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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION 

PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(a) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
(Amendment No.   )

 

Filed by the Registrant 

Filed by a Party other than the Registrant 

Check the appropriate box:

 

 

Preliminary Proxy Statement

 

Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a‑6(e)(2))

 

Definitive Proxy Statement

 

Definitive Additional Materials

 

Soliciting Material under §240.14a‑12

 

Ra Medical Systems, Inc.

(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)

(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant)

Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box):

No fee required.

Fee paid previously with preliminary materials.

Fee computed on table in exhibit required by Item 25(b) per Exchange Act Rules 14a‑6(i)(1) and 0‑11.

 


 

2070 Las Palmas Drive

Carlsbad, California 92011

(760) 804-1648

To our Stockholders:

We are pleased to invite you to attend the annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Ra Medical Systems, Inc., to be held on Friday, June 3, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. Pacific time, or at any adjournment of postponement thereof. The Annual Meeting will be a virtual meeting of stockholders. You are invited to attend and vote your shares at the Annual Meeting live via internet webcast so long as you register to attend the Annual Meeting at www.proxydocs.com/RMED by 5:00 p.m. Pacific time on June 2, 2022 (the “Registration Deadline”). Questions will need to be submitted prior to the Annual Meeting. To submit questions, please visit www.proxydocs.com/RMEDYou will not be able to attend the Annual Meeting in person. At this year’s Annual Meeting, our stockholders will be asked to:

 

elect as a Class I director the one nominee named in the accompanying proxy statement to serve until our 2025 Annual Meeting of stockholders or until his successor is duly elected and qualified;

 

ratify the appointment of Haskell & White LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022; and

 

transact such other business that may properly come before the Annual Meeting.

Details regarding how to attend the Annual Meeting and the business to be conducted at the Annual Meeting are more fully described in the accompanying notice of Annual Meeting of stockholders and proxy statement.

Your vote is important. Regardless of whether you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, it is important that your shares be represented and voted at the Annual Meeting, and we hope you will vote as soon as possible. You may vote by proxy via the Internet, by telephone, or by mail, according to the instructions on the enclosed proxy card or voting instruction card. Voting over the Internet or by telephone, by written proxy or voting instruction card will ensure your representation at the Annual Meeting regardless of whether you attend the Annual Meeting.

Thank you for your ongoing support of, and continued interest in, Ra Medical Systems, Inc.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Will McGuire
Chief Executive Officer
Carlsbad, California
April 20, 2022

The date of this proxy statement is April 20, 2022, and is being mailed to stockholders on or about that same date.

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting to Be Held on June 3, 2022. Our Proxy Statement and Annual Report to Stockholders are available at www.proxydocs.com/RMED.

 


 

RA MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.

2070 Las Palmas Drive

Carlsbad, California 92011

(760) 804-1648

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

 

Time and Date

9:00 a.m. Pacific time, on Friday, June 3, 2022, or any adjournment or postponement thereof.

 

 

Webcast Address

www.proxydocs.com/RMED.

 

 

Items of Business

(1) To elect as Class I director the nominee named in the accompanying proxy statement to serve until our 2025 Annual Meeting of stockholders or until his successor is duly elected and qualified.

(2) To ratify the appointment of Haskell & White LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022.

(3) To transact such other business that may properly come before the Annual Meeting.

 

 

Adjournments and Postponements

Any action on the items of business described above may be considered at the Annual Meeting at the time and on the date specified above or at any time and date to which the Annual Meeting may be properly adjourned or postponed.

 

 

Record Date

April 11, 2022.

Only stockholders of record of our common stock as of the close of business on Monday, April 11, 2022, are entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting.

 

 

Meeting Admission

You are invited to attend the Annual Meeting live via webcast if you are a stockholder of record or a beneficial owner of shares of our common stock, in each case, as of April 11, 2022. Prior registration to attend the Annual Meeting at www.proxydocs.com/RMED is required by 5:00 p.m. Pacific time on June 2, 2022. Instructions regarding how to connect and participate live via the internet, including how to demonstrate proof of stock ownership, are posted at www.proxydocs.com/RMED.

 

 

Voting

 

Your vote is very important. You may vote by proxy via the Internet, by telephone, or by mail, according to the instructions on the enclosed proxy card or voting instruction card. For specific instructions on how to vote your shares, please refer to the section entitled Questions and Answers beginning on page 1 of the accompanying proxy statement.

 

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting to be Held on June 3, 2022The proxy statement, the accompanying materials and our 2021 annual report are being mailed on or about April 20, 2022 to all stockholders entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. A copy of our proxy statement and our 2021 annual report are also posted on www.proxydocs.com/RMED and are available from the SEC on its website at www.sec.gov.

 

By order of the Board of Directors

 

Jonathan Will McGuire

Chief Executive Officer

Carlsbad, California

April 20, 2022

 

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Table of Contents

 

 

Page

 

 

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE PROXY MATERIALS AND ANNUAL MEETING

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

9

 

Composition of the Board

9

 

Information about the Board of Directors

9

 

Nominees for Election at the Annual Meeting

9

 

Continuing Directors

10

 

Director Independence

11

 

Board Leadership Structure

11

 

Role of Board in Risk Oversight Process

12

 

Board Meetings and Committees

12

 

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

14

 

Considerations in Evaluating Director Nominees

14

 

Stockholder Recommendations for Nominations to Our Board of Directors

16

 

Communications with the Board of Directors

16

 

Corporate Governance Principles and Code of Ethics and Conduct

17

 

Director Compensation

17

 

2021 Director Compensation Table

18

PROPOSAL NUMBER 1 ‑ ELECTION OF CLASS I DIRECTOR

20

 

