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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
 
FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 13, 2016
 
 
HOOKER FURNITURE CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Virginia 000-25349 54-0251350
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(Commission
File No.)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.) 
     
440 East Commonwealth Boulevard,
Martinsville, Virginia
 24112 (276) 632-0459
(Address of principal executive offices)    (Zip Code)
(Registrant’s telephone number,
including area code)

 
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Item 5.02.  Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
 
On April 13, 2016, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Hooker Furniture Corporation (the “Company”) approved annual cash incentives and long-term incentive awards for the Company’s executive officers.
 
Long-Term Incentive Awards
 
Time-Based Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).  Each time-based RSU entitles the executive officer to receive one share of the Company’s common stock if he remains continuously employed with the Company through the end of a three-year service period that ends April 13, 2019. At the discretion of the Committee, the RSUs may be paid in shares of the Company’s common stock, cash (based on the fair market value of a share of the Company’s common stock on the date payment is made), or both. In addition to the service-based vesting requirement, 100% of an executive officer’s RSUs will vest upon a change of control of the Company and a prorated number of the RSUs will vest upon the death, disability or retirement of the executive officer.
 
The number of RSUs awarded to each executive officer is set forth in the table below.
 
Executive Officer
  
Number
of RSUs
  
Paul B. Toms, Jr.
     0  
Paul A. Huckfeldt
     1,128  
Michael W. Delgatti, Jr.
     2,255  
Anne M. Jacobsen
     902  
George Revington
     3,007  
 
Performance Grants. Each performance grant entitles the executive officer to receive a payment based on the achievement of two specified performance conditions. The payout will be the sum of two amounts, based on the Company’s absolute and relative EPS growth over a three-year performance period that began February 1, 2016 and ends February 3, 2019. At the discretion of the Committee, the payout can be made in cash, shares of the Company’s common stock (based on the fair market value of a share of the Company’s common stock on the date payment is made), or both. The executive officer also must remain continuously employed with the Company through the end of the performance period to be eligible for a payment.
 
The payment for each executive officer under his performance grant will be the sum of the following amounts:
 
a.  
An amount set forth in the table below based on the growth of the Company’s fully diluted earnings per share from continuing operations (“EPS”) over the performance period. The Company’s EPS growth must be at least 5% over the performance period for a payment to be made.
 
   
Payout Amount Based on
EPS Growth (%) for Performance Period
  
Executive Officer
     5%       10%       15%       20%       25%  
Paul B. Toms, Jr.
   $ 31,125     $ 93,375     $ 124,500     $ 155,625     $ 186,750  
Paul A. Huckfeldt
     15,000       45,000       60,000       75,000       90,000  
Michael W. Delgatti, Jr.
     15,003       45,009       60,012       75,015       90,018  
Anne M. Jacobsen
     12,000       36,000       48,000       60,000       72,000  
George Revington
     20,004       60,012       80,016       100,020       120,024  

 
 
 
 
b.  
An amount set forth in the table below based on the growth of the Company’s EPS over the performance period relative to a group of specified peer companies. However, if the Company’s EPS growth is not positive for the performance period, this payment will be capped at the amount for the 50th percentile.
 
   
Payout Amount Based on
Relative EPS Growth for Performance Period
  
Executive Officer
  
Less than
50th percentile
    
50th percentile, but less than
75th percentile
    
Equal to or greater than
75th percentile
  
Paul B. Toms, Jr.
   $ 0     $ 124,500     $ 186,750  
Paul A. Huckfeldt
     0       60,000       90,000  
Michael W. Delgatti, Jr.
     0       59,884       89,991  
Anne M. Jacobsen
     0       48,000       72,000  
George Revington
     0       79,992       119,988  
 
In addition, a payment will be made to an executive officer under each performance grant upon a change of control of the Company, consistent with attaining 15% EPS growth and relative EPS growth at the 50th percentile for the performance period, or a prorated amount following the death, disability or retirement of the executive officer as described in the executive officer’s grant agreement.
 
The terms of the time-based RSUs and the performance grants are more completely described in the respective forms of grant agreements filed as exhibits to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 13, 2012, and which are incorporated by reference into this Item 5.02.
 
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(d)           Exhibits
 
Exhibit 10.1.       Form of Time-Based Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 13, 2012)
 
Exhibit 10.2.       Form of Performance Grant Agreement (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 13, 2012)
 
 
 
 
 
Signature
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
HOOKER FURNITURE CORPORATION

 
By:  /s/ Paul A. Huckfeldt                                               
Paul A. Huckfeldt
Senior Vice President - Finance and Accounting
Chief Financial Officer
 
Date: April 18, 2016