5) | 2,812 26,562 2,292 1,863 7,303 | — — — — — | | 11.10 14.30 14.46 14.46 14.46 | 10/31/2013 5/12/2014 9/28/2016 9/28/2016 9/28/2016 | (8) (8) (8) | 41,248 — — — — | (3) | | 819,598 — — — — | — — — — — | — — — — — | |||||||||
David Abrahamson Vice President, Sales | 109,000 641 213 2,079 2,276 | (6) | — 7,048 2,338 22,870 25,034 | — — — — — | | 2.10 14.46 14.46 14.46 14.46 | 10/31/2012 9/28/2016 9/28/2016 9/28/2016 9/28/2016 | (8) (8) (8) (8) | 37,500 — — — — | (3) | | 745,125 — — — — | — — — — — | — — — — — | |||||||||
Eric Klinker Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Engineering | 6,009 481 977 15,991 | (7) | — 5,292 10,749 — | — — — — | | 11.10 14.46 14.4 11.10 | 10/31/2013 9/28/2016 9/28/2016 10/31/2013 | (8) (8) | 37,500 — — — | (3) | | 745,125 — — — | — — — — | — — — — | |||||||||
Robert Smith Chief Marketing Officer and Vice President of Marketing | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Eric Suddith Vice President of Human Resources | 1,876 7,500 | | — — | — — | | 2.40 4.40 | 10/25/2012 4/30/2013 | | 37,500 — | (3) | | 745,125 — | — — | — — | |||||||||
| 156 381 660 | | 1719 4193 7265 | — — — | | 14.46 14.46 14.46 | 9/28/2016 9/28/2016 9/28/2016 | (8) (8) (8) | — — — | | | — — — | — — — | — — — | ||||||||||
| Option Awards | Stock Awards | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Name and Principal Position | Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options # Exercisable | Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options # Unexercisable | Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Unearned Options # | Option Exercise Price $ | Option Expiration Date | Number of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested # | Market Value of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested (1) $ | Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number of Unearned Shares, Units or Other Rights That Have Not Vested # | Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Market or Payout Value of Unearned Shares, Units or Other Rights That Have Not Vested $ | |||||||||||||||
James DeBlasio Chief Executive Officer | 8,000 17,000 2,000 2,000 312,5000 | (2) | — — — — — | — — — — — | 13.50 13.50 14.90 4.60 4.80 | 9/16/2013 9/16/2013 5/27/2014 6/23/2015 9/30/2015 | 33,330 101,562 — — — | (3) (4) | 277,639 846,011 — — — | — — — — — | — — — — — | |||||||||||||
David Buckel Chief Financial Officer | 15,000 65,625 903 734 2,877 | (5) | — — — — — | — — — — — | 11.10 14.30 14.46 14.46 14.46 | 10/31/2013 5/12/2014 9/28/2016 9/28/2016 9/28/2016 | — — — — — | — — — — — | — — — — — | — — — — — | ||||||||||||||
Vincent Molinaro Chief Operating Officer | — | — | — | — | — | 125,000 | (6) | 1,041,250 | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Richard Dobb Vice President and General Counsel | — | — | — | — | — | 30,000 | (7) | 249,900 | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Philip Kaplan Chief Strategy Officer | 25,569 13,471 24,056 | (8) | — 13,471 52,924 | — — — | 4.06 10.53 17.31 | 12/2/2014 12/16/2015 07/13/2016 | — — — | — — — | — — — | — — — | ||||||||||||||
| 30,000 | (9) | — | 13.64 | 6/22/2017 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
Tamara Augustyn Vice President and Principal | 13,125 479 | 1,875 521 | (10) | — — | 12.10 5.30 | 6/30/2014 1/18/2016 | 6,250 6,094 | (11) (12) | 52,063 50,763 | — — | — — | |||||||||||||
| Accounting Officer | — | 10,000 | — | 9.15 | 12/19/2017 | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | The fair market value of a share of Internap stock on the last day of the |
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| (2) | Mr. DeBlasio was |
| (3) | Mr. DeBlasio was awarded restricted shares on September 30, 2005. 50% of those shares vested on September 30, 2006, with the remaining shares vesting annually over a three-year period beginning September 30, 2006. |
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| (4) | Mr. DeBlasio was granted 125,000 shares of restricted stock on March 15, 2007 that vest in a series of 16 quarterly installments at the end of each calendar quarter beginning with the second quarter of 2007. |
| (5) | Mr. Buckel was granted options on October 31, 2003, May 12, 2004, January 18, 2006, and three separate grants on September 29, 2006. The options vest over a four-year period with the exception of options granted on September 28, 2006. The options vest monthly over a three-year period. |
| (6) | Mr. |
| (7) | Mr. Dobb was granted 30,000 shares of restricted common stock on April 23, 2007 and 25% of the award vests on the anniversary of grant. |
| (8) | Mr. Kaplan was granted options on |
| (9) | Mr. Kaplan was granted 30,000 options on June 22, 2007. One-fourth of the number of shares vest on each of the first, second, third, and fourth anniversary of the grant date. |
| (10) | Ms. Augustyn was granted options on June 30, 2004, January 18, 2006 and |
| (11) | Ms. Augustyn was granted 10,000 shares of restricted common stock on February 27, 2006. |
| (12) | Ms. Augustyn was granted 7,500 shares of restricted common stock on March 15, 2007 that vest in a |
Option Exercises and Stock Vesting
The following table provides information with respect to options exercised during fiscal 2006.