Nominee for Director

20

 

Required Vote

20

 

Board Recommendation

20

PROPOSAL NUMBER 2 ‑ RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

21

 

Change of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

21

 

Fees Paid to the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firms

22

 

Auditor Independence

22

 

Pre-Approval Policy

22

 

Required Vote

22

 

Board Recommendation

22

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REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE

23

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

24

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

25

 

Processes and Procedures for Executive Compensation

25

 

Summary Compensation Table

26

 

Executive Employment Agreements and Arrangements

27

 

Executive Change in Control and Severance Agreements

27

 

Outstanding Equity Awards at 2021 Fiscal Year-End

29

 

Perquisites, Health, Welfare and Retirement Benefits

29

 

401(k) Savings Plan

30

 

Equity Compensation Plan Information

30

CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

31

 

Related Person Transactions

31

 

Indemnification of Officers and Directors

31

 

Policies and Procedures for Transactions with Related Persons

31

SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

32

OTHER MATTERS

34

 

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

34

 

Fiscal Year 2021 Annual Report

34

 

Company Website

34

 

Availability of Bylaws

34

PROPOSALS OF STOCKHOLDERS FOR 2023 ANNUAL MEETING

35

 

 

 

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RA MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
2070 Las Palmas Drive
Carlsbad, California 92011

PROXY STATEMENT
For the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
to be held on June 3, 2022

The information provided in the “Questions and Answers” format below is for your convenience only and is merely a summary of the information contained in this proxy statement. You should read the entire proxy statement carefully.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE PROXY MATERIALS AND ANNUAL MEETING

Where can I access the proxy materials?

Pursuant to the rules of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, we have provided access to our proxy materials over the Internet. Accordingly, a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (the “Internet Notice”) has been sent to our stockholders of record and beneficial owners as of the record date, April 11, 2022. Instructions on how to access the proxy materials over the Internet or to request a printed copy by mail may be found in the Internet Notice.

By accessing the proxy materials on the Internet or choosing to receive your future proxy materials by email, you will save us the cost of printing and mailing documents to you and will reduce the impact of the Annual Meeting on the environment. If you choose to receive future proxy materials by email, you will receive an email next year with instructions containing a link to those materials. If you choose to receive future proxy materials by mail, you will receive a paper copy of those materials, including a form of proxy. Your election to receive proxy materials by mail or email will remain in effect until you notify us that you are terminating your request.

Stockholders are invited to attend the Annual Meeting and are requested to vote on the items of business described in this proxy statement. This proxy statement, the accompanying materials and our 2021 annual report are being mailed on or about April 20, 2022, to all stockholders entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. A copy of our proxy statement and our 2021 annual report are posted on www.proxydocs.com/RMED, and are also available from the SEC on its website at www.sec.gov.

What is a proxy?

A proxy is your legal designation of another person to vote the stock you own. The person you designate is your “proxy,” and you give the proxy authority to vote your shares by submitting the enclosed proxy card, or if available, voting by telephone or over the Internet. We have designated Jonathan Will McGuire and Andrew Jackson to serve as proxies for the Annual Meeting.

What am I voting on?

You are being asked to vote on two proposals:

 

the election of one (1) Class I director from the nominee named in this proxy statement to hold office until our 2025 annual meeting of stockholders or until his successor is duly elected and qualified; and

 

the ratification of the appointment of Haskell & White LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for our fiscal year ending December 31, 2022.

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We will also transact any other business that properly comes before the Annual Meeting.

What if other matters are properly brought before the Annual Meeting?

As of the date of this proxy statement, we are not aware of any other matters that will be presented for consideration at the Annual Meeting. If any other matters are properly brought before the Annual Meeting, the persons named as proxies will be authorized to vote or otherwise act on those matters in accordance with their judgment. If for any reason a director nominee is not available as a candidate for director, the persons named as proxy holders will vote your proxy for such other candidate as may be nominated by our board of directors.

How does the board of directors recommend that I vote?

Our board of directors recommends that you vote your shares:

 

“FOR” the election of the director nominated by our board of directors and named in this proxy statement as a Class I director; and

 

“FOR” the ratification of the appointment of Haskell & White LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for our fiscal year ending December 31, 2022.

Who may vote at the Annual Meeting?

Only stockholders of record as of the close of business on April 11, 2022, the record date for the Annual Meeting, or the record date, are entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. As of the record date, there were 32,305,149 shares of our common stock issued and outstanding, held by 66 holders of record. We do not have cumulative voting rights for the election of directors.

You are invited to attend and vote your shares at the Annual Meeting live via webcast so long as you register to attend the Annual Meeting at www.proxydocs.com/RMED by 5:00 p.m. Pacific time on June 2, 2022 (the “Registration Deadline”). You will be asked to provide the control number located inside the shaded gray box on your proxy card (the “Control Number”) as described in the proxy card. After completion of your registration by the Registration Deadline, further instructions, including a unique link to access the Annual Meeting, will be emailed to you.

Stockholder of Record: Shares Registered in Your Name. If, at the close of business on the record date for the Annual Meeting, your shares were registered directly in your name with our transfer agent, American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, then you are a stockholder of record. As a stockholder of record, you have the right to grant your voting proxy directly to the individuals listed on the proxy card or to vote live via the internet at the Annual Meeting. You may also vote on the internet, mail, or by telephone as described below under the heading “How can I vote my shares?” and on your proxy card.

