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) —March 29, 2016
ENVESTNET, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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(I.R.S. Employer of Incorporation |
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35 East Wacker Drive, Suite 2400 |
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Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (312) 827-2800
Not applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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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.
Appointments of Luis A. Aguilar and Gayle Crowell to Board of Directors
On March 29, 2016, the Board of Directors of Envestnet, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Luis A. Aguilar and Gayle Crowell as directors of the Company. Mr. Aguilar was appointed as a member of Class II of the Company’s Board of Directors (the term of which ends in 2017) and Ms. Crowell was appointed as a member of Class III of the Company’s Board of Directors (the term of which ends in 2019), each to hold office until the 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders in May 2016. Mr. Aguilar was also appointed to the Nominating and Governance Committee and Ms. Crowell was also appointed to the Compensation Committee.
Mr. Aguilar was a Commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) from July 2008 through his retirement in December 2015. Prior to his appointment as an SEC Commissioner, Mr. Aguilar was a partner with the international law firm of McKenna Long & Aldridge, LLP (subsequently merged with Dentons US LLP), specializing in corporate and securities law. Mr. Aguilar’s previous experience includes serving as the general counsel, head of compliance, executive vice president, and corporate secretary of Invesco, with responsibility for all legal and compliance matters regarding Invesco Institutional. While at Invesco, he was also managing director for Latin America in the 1990’s, and president of one of Invesco’s broker-dealers. His career also includes tenure as a partner at several prominent national law firms: Alston & Bird LLP; Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP; and Powell Goldstein Frazer & Murphy LLP (subsequently merged with Bryan Cave LLP). He began his legal career as an attorney at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Mr. Aguilar represented the SEC as its liaison to both the North American Securities Administrators Association and to the Council of Securities Regulators of the Americas. He also served as the sponsor of the SEC’s first Investor Advisory Committee. Mr. Aguilar is a graduate of the University of Georgia School of Law, and also received a master of laws degree in taxation from Emory University. He had earlier earned a bachelor’s degree from Georgia Southern University.
Ms. Crowell has served as an operational business consultant for Warburg Pincus LLC, a private equity firm, since June 2001. She served as lead independent director of Yodlee, Inc. (“Yodlee”) since March 2014 and as a member of the Yodlee Board of Directors from July 2002 until November 2015 when Yodlee was acquired by the Company. Ms. Crowell currently serves on the board of directors of MercuryGate International, Inc., a cloud-based transportation management system technology provider, as well as Dude Solutions Inc., a provider of facilities maintenance software. Ms. Crowell holds a B.S. in education from the University of Nevada at Reno.
Mr. Aguilar and Ms. Crowell will each receive an annual retainer of $100,000, a meeting attendance stipend of $5,000 for each board meeting attended in person, including all coinciding committee meetings and an additional meeting attendance stipend of $1,000 for each telephonic meeting, including all coinciding committee meetings. Mr. Aguilar and Ms. Crowell will also receive an additional annual retainer of $10,000 for each committee on which they serve. Mr. Aguilar and Ms. Crowell will receive 25% of such amounts in cash and 25% in options to acquire shares of Company common stock and 50% in restricted stock units. Cash amounts paid to directors are paid quarterly with respect to the pro rata portion of fees earned during that quarter. Equity amounts paid to directors are granted once a year (typically in February) for the amounts earned during the previous year. The foregoing amounts will be prorated for 2016. We also reimburse all of our directors for their reasonable expenses incurred in attending meetings of our Board or committees. In addition, Mr. Aguilar and Ms. Crowell will each receive an initial equity grant of $100,000 of restricted stock units.
Option grants vest monthly over a four-year period, except that the shares that would otherwise vest over the first 12 months do not vest until the first anniversary of the grant. Future awards of restricted stock units will vest over a 3-year period as follows: one third of the total amount vests on the first anniversary of the date of the grant of restricted stock; and then one-twelfth of the total amount vests on each three-month anniversary. The initial grant of restricted stock units grants vest as follows: one-quarter of the total amount vests on the date of grant and one quarter of the total amount vests on the each of the next three anniversaries of the grant.
All of these equity grants are made pursuant to our 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan which was described in the proxy statement for our 2015 annual meeting under the heading “Executive Compensation—Compensation Discussion and Analysis—2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan.”
A copy of the Company’s press release announcing the appointment of Mr. Aguilar and Ms. Crowell to the Board is attached to this report as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Retirement of Yves Sisteron
On March 30, 2016, the Company announced that Yves Sisteron will not stand for re-election to the Company’s Board of Directors when his term expires at the Company’s annual meeting in May 2016.
Mr. Sisteron has served as a member of the Board since 2004 and has occupied many key Board leadership roles, most recently acting as lead independent director from the date of the Company’s initial public offering in 2010 to October 2015 and as a member of our Compensation Committee.
Mr. Sisteron’s decision not to stand for re-election is not due to any disagreement with the Company, including with respect to any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies or practices.
A copy of the Company’s press release announcing the retirement of Mr. Sisteron is attached to this report as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Resignation of Cynthia Egan
On March 30, 2016, the Company announced that Cynthia Egan had resigned as a director of the Company effective March 29, 2016.