| Option Awards | Stock Awards | ||||||||||
Name and Principal Position | Number of Shares # | Value Realized $ | Number of Shares # | Value Realized $ | |||||||
James DeBlasio Chief Executive Officer | — | $ | — | 50,000 | (1) | $ | 761,000 | ||||
David Buckel Chief Financial Officer | — | — | 13,751 | (2) | 189,046 | ||||||
David Abrahamson Vice President, Sales | 30,000 | $ | 498,876 | 12,500 | (2) | 171,844 | |||||
Eric Klinker Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Engineering | 3,000 | $ | 54,428 | 12,500 | (2) | 171,844 | |||||
Robert Smith Chief Marketing Officer and Vice President of Marketing | 14,583 | $ | 216,920 | 6,250 | (2) | 62,188 | |||||
Eric Suddith Vice President of Human Resources | — | — | 12,500 | (2) | 171,844 | ||||||
| Option Awards | Stock Awards | |||||||||||||||||||||
Name and Principal Position | Number of Shares Acquired on Exercise # | Value Realized Upon Exercise $ | Number of Shares Acquired on Vesting # | Value Realized On Vesting $ | ||||||||||||||||||
James DeBlasio Chief Executive Officer | — | — | 40,108 | 535,124 | ||||||||||||||||||
David Buckel Chief Financial Officer | — | — | 19,689 | 288,753 | ||||||||||||||||||
Vincent Molinaro Chief Operating Officer | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||
Richard Dobb Vice President and General Counsel | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||
Philip Kaplan Chief Strategy Officer | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||
Tamara Augustyn Vice President and Principal Accounting Officer | — | — | 3,906 | 59,222 | ||||||||||||||||||
Pension Benefits
None of our named executive officers are covered by a pension plan or other similar benefit plan that provides for payments or other benefits at, following or in connection with retirement.
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Nonqualified Deferred Compensation
None of our named executive officers are covered by a nonqualified defined contribution or other nonqualified plan that provides for the deferral of compensation.
Employment Agreements and Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control
We have entered into an employment agreementssecurity plan with all of our named executiveMr. Molinaro, Mr. Dobb, Mr. Kaplan, and certain other officers and an employment agreement with Mr. DeBlasio that provide for payments in the event of a change in control or termination of the named executive officer’s employment. We believe that we should protect our named executive officersthese individuals in the event of a change in control. We also believe that the interests of our stockholders will be best served if the interests of our named executivethese officers are aligned with them. Providing change in control benefits should eliminate, or at least reduce, the reluctance of the named executivethese officers to pursue potential change in control transactions that may be in the best interests of our stockholders. The employment agreementssecurity plan and Mr. DeBlasio’s employment agreement are designed to promote stability and continuity of our named executive officers.