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Beneficial Owner: Shares Registered in the Name of a Broker, Bank, or Other Nominee. If, at the close of business on the record date for the Annual Meeting, your shares were held, not in your name, but rather in an account at a brokerage firm, bank, or other nominee, then you are the beneficial owner of shares held in “street name” and these proxy materials are being forwarded to you by that organization. The organization holding your account is considered the stockholder of record for purposes of voting at the Annual Meeting. As a beneficial owner, you have the right to direct your broker, bank or other nominee regarding how to vote the shares in your account by following the voting instructions your broker, bank or other nominee provides. You are also invited to attend the Annual Meeting live via webcast, and you must pre-register at www.proxydocs.com/RMED. However, since you are not the stockholder of record, you may not vote your shares in person at the Annual Meeting unless you obtain a valid proxy from your broker, bank or other nominee.

How can I vote my shares?

Stockholder of Record: Shares Registered in Your Name

If you are a stockholder of record, you may vote in one of the following ways:

 

You may vote during the Annual Meeting live via the internet.  If you plan to attend the Annual Meeting live via webcast, you may vote by following the instructions posted at www.proxydocs.com/RMED. To be admitted to the Annual Meeting and vote your shares, you must register by the Registration Deadline and provide the Control Number as described in the proxy card. After completion of your registration by the Registration Deadline, further instructions, including a unique link to access the Annual Meeting, will be emailed to you.

 

You may vote by mail.  Complete, sign and date the proxy card that accompanies this proxy statement and return it promptly in the postage-prepaid envelope provided (if you received printed proxy materials). Your completed, signed and dated proxy card must be received prior to the Annual Meeting.

 

You may vote by telephone.  To vote over the telephone, dial toll-free (855) 673-0647 and follow the recorded instructions. You will be asked to provide the control number from your proxy card. Telephone voting is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, until 8:59 a.m. Pacific time, on June 3, 2022.

 

You may vote via the Internet.  To vote via the Internet, go to www.proxypush.com/RMED to complete an electronic proxy card (have your proxy card in hand when you visit the website). You will be asked to provide the control number from your proxy card. Internet voting is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, until 8:59 a.m. Pacific time, on June 3, 2022.

Beneficial Owners: Shares Registered in the Name of a Broker, Bank or Other Nominee

If you are a beneficial owner of shares held of record by a broker, bank or other nominee, you will receive voting instructions from your broker, bank or other nominee. You must follow the voting instructions provided by your broker, bank or other nominee in order to instruct your broker, bank or other nominee on how to vote your shares. Beneficial owners of shares should generally be able to vote by returning the voting instruction card, or by telephone or via the Internet. However, the availability of telephone or Internet voting will depend on the voting process of your broker, bank, or other nominee. As discussed above, if you are a beneficial owner, you may not vote your shares in live via the internet at the Annual Meeting unless you obtain a legal proxy from your broker, bank or other nominee that holds your shares, giving you the right to vote the shares at the Annual Meeting.

Can I change my vote or revoke my proxy?

Stockholder of Record: Shares Registered in Your Name.  If you are a stockholder of record, you can change your vote or revoke your proxy at any time before the Annual Meeting by:

 

entering a new vote by Internet or telephone (until the applicable deadline for each method as set forth above);

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returning a later-dated proxy card (which automatically revokes the earlier proxy);

 

providing a written notice of revocation to our corporate secretary at Ra Medical Systems, Inc., 2070 Las Palmas Drive, Carlsbad, California 92011, Attention: Corporate Secretary; or

 

attending the Annual Meeting and voting live via the internet. Attendance at the Annual Meeting live via the internet will not cause your previously granted proxy to be revoked unless you specifically so request.

Beneficial Owner: Shares Registered in the Name of a Broker, Bank or Other Nominee. If you are the beneficial owner of your shares, you must contact the broker, bank or other nominee holding your shares and follow their instructions to change your vote or revoke your proxy.

What is the effect of giving a proxy?

Proxies are solicited by and on behalf of our board of directors. The persons named in the proxy, Jonathan Will McGuire, our Chief Executive Officer, and Andrew Jackson, our Chief Financial Officer and Secretary, have been designated as proxies for the Annual Meeting by our board of directors. When proxies are properly dated, executed and returned, the shares represented by such proxies will be voted at the Annual Meeting in accordance with the instruction of the stockholder. If no specific instructions are given, however, the shares will be voted in accordance with the recommendations of our board of directors as described above and, if any other matters are properly brought before the Annual Meeting, the shares will be voted in accordance with the proxies’ judgment.

What shares can I vote?

Each share of our common stock issued and outstanding as of the close of business on April 11, 2022, the record date for the Annual Meeting, is entitled to vote on all items being considered at the Annual Meeting. You may vote all shares owned by you as of the record date, including (i) shares held directly in your name as the stockholder of record and (ii) shares held for you as the beneficial owner in street name through a broker, bank, trustee, or other nominee. On the record date, we had 32,305,149 shares of common stock issued and outstanding.

How many votes do I have?

On each matter to be voted upon at the Annual Meeting, each stockholder will be entitled to one vote for each share of our common stock held by them on the record date.

What is the quorum requirement for the Annual Meeting?

A quorum is the minimum number of shares required to be present or represented at the Annual Meeting for the meeting to be properly held under our bylaws and Delaware law. Holders of a majority of the voting power of our issued and outstanding common stock and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting must be present in person or represented by proxy to hold and transact business at the Annual Meeting. On the record date, there were 32,305,149 shares outstanding and entitled to vote. Thus, the holders of at least 16,152,576 shares must be present in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting to have a quorum.

Abstentions, “WITHHOLD” votes, and “broker non-votes” are counted as present and entitled to vote for purposes of determining a quorum. If there is no quorum, the chairman of the meeting or the holders of a majority of the voting power present in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting may adjourn the meeting to another date.

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What are broker non-votes?