By letter dated March 28, 2016, Ms. Egan notified the Company of her decision to resign from the Company’s Board of Directors effective March 29, 2016. Ms. Egan has served as a member of the Board since 2013 and has occupied key Board leadership roles as Chair of our Compensation Committee and as a member of our Nominating and Governance Committee.
Ms. Egan’s decision to resign is not due to any disagreement with the Company, including with respect to any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies or practices.
A copy of the Company’s press release announcing the resignation of Ms. Egan is attached to this report as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
99.1 Press release, dated March 30, 2016, regarding the appointments of Luis A. Aguilar and Gayle Crowell, the the retirement of Yves Sisteron, the resignation of Cynthia Egan and the appointment of Gregory Smith as Chairman of the Audit Committee and James Fox as Chairman of the Compensation Committee.
SIGNATURES
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.
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Date: March 30, 2016
Exhibit 99.1
Envestnet Appoints Luis A. Aguilar and Gayle Crowell to the Board of Directors and Resignation of Cynthia Egan and Retirement of Yves Sisteron
Chicago, IL —March 30, 2016 — Envestnet (NYSE: ENV), a leading provider of unified wealth management technology and services to financial advisors, today announced the appointment of Luis A. Aguilar and Gayle Crowell to its Board of Directors and as members of each of the Nominating and Governance Committee, and Compensation Committee, respectively effective March 29, 2016.
Mr. Aguilar was a Commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission from July 2008 through his retirement in December 2015. Prior to his appointment as an SEC Commissioner, Mr. Aguilar was a partner with the international law firm of McKenna Long & Aldridge, LLP (subsequently merged with Dentons US LLP), specializing in corporate and securities law. Mr. Aguilar’s previous experience includes serving as the general counsel, head of compliance, executive vice president, and corporate secretary of Invesco, with responsibility for all legal and compliance matters regarding Invesco Institutional. While at Invesco, he was also managing director for Latin America in the 1990’s, and president of one of Invesco’s broker-dealers. His career also includes tenure as a partner at several prominent national law firms: Alston & Bird LLP; Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP; and Powell Goldstein Frazer & Murphy LLP (subsequently merged with Bryan Cave LLP).
He began his legal career as an attorney at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Mr. Aguilar represented the SEC as its liaison to both the North American Securities Administrators Association and to the Council of Securities Regulators of the Americas. He also served as the sponsor of the SEC’s first Investor Advisory Committee. Mr. Aguilar is a graduate of the University of Georgia School of Law, and also received a master of laws degree in taxation from Emory University. He had earlier earned a bachelor’s degree from Georgia Southern University.
Ms. Crowell has served as an operational business consultant for Warburg Pincus LLC, a private equity firm, since June 2001. She served as lead independent director of Yodlee, Inc. since March 2014 and as a member of the Yodlee, Inc. Board of Directors from July 2002 until November 19, 2015 when Yodlee, Inc. was acquired by Envestnet. Ms. Crowell currently serves on the board of directors of MercuryGate International, Inc., a cloud-based transportation management system technology provider, as well as Dude Solutions Inc., a provider of facilities maintenance software. Ms. Crowell holds a B.S. in education from the University of Nevada at Reno.
“With their breadth of industry and finance experience, Luis and Gayle are valuable additions to our Board,” said Jud Bergman, Chairman and CEO.
The Company also announced its acceptance of the resignation of Cynthia Egan from the Board of Directors and announced the pending retirement of Yves Sisteron from the Board of Directors when his term expires at the Company’s annual meeting in May 2016.
“On behalf of the entire Board, I thank Cynthia and Yves for their service to Envestnet,” concluded Mr. Bergman. “In her short tenure on the Board, Cynthia made a positive impact. Yves and his firm were one of the early investors in Envestnet and we have benefitted greatly from Yves’ leadership and counsel over the many years of our affiliation.”
The Company also announced the appointment of Gregory Smith as Chairman of the Audit Committee and James Fox as the Chairman of the Compensation Committee to replace Ms. Egan.
About Envestnet
Envestnet, Inc. (NYSE: ENV) is a leading provider of unified wealth management technology and services to investment advisors. Our open-architecture platforms unify and fortify the wealth management process, delivering unparalleled flexibility, accuracy, performance and value. Envestnet solutions enable the transformation of wealth management into a transparent, independent, objective and fully-aligned standard of care, and empower advisors to deliver better outcomes.
Envestnet’s Advisor Suite® software empowers financial advisors to better manage client outcomes and strengthen their practices. Envestnet provides institutional-quality research and advanced portfolio solutions through our Portfolio Management Consultants group, Envestnet | PMC®. Envestnet | Tamarac provides leading rebalancing, reporting and practice management software.
Envestnet | Yodlee is a leading data aggregation and data analytics platform powering dynamic, cloud-based innovation for digital financial services. More than 950 companies, including 12 of the 20 largest U.S. banks and hundreds of Internet services companies, subscribe to the Envestnet | Yodlee platform to power personalized financial apps and services for millions of consumers. Envestnet | Yodlee solutions help transform the speed and delivery of financial innovation, improve digital customer experiences, and drive better outcomes for our clients and their customers.
For more information on Envestnet, please visit www.envestnet.com and follow @ENVintel (https://twitter.com/envintel).
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Contacts |
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Investor Relations |
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Media Relations |
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investor.relations@envestnet.com |
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mediarelations@envestnet.com |
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(312) 827-3940 |
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