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Mr. DeBlasio’s employment agreement provides that uponif the Company terminates his involuntary termination of employment without cause, as such term is defined in the agreement, he willor if Mr. DeBlasio terminates his employment for good reason, also as defined in the agreement, Mr. DeBlasio shall receive a cash severance payment equal to one and one-half (1-1/2) times his then-current base salary. If the Company terminates Mr. DeBlasio’s employment is terminated either by the Company without cause or as a result of an involuntary termination, as such term is defined in the agreement,if Mr. DeBlasio terminates his employment for good reason within 1224 months of a “changechange in control,” as such term is defined in the agreement, instead of the severance benefits previously described, weMr. DeBlasio shall pay Mr. DeBlasioreceive a severance payment equal to two (2) times the sum of his then-current base salary plus the greater of (A) his maximum bonus for the year in which the termination occurs and maximum target(B) his average bonus during the prior two completed years (as a percentage of his base salary upon which his bonus awards were calculated) multiplied by his then-current base salary, and all of his then-unvested stock options and additional equity compensation shall vest and become exercisable. In addition, he will continue to receive health care and life insurance coverage for 2418 months as if he were an active employee, subject to the employee portion of premiums for such coverage. The Board of Directors andIf Mr. DeBlasio are in the processdies while employed pursuant to this agreement, all of amending his employment agreement and on March 15, 2007, the Board of Directors approved a provision whereby upon Mr. DeBlasio’s death, his unvested stock options and additional equity compensation for the followingthat would, had he not have died, have become vested within twelve months wouldafter the date of his death (assuming fulfillment of any performance criteria and his continued employment by the Company) shall become vested, free of restrictions, other than those imposed by law, and immediately exercisable for a period ending on the earlier of twelve months following his death.
after the date of death and the original expiration date thereof.
The purpose of the Plan is to provide certain benefits in the event an executive’s employment is terminated, either in connection with or unrelated to a change of control of the Company.
Upon a qualifying termination, as defined in the Plan, other than during a protection period, also as defined in the Plan, a participant will receive severance equal to his or her then-current base salary. Upon a qualifying termination during a protection period, a participant will receive severance equal to the sum of his or her then-current base salary plus maximum bonus for the participant under the applicable bonus plan as established by Company’s Board of Directors for the year in which the termination occurs, and all of his or her unvested equity-based compensation will vest.
A participant is entitled to severance benefits under the Plan in consideration for his or her execution of an agreement with terms substantially similar to the terms of which are essentially the same regarding potential paymentsGeneral Release and Separation Agreement set forth as Exhibit B to the Plan. The Company’s obligation to provide such severance benefits is also conditioned upon the participant’s continued compliance with confidentiality, non-competition, non-solicitation, and non-disparagement covenants.
The Joinder Agreement for each of Mr. Molinaro, Mr. Dobb and Mr. Kaplan preserves certain benefits of each executive’s superseded employment agreement that were greater than those provided by the Plan.
Upon a change in control, but differqualifying termination, as defined in the amount ofPlan, other than during a protection period, also as defined in the Plan, Mr. Molinaro receives severance benefits. These agreements provide that if we terminate the named executive officer’s employment without cause, he will receive a cash severance payment. Mr. Buckel’s cash severance payment is an amount equal to one year ofand one-half times his then-current base salary. The cashUpon a qualifying termination during a protection period, he receives severance payment for each of Messrs. Abrahamson, Klinker, Smith, and Suddith is an amount equal to the productsum of (x) the number of days that he was an employee divided by 365 (provided that this ratio shall never exceed one) and (y) his then-current base salary. In addition, upon our termination of the named executive officer’s employment without cause, his unvested options and any other unvested equity compensation he received from us will terminate, and his vested options will remain exercisable no later than three months after termination of his employment. If we terminate the named executive officer’s employment without cause or he resigns for good reason, in either case within 12 months of a change in control, as such term is defined in the agreement, he will receive a cash severance payment equal to two (2) times his then-current base salary plus maximum bonus for him under the applicable bonus plan.
Upon a qualifying termination during a protection period, Mr. Dobb receives severance equal to the sum of two times his then-current base salary plus maximum bonus for him under the applicable bonus plan.
Upon a qualifying termination during a protection period, Mr. Kaplan receives severance equal to the sum of two times his then-current base salary plus maximum bonus for him under the applicable bonus plan and then-current maximum target bonus,the options holds that were originally granted on December 2, 2004 and 100% of his unvested stock options and additional equity compensationDecember 16, 2005, shall become vested free of restrictions, if any, and immediately exercisable for the remaining term of the relevant grant or award. In addition, he will continue to receive health care and life insurance coverage for 24 months as if he were an active employee, subject to the employee portion of premiums for such coverages.in their entirety.