Broker non-votes occur when a beneficial owner of shares held in “street name” does not give instructions to the broker holding the shares as to how to vote on matters deemed “non-routine” and there is at least one “routine” matter to be voted upon at the meeting. Generally, if shares are held in street name, the beneficial owner of the shares is entitled to give voting instructions to the broker holding the shares. If the beneficial owner does not provide voting instructions, the broker can still vote the shares with respect to matters that are considered to be “routine,” but not with respect to “non-routine” matters. In the event that a broker votes shares on the “routine” matters, but does not vote shares on the “non-routine” matters, those shares will be treated as broker non-votes with respect to the “non-routine” proposals. Accordingly, if you own shares through a nominee, such as a broker or bank, please be sure to instruct your nominee how to vote to ensure that your vote is counted on each of the proposals.

What matters are considered “routine” and “non-routine”?

The ratification of the appointment of Haskell & White LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for our fiscal year ending December 31, 2022 (Proposal No. 2) is considered a “routine” matter. The election of a director (Proposal No. 1) is considered “non-routine.”

What are the effects of abstentions and broker non-votes?

An abstention represents a stockholder’s affirmative choice to decline to vote on a proposal. If a stockholder indicates on its proxy card that it wishes to abstain from voting its shares, or if a broker, bank or other nominee holding its customers’ shares of record causes abstentions to be recorded for shares, these shares will be considered present and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. As a result, abstentions will be counted for purposes of determining the presence or absence of a quorum and will also count as votes against a proposal in cases where approval of the proposal requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting (e.g., Proposal No. 2). However, because the outcome of Proposal No. 1 (election of director) will be determined by a plurality vote, abstentions will have no impact on the outcome of such proposal as long as a quorum exists.

Broker non-votes will be counted for purposes of calculating whether a quorum is present at the Annual Meeting but will not be counted for purposes of determining the number of votes cast. Therefore, a broker non-vote will make a quorum more readily attainable but will not otherwise affect the outcome of the vote on any proposal.

What is the voting requirement to approve each of the proposals?

Proposal No. 1: Election of one nominee for a Class I director named in this proxy statement to hold office until our 2025 Annual Meeting of stockholders or until his successor is duly elected and qualified.  

The election of directors requires a plurality of the voting power of shares present in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors. This means that the one (1) nominee for Class I director receiving the highest number of “FOR” votes will be elected as a Class I director. You may vote (i) “FOR” the nominee, or (ii) “WITHHOLD” your vote as to the nominee. Any shares not voted “FOR” a particular nominee (whether as a result of voting withheld or a broker non-vote) will not be counted in such nominee’s favor and will have no effect on the outcome of the election. Because the outcome of this proposal will be determined by a plurality vote, shares voted “WITHHOLD” will have no impact on the outcome of this proposal but will count towards the quorum requirement for the Annual Meeting.

Proposal No. 2: Ratification of Appointment of Haskell & White LLP.  

The ratification of the appointment of Haskell & White LLP requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of our common stock present in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting and entitled to vote thereon to be approved. You may vote “FOR,” “AGAINST,” or “ABSTAIN” on this proposal. Abstentions will count towards the quorum requirement for the Annual Meeting and will have the same effect as a vote against the proposal. Broker non-votes are not included in the tabulation of voting results on this proposal and will not affect the outcome of voting on this proposal. Notwithstanding the appointment of Haskell & White LLP and even if our stockholders ratify the

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appointment, our audit committee, in its discretion, may appoint another independent registered public accounting firm at any time during our fiscal year if our audit committee believes that such a change would be in the best interests of our company and our stockholders.

Who will count the votes?

A representative of Mediant Communications, Inc. will tabulate the votes and act as inspector of elections.

What if I do not specify how my shares are to be voted or fail to provide timely directions to my broker, bank or other nominee?

Stockholder of Record: Shares Registered in Your Name.  If you are a stockholder of record and you submit a proxy but you do not provide voting instructions, your shares will be voted:

 

“FOR” the election of the director nominated by our board of directors and named in this proxy statement as a Class I director; and

 

“FOR” the ratification of the appointment of Haskell & White LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for our fiscal year ending December 31, 2022.

 

In addition, if any other matters are properly brought before the Annual Meeting, the persons named as proxies will be authorized to vote or otherwise act on those matters in accordance with their judgment.

Beneficial Owner: Shares Registered in the Name of a Broker, Bank or Other Nominee.  Brokers, banks and other nominees holding shares of common stock in street name for customers are generally required to vote such shares in the manner directed by their customers. In the absence of timely directions, your broker, bank or other nominee will have discretion to vote your shares on our “routine” matter – Proposal No. 2 to ratify the appointment of Haskell & White LLP. Absent direction from you, however, your broker, bank or other nominee will not have the discretion to vote on Proposal No. 1 relating to the election of a director.

How can I contact Ra Medical Systems’ transfer agent?

You may contact our transfer agent by writing American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, 6201 15th Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11219. You may also contact our transfer agent via email at help@astfinancial.com or by telephone at (800) 937-5449.

How can I attend the Annual Meeting?

We will host the Annual Meeting live via internet webcast. You will not be able to attend the Annual Meeting in person. Prior registration to attend the Annual Meeting at www.proxydocs.com/RMED is required by 5:00 p.m. Pacific time on June 2, 2022. A summary of the information you need in order to attend the Annual Meeting online is provided below:

 

Any stockholder may listen to the Annual Meeting and participate live via the internet at www.proxydocs.com/RMED. To be admitted to the Annual Meeting’s live internet webcast, you must register at www.proxydocs.com/RMED by the Registration Deadline as described in the proxy card. The live internet webcast will begin on June 3, 2022 at 9:00 a.m., Pacific time.

 

 

If a stockholder wishes to ask a question to directors and/or members of management in attendance at the Annual Meeting, please note that such questions must be submitted in advance of the Annual Meeting. To submit a question, mark the box on the proxy card when registering to attend the meeting and submit your written question or submit a question at www.proxydocs.com/RMED after logging in with your Control Number.

 

 

Stockholders may vote during the Annual Meeting live via the internet.

 

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A stockholder must register to attend the Annual Meeting prior to the Registration Deadline, and after doing so, you will be sent a link in an email to join the meeting.

 

 

Instructions regarding how to connect and participate live via the internet, including how to demonstrate proof of stock ownership, are posted at www.proxydocs.com/RMED.

Stockholder of Record: Shares Registered in Your Name.  If you were a stockholder of record at the close of business on the record date, follow the instructions regarding how to demonstrate proof of stock ownership posted at www.proxydocs.com/RMED.

Beneficial Owners: Shares Registered in the Name of a Broker, Bank or Other Nominee.  If you were a beneficial owner at the close of business on the record date, you may not vote your shares live via internet at the Annual Meeting unless you obtain a “legal proxy” from your broker, bank or other nominee who is the stockholder of record with respect to your shares. You may still attend the Annual Meeting even if you do not have a legal proxy. Instructions regarding how to demonstrate proof of stock ownership, are posted at www.proxydocs.com/RMED.

How are proxies solicited for the Annual Meeting and who is paying for such solicitation?

Our board of directors is soliciting proxies for use at the Annual Meeting by means of the proxy materials.  We will bear the entire cost of proxy solicitation, including the preparation, assembly, printing, mailing and distribution of the proxy materials.  Copies of solicitation materials will also be made available upon request to brokers, banks and other nominees to forward to the beneficial owners of the shares held of record by such brokers, banks or other nominees.  The original solicitation of proxies may be supplemented by solicitation by telephone, electronic communication, or other means by our directors, officers or employees.  No additional compensation will be paid to these individuals for any such services, although we may reimburse such individuals for their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection with such solicitation.  We do not plan to retain a proxy solicitor to assist in the solicitation of proxies.

If you choose to access the proxy materials and/or vote over the Internet, you are responsible for Internet access charges you may incur.  If you choose to vote by telephone, you are responsible for telephone charges you may incur.

Where can I find the voting results of the Annual Meeting?

We will announce preliminary voting results at the Annual Meeting.  We will also disclose voting results on a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC within four (4) business days after the Annual Meeting.  If final voting results are not available to us in time to file a Current Report on Form 8-K within four (4) business days after the Annual Meeting, we will file a Current Report on Form 8-K to publish preliminary results and, within four (4) business days after final results are known, file an additional Current Report on Form 8-K to publish the final results.

I share an address with another stockholder, and we received only one printed copy of the proxy materials.  How may I obtain an additional copy of the proxy materials?

We have adopted an SEC-approved procedure called “householding,” under which we can deliver a single copy of the proxy materials and annual report to multiple stockholders who share the same address unless we receive contrary instructions from one or more of the stockholders.  This procedure reduces our printing and mailing costs.  Stockholders who participate in householding will continue to be able to access and receive separate proxy cards.  Upon written or oral request, we will undertake to deliver promptly a separate copy of the proxy materials and annual report to any stockholder at a shared address to which we delivered a single copy of any of these documents.  To receive a separate copy, or, if you are receiving multiple copies, to request that we only send a single copy of next year’s proxy materials and annual report, you may contact us as follows:

Ra Medical Systems, Inc.
Attention: Corporate Secretary
2070 Las Palmas Drive
Carlsbad, California 92011
(760) 804-1648

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Stockholders who hold shares in street name may contact their brokerage firm, bank, broker-dealer or other nominee to request information about householding.

Is there a list of stockholders entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting?

The names of stockholders of record entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting will be available at the Annual Meeting and from our corporate secretary for ten days prior to the meeting for any purpose germane to the meeting, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Pacific time, at our corporate headquarters located at 2070 Las Palmas Drive, Carlsbad, California 92011.

When are stockholder proposals due for next year’s Annual Meeting?

Please see the section entitled “Proposals of Stockholders for 2023 Annual Meeting” in this proxy statement for more information regarding the deadlines for the submission of stockholder proposals for our 2023 annual meeting.

What are the implications of being an “emerging growth company”?

We are an “emerging growth company” under applicable federal securities laws and therefore permitted to take advantage of certain reduced public company reporting requirements.  As an emerging growth company, we provide in this proxy statement the scaled disclosure permitted under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, or the JOBS Act, including certain executive compensation disclosures required of a “smaller reporting company,” as that term is defined in Rule 12b-2 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act.  In addition, as an emerging growth company, we are not required to conduct votes seeking approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of our named executive officers or the frequency with which such votes must be conducted.  We will remain an emerging growth company until the earliest to occur of: (a) January 1, 2024; (b) the last day of the fiscal year in which we have more than $1.07 billion in annual revenue; (c) the end of the fiscal year in which the market value of our common stock that is held by non-affiliates exceeds $700.0 million as of the end of the second quarter of that fiscal year; or (d) the issuance, in any three-year period, by us of more than $1.0 billion in non-convertible debt securities.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Composition of the Board

Our business and affairs are managed under the direction of our Board, which currently consists of five members, four of which are “independent” under NYSE American listing standards. The Board is nominating one nominee for election. Our bylaws provide that the number of directors will be fixed from time to time by resolution of the Board. All directors hold office until their successors have been elected and qualified or until their earlier death, resignation, disqualification or removal. We have divided the terms of office of the directors into three classes with staggered three year terms: Class I, whose term expires at the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders; Class II, whose term expires at the 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders; and Class III, whose term expires at the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. If elected, Mr. McGuire will continue as director and his term will expire at the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

Information about the Board of Directors

The following table sets forth the names, ages as of April 11, 2022, and certain other information regarding each member of the Board, including the nominee for election to the Board as a Class I director at the Annual Meeting. The following information has been furnished to us by the directors.