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The table below details the calculation of the payments based upon an assumed January 1, 20072008 termination date and assuming the termination was without cause:
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Potential Termination and Change in Control Payments
| Termination Benefit | Change in Control Benefit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name and Principal Position | Estimate $ | Termination | Cash | Equity | Benefit ation | Retirement ation | Other | Estimate $ | Protection | Cash | Equity | Benefit Continu- ation | Retirement Continu- ation | |||||||||||||||
James DeBlasio Chief Executive Officer | $ | 525,000 | Involuntary Termination Without cause | 1.5x Base Salary | No accelerated vesting - Executive has 90 days to exercise vested options | — | — | — | $ | 6,351,938 | 12 months | 2x(Base Salary + Maximum Target Bonus) | 100% vesting of restricted stock and options | 24 Months | — | |||||||||||||
David Buckel Chief Financial Officer | 235,385 | Involuntary Termination Without cause | 1x Base Salary | No accelerated vesting - Executive has 90 days to exercise vested options | — | — | — | 1,736,813 | 12 months | 2x(Base Salary + Maximum Target Bonus) | 100% vesting of restricted stock and options | 24 Months | — | |||||||||||||||
David Abrahamson Vice President, Sales | 230,000 | Involuntary Termination Without cause | #of days/365: No more than 1x Salary | No accelerated vesting - Executive has 90 days to exercise vested options | — | — | — | 1,630,064 | 12 months | 2x(Base Salary + Maximum Target Bonus) | 100% vesting of restricted stock and options | 24 Months | — | |||||||||||||||
Eric Klinker Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Engineering | 200,000 | Involuntary Termination Without cause | # of days/365: No more than 1x Salary | No accelerated vesting - Executive has 90 days to exercise vested options | — | — | — | 1,379,907 | 12 months | 2x(Base Salary + Maximum Target Bonus) | 100% vesting of restricted stock and options | 24 Months | — | |||||||||||||||
Robert Smith Chief Marketing Officer and Vice President of Marketing | 200,000 | Involuntary Termination Without cause | # of days/365: No more than 1x Salary | No accelerated vesting - Executive has 90 days to exercise vested options | — | — | — | 548,000 | 12 months | 2x(Base Salary + Maximum Target Bonus) | 100% vesting of restricted stock and options | 24 Months | — | |||||||||||||||
Eric Suddith Vice President of Human Resources | 190,000 | Involuntary Termination Without cause | # of days/365: No more than 1x Salary | No accelerated vesting - Executive has 90 days to exercise vested options | — | — | — | 1,337,013 | 12 months | 2x(Base Salary + Maximum Target Bonus) | 100% vesting of restricted stock and options | 24 Months | — | |||||||||||||||
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Termination Benefit | Change in Control Benefit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name and Principal Position | Estimate of Total Severance Value $ | Termination Reason | Cash Severance Multiple | Equity Treatment (3) | Benefit Continu- ation | Retirement Continu- ation | Other | Estimate of Total Change in Control Value $ | Protection Period | Cash Severance Multiple | Equity Award Treatment | Benefit Continu- ation | Retirement Continu- ation | |||||||||||||||
James DeBlasio Chief Executive Officer | 637,500 | Involuntary Termination Without cause | 1.5x Base Salary | No accelerated vesting - Executive has 90 days to exercise vested options | 18 months | — | — | 2,332,400 | 24 months | 2x(Base Salary + Maximum Target Bonus) | 100% vesting of restricted stock and options | 18 months | — | |||||||||||||||
David Buckel (1) Chief Financial Officer | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
Vincent Molinaro Chief Operating Officer | 525,000 | Involuntary Termination Without cause | 1.5x Base Salary | No accelerated vesting - Executive has 90 days to exercise vested options | 18 months | — | — | 2,091,250 | 24 months | 2x(Base Salary + Maximum Target Bonus) | 100% vesting of restricted stock and options | 18 months | — | |||||||||||||||
Richard Dobb Vice President and General Counsel | 240,000 | Involuntary Termination Without cause | 1x Base Salary | No accelerated vesting - Executive has 90 days to exercise vested options | 18 months | — | — | 924,900 | 24 months | 2x(Base Salary + Maximum Target Bonus) | 100% vesting of restricted stock and options | 18 months | — | |||||||||||||||
Philip Kaplan Chief Strategy Officer | 235,000 | Involuntary Termination Without cause | 1x Base Salary | No accelerated vesting - Executive has 90 days to exercise vested options | 18 months | — | — | 643,900 | 24 months | 2x(Base Salary + Maximum Target Bonus) | 100% vesting of restricted stock and options | 18 months | — | |||||||||||||||
Tamara Augustyn Vice President and Principal Accounting Officer | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Mr. Buckel resigned in November of 2007. |
Compensation of Directors
For 2006, our