 

Name

 

Class

 

Age

 

 

Position

 

Director

Since

 

Current

Term

Expires

 

Expiration

of Term

For Which

Nominated

 

Nominee for Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jonathan Will McGuire

 

I

 

 

59

 

 

Chief Executive Officer, Director

 

2020

 

2022

 

2025

 

Continuing Directors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Martin Colombatto (1)(3)

 

II

 

 

63

 

 

Chairman of the Board of Directors

 

2017

 

2023

 

 

 

Joan Stafslien (1)(2)

 

II

 

 

57

 

 

Director

 

2020

 

2023

 

 

 

Richard Mejia, Jr. (2)

 

III

 

 

74

 

 

Director

 

2018

 

2024

 

 

 

Susanne Meline (3)

 

III

 

 

54

 

 

Director

 

2021

 

2024

 

 

 

 

(1)

Member of our nominating and corporate governance committee.

(2)

Member of our audit committee.

(3)

Member of our compensation committee.

Nominee for Election at the Annual Meeting

Jonathan Will McGuire has served as the Chief Executive Officer and a director of Ra Medical since March 2020. From August 2015 through March 2020, Mr. McGuire served as President and CEO of Second Sight Medical Products (Nasdaq: EYES), a developer, manufacturer and marketer of implantable visual prosthetics to treat blindness where he remains on the board as a director and serves on the special committee for strategy. Prior to Second Sight Medical Products he held leadership positions at Volcano Corporation including President of Americas Commercial and Senior Vice President and General Manager of Coronary Imaging, Systems and Program Management. Prior to that, Mr. McGuire served as Vice President and General Manager of Patient Monitoring at Covidien, and President and Chief Executive Officer at AtheroMed, Inc., a venture capital-backed peripheral atherectomy company. For approximately five years, Mr. McGuire served as Chief Operating Officer for Spectranetics Corporation, a publicly traded medical device company with laser-based atherectomy products for treating peripheral and coronary arterial disease. Earlier in his career, he held senior management positions at Guidant Corporation including General Manager of Latin America, Director of U.S. and Global Marketing for Vascular Intervention, and Production Manager for Coronary Stents. Mr. McGuire also held positions in Finance and Production at IVAC Medical Systems. Mr. McGuire has also served on the board of AdvaMed Accel since December 2019. Mr. McGuire received an engineering degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and his MBA from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel

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Hill. We believe that Mr. McGuire is qualified to serve as a director because of his extensive knowledge of our industry and his prior and current experience as a senior officer of medical device companies.

Continuing Directors

Martin Colombatto has served as a director of Ra Medical since January 2017. Mr. Colombatto has served as a Venture and Industry Partner of Seven Peaks Ventures LLP, a venture capital fund based in Bend, OR, since January 2016. From December 2013 to August 2014, Mr. Colombatto served as a director of PLX Technology, Inc., a technology company. Mr. Colombatto has also served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of Staccato Communications, Inc., an Ultra Wideband semiconductor company, from January 2006 to March 2009 and as Executive Chairman of Staccato Communications, Inc., from January 2006 to September 2010. Prior to joining Staccato, Mr. Colombatto served as Vice President and General Manager of the Networking Business unit of Broadcom Corp., a broadband communication semiconductor company, from July 1996 to July 2002. Mr. Colombatto was also previously employed by LSI Logic, an application specific semiconductor company, from August 1987 to July 1996. Mr. Colombatto also previously held engineering positions at Reliance Electric, a production automation and control company, from August 1985 to June 1987 and Texas Instruments, an electronics company, from June 1982 to April 1985. Mr. Colombatto holds a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Electronic Engineering Technology from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. We believe that Mr. Colombatto is qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors due to his extensive management experience and familiarity with our business and strategy.

Richard Mejia, Jr. has served as a director of Ra Medical since July 2018. Mr. Mejia previously served as a partner in the San Diego office of Ernst & Young LLP, a public accounting firm, from 1988 up until his retirement in 2008, including that from 2001 through 2008 he led the Life Sciences practice. From 2014 to 2018, he served on the Board of Stemedica Cell Technologies, Inc., a life science company and from 2008 to 2015, Mr. Mejia served on the board of directors of Dot Hill Systems Corp., a public company which manufacturers software and hardware storage systems. From 2010 to 2012, he served on the board of directors of Sharp Health, a healthcare delivery system. Mr. Mejia holds a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Southern California. We believe that Mr. Mejia is qualified to serve as a director because of his extensive experience in public accounting, financial matters, industry knowledge and serving on boards of directors.

Susanne Meline has served as a director of Ra Medical since January 2021. Ms. Meline co-founded Francis Capital Management (“FCM”), a value-based investment advisor, where she serves as the firm’s special situations advisor. She previously worked as an investment banker with Houlihan Lokey, a global investment bank serving corporations, institutions, and governments worldwide and also practiced law in the corporate group of Jones Day, an international law firm that provides legal advisory services across multiple disciplines and jurisdictions. Ms. Meline is a Certified Director through the UCLA Anderson School of Management, a Board Leadership Fellow for the National Association of Corporate Directors (the “NACD”) and holds a CERT Certificate in CyberSecurity Oversight from the NACD and Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute. Ms. Meline received a B.A from UCLA, and a J.D. from the UC Hastings College of the Law. She currently serves on the board of directors of ClearSign Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:CLIR) where she is the Lead Independent Director and Chair of the Compensation Committee and has also served on the board of directors of Finomial Corporation and AquaMetals Corporation.  We believe that Ms. Meline is qualified to serve as a director because of her extensive knowledge of the capital markets, her experience in identifying business and financial opportunities, and her experience as a board member at other public companies.

Joan Stafslien has served as a director of Ra Medical since April 2020. Prior to that, she served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Nuvasive, Inc. from October 2016 through June 2018, and then as an Executive Consultant from June 2018 through October 2019. Previously, Ms. Stafslien served as General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer of CareFusion Corporation, where she led the legal team through the spin-off from Cardinal Health, Inc. in 2009 until its acquisition by Becton, Dickinson and Company in March 2015. Prior to that, Ms. Stafslien was the segment general counsel of Cardinal Health’s Clinical Technologies and Services from 2004 to 2009, joining Cardinal Health through the acquisition of Alaris Medical Systems in 2004, where she served as deputy general counsel and assistant secretary. Prior to joining Alaris, she was in private practice with Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison. Ms. Stafslien also currently serves as a director of Millenium Health, a privately held specialty laboratory company, where she has also served on the compliance, audit and compensation committees. We believe that Ms. Stafslien is qualified to serve as a director because of her leadership experience in the medical device industry and extensive knowledge of legal and regulatory issues.

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Director Independence

Our common stock is listed on the NYSE American.  Under the rules of the NYSE American, independent directors must comprise a majority of a listed company’s board of directors within a specified period of the completion of such company’s initial public offering.  In addition, the rules of the NYSE American require that, subject to specified exceptions, each member of a listed company’s audit, compensation, and nominating and corporate governance committees be independent.  Under the rules of the NYSE American, a director will only qualify as an “independent director” if, in the opinion of that company’s board of directors, that person does not have a relationship that would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director.

To be considered independent for purposes of Rule 10A-3 and under the rules of NYSE American, a member of an audit committee of a listed company may not, other than in his or her capacity as a member of the audit committee, board of directors, or any other board committee: (1) accept, directly or indirectly, any consulting, advisory, or other compensatory fee from the listed company or any of its subsidiaries; or (2) be an affiliated person of the listed company or any of its subsidiaries.

Our board of directors undertook a review of the independence of our directors and considered whether any director has a material relationship with us that could compromise his or her ability to exercise independent judgment in carrying out his or her responsibilities. Specifically, our board of directors has considered whether Ms. Meline’s association with Catalysis Partners, one of our stockholders, created a conflict of interest based on Catalysis Partners’ ownership of shares in the Company, and determined that no actual conflict exists and that our board of directors will take appropriate measures if an actual conflict does arise in the future. Based upon information requested from and provided by each director concerning his background, employment and affiliations, including family relationships, our board of directors has determined that each of Martin Colombatto, Richard Mejia, Jr., Susanne Meline and Joan Stafslien, representing four of our five directors, is “independent” as that term is defined under the rules of the NYSE American.

Our board of directors also determined that Richard Mejia, Jr. (Chairperson) and Joan Stafslien, who currently comprise our audit committee, and Martin Colombatto (Chairperson) and Susanne Meline, who currently comprise our compensation committee, Joan Stafslien (Chairperson) and Martin Colombatto, who currently comprise our nominating and corporate governance committee, satisfy the independence standards for those committees established by applicable Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, rules and the listing standards of the NYSE American.  

In making these determinations, our board of directors considered the relationships that each non-employee director has with us and all other facts and circumstances our board of directors deemed relevant in determining their independence, including consulting relationships, family relationships and the beneficial ownership of our capital stock by each non-employee director.

There are currently no family relationships among any of our directors or executive officers. For a description of the prior family relationships among our directors or executive officers, see the section entitled “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions: Certain Family Relationships.

Board Leadership Structure

As described below, Mr. Colombatto, an independent director with substantial executive leadership experience, currently serves as our Chairman of the board of directors and Mr. McGuire currently serves as our Chief Executive Officer.

Chairman of the Board

Our corporate governance principles provide that the board will fill the chairman position based upon the board’s view of what is in our best interests at any point in time. Our board of directors believes that Mr. Colombatto’s service as chairman is in the best interests of Ra Medical Systems and its stockholders. As Mr. Colombatto currently serves as our chairman and is an independent director, the board does not currently have a lead independent director. The Board has determined that this leadership structure, specifically the separation of the Chief Executive Officer and

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Chairman of the board of directors positions, is appropriate for our company because, in the judgment of the board of directors, an independent chairman of the board of directors (or lead independent director, if the chair of the board of directors is not an independent director) is best positioned to express to management the views of the board of directors (and, particularly, the independent directors) and to provide constructive feedback to the Chief Executive Officer regarding management’s performance.

Given his tenure with and status within Ra Medical Systems, our board of directors believes Mr. Colombatto possesses detailed and in-depth knowledge of the issues, opportunities, and challenges facing Ra Medical Systems, and we believe he is best positioned, in consultation with Mr. McGuire, to develop agendas that ensure that the board’s time and attention are focused on the most critical matters. In addition, we believe the working relationship between Mr. Colombatto and Mr. McGuire, on the one hand, and between Mr. Colombatto and the other independent directors, on the other, enhances and facilitates the flow of information between management and our board as well as the ability of our independent directors to evaluate and oversee management and its decision-making. Mr. Colombatto and Mr. McGuire speak regularly on strategic, operational, and management matters facing Ra Medical Systems. In addition, as discussed below, our board of directors typically holds executive sessions consisting only of non-employee directors in conjunction with each regular quarterly meeting of the board, and Mr. Colombatto and Mr. McGuire discuss board feedback to management following these executive sessions.