Effective as of January 1, 2007, compensation for non-employee Directors received an annual retainer of $20,000. In addition, the Chair of the Board and the Chair of the Audit Committee each received an additional annual fee of $10,000, and the Chair of the Compensation Committee and the Nominations and Governance Committee each receive an annual fee of $5,000. Directors also received a cash fee of $1,500 per Board meeting attended in person, $1,000 per committee meeting attended in person, $500 per Board meeting attended by telephone, and $500 per committee meeting attended by telephone. is as follows:
| • | The cash fee for Directors for attendance at a Board meeting in person is $1,500 and by telephone is $750 per meeting; | |
| • | The cash fee for Directors for attendance at a Committee meeting in person is $1,000 and by telephone is $750 per meeting; | |
| • | The annual retainer paid to each Director is $20,000. | |
| • | An annual stock option grant to each Director of 5,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. The options have an exercise price equal to 100% of the fair market value of our common stock on the date of grant and are fully vested and exercisable as of the date of grant; |
| • | An annual grant of 2,500 restricted stock units, which vests ratably over a three-year period, subject to the terms in the stock grant agreement and Stock Plan under which the restricted stock units are granted; |
| • | The Chair of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors receives an annual retainer of $7,500; |
| • | Other members of the Compensation Committee receive an annual retainer of $2,500; |
| • | Members of the Audit Committee, other than the Chair, receive an annual retainer of $5,000. The Audit Committee Chair’s retainer is $10,000. | |
| • | The Chair of the Nominations and Governance Committee of the Board of Directors receives an annual retainer of $5,000. |
| • | The Chairman of the Board of Directors receives an annual retainer of $40,000. |
| • | New non-employee Directors receive a grant of 12,500 restricted stock units, which vests ratably over a three-year period, subject to the terms of the stock grant agreement and Stock Plan under which the restricted stock units are granted. |
We also reimburse Directors for certain expenses in connection with attendance at Board of Director and committee meetings. Directors who are also employees do not receive any additional compensation for serving on the Board of Directors or any committees of the Board of Directors.
In addition, each non-employee Director receives an annual option to purchase 2,000 shares of common stock. Each new non-employee Director also receives an initial grant of 25,000 options to acquire shares of common stock. The options have an exercise price equal to 100% of the fair market value of our common stock on the date of grant and are fully vested and exercisable as of the date of grant.
After considering general and specific demands of Board and committee service, the Company’s performance, compensation amounts and trends among companies of comparable size and other factors, on January 18, 2007, the Board of Directors approved certain changes, effective as of January 1, 2007, to compensation for non-employee Directors as follows:
The cash fee for Directors for attendance at a Board meeting by telephone increased from $500 to $750 per meeting;
The annual stock option grant to each Director in 2007 is an option to acquire up to 5,000 shares instead of an option to acquire up to 2,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. The options have an exercise price equal to 100% of the fair market value of our common stock on the date of grant and are fully vested and exercisable as of the date of grant;
Each Director receives an annual grant of 2,500 restricted stock units, which will vest ratably over a three-year period, subject to the terms in the stock grant agreement and Stock Plan under which the restricted stock units are granted;
The annual retainer paid to the Chair of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors increased from $5,000 to $7,500;
Other members of the Compensation Committee receive an annual retainer of $2,500;
Members of the Audit Committee, other than the Chair, receive an annual retainer of $5,000. The Audit Committee Chair’s retainer is $10,000.
The total annual retainer for the Chairman of the Board of Directors increased from $30,000 to $40,000.
Under the prior policy, new non-employee Directors received an initial grant of options to acquire up to 25,000 shares of common stock. As of January 1, 2007, new non-employee Directors instead receive a grant of 12,500 restricted stock units, which will vest ratably over a three-year period, subject to the terms of the stock grant agreement and Stock Plan under which the restricted stock units shall be granted.
In addition, the Board adopted a stock retention policy starting in 2007 that will requirerequires each Director to retain a fixed percentage of the “net shares” he or she acquires through stock option exercise and vesting of restricted stock units. Net shares are shares obtained after costs of exercise and taxes to the Director. For 2007, the stock retention requirement is fifty percent (50%) of these net shares. A Director must retain the stock so acquired until six months following the completion of his or her service as a Director.
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