Role of Board in Risk Oversight Process

One of the key functions of our board of directors is informed oversight of our risk management process.  Our board of directors does not have a standing risk management committee, but rather administers this oversight function directly through the board of directors as a whole, as well as through its standing committees that address risks inherent in their respective areas of oversight.  In particular, our board of directors is responsible for monitoring and assessing strategic risk exposure.  Our audit committee is responsible for reviewing and discussing our major financial risk exposures and the steps our management has taken to monitor and control these exposures, including guidelines and policies with respect to risk assessment and risk management.  Our audit committee also monitors compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and reviews related party transactions, in addition to oversight of the performance of our external audit function.  Our nominating and corporate governance committee assists our board of directors in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities with respect to the management of risk associated with board organization, membership and structure, and corporate governance. Our compensation committee assesses and monitors whether any of our compensation policies and programs has the potential to encourage excessive risk-taking.  The board believes its leadership structure is consistent with and supports the administration of its risk oversight function.

Board Meetings and Committees

During our fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, our board of directors held seventeen (17) meetings (including regularly scheduled and special meetings), and each director attended at least 75% of the aggregate of (i) the total number of meetings of our board of directors held during the period for which he or she has been a director and (ii) the total number of meetings held by all committees of our board of directors on which he or she served during the periods that he or she served.

It is the policy of our Board to regularly have separate meeting times for independent directors without management. Although we do not have a formal policy regarding attendance by members of our board of directors at annual meetings of stockholders, we encourage, but do not require, our directors to attend.

Our board of directors has an audit committee, a compensation committee and a nominating and corporate governance committee, each of which has the composition and the responsibilities described below.  We believe that the composition of these committees meets the criteria for independence under, and the functioning of these committees comply with the requirements of, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the rules of the NYSE American, and SEC rules and regulations.  

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Audit Committee

The members of our audit committee are Richard Mejia, Jr. and Joan Stafslien. Mr. Mejia serves as the chairperson of our audit committee.  Our board of directors has determined that each of the members of our audit committee is an independent director under the NYSE American listing rules, satisfies the additional independence criteria for audit committee members and satisfies the requirements for financial literacy under the NYSE American listing rules and Rule 10A-3 of the Exchange Act, as applicable.  Our board has also determined that Mr. Mejia qualifies as an audit committee financial expert within the meaning of the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and satisfies the financial sophistication requirements of the NYSE American listing rules.

Our audit committee oversees our corporate accounting and financial reporting process and assists our board of directors in monitoring our financial systems and our legal and regulatory compliance.  Our audit committee responsibilities also include, among other things:

 

selecting and hiring the independent registered public accounting firm to audit our financial statements;

 

overseeing the performance of the independent registered public accounting firm and taking those actions as it deems necessary to satisfy itself that the accountants are independent of management;

 

reviewing financial statements and discussing with management and the independent registered public accounting firm our annual audited and quarterly financial statements, the results of the independent audit and the quarterly reviews, and the reports and certifications regarding internal control over financial reporting and disclosure controls;

 

preparing the audit committee report that the SEC requires to be included in our annual proxy statement;

 

reviewing the adequacy and effectiveness of our internal controls and disclosure controls and procedures;

 

overseeing our policies on risk assessment and risk management;

 

reviewing related party transactions; and

 

approving or, as required, pre-approving, all audit and all permissible non-audit services and fees to be performed by the independent registered public accounting firm.

Our audit committee operates under a written charter approved by our board of directors and that satisfies the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and the listing requirements of NYSE American.  The charter is available on our website, www.ramed.com, under the Investor Relations tab under Governance.  Our audit committee held five (5) meetings during 2021.

Compensation Committee

The members of our compensation committee are Martin Colombatto and Susanne Meline.  Mr. Colombatto serves as the chairperson of our compensation committee.  Our board of directors has determined that each member of our compensation committee is an independent director under the current rules of the NYSE American, satisfies the additional independence criteria for compensation committee members under Rule 10C-1 and the NYSE American listing rules and is a “non-employee director” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act.

Our compensation committee oversees our corporate compensation programs.  The compensation committee responsibilities also include, among other things:

 

reviewing and approving or recommending to the board for approval compensation of our executive officers;

 

reviewing and recommending to the board for approval compensation of directors;

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overseeing our overall compensation philosophy and compensation policies, plans and benefit programs for service providers, including our executive officers;

 

reviewing, approving and making recommendations to our board of directors regarding incentive compensation and equity plans; and

 

administering our equity compensation plans.

Our compensation committee operates under a written charter approved by our board of directors and that satisfies the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and the listing requirements of the NYSE American.  The charter is available on our website, www.ramed.com, under the Investor Relations tab under Governance.  Our compensation committee held five (5) meetings during 2021.

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

The current members of our nominating and corporate governance committee are Joan Stafslien and Martin Colombatto. Ms. Stafslien serves as the chairperson of our nominating and corporate governance committee. All current members of our nominating and corporate governance committee meet the requirements for independence under current NYSE American listing standards and SEC rules and regulations. The nominating and corporate governance committee oversees our nominations for directors and corporate governance matters. The nominating and corporate governance committee responsibilities also include, among other things:

 

identifying, evaluating and selecting, or making recommendations to our board of directors regarding, nominees for election to our board of directors and its committees;

 

evaluating the performance of our board of directors and of individual directors;

 

considering and making recommendations to our board of directors regarding the composition of our board of directors and its committees; and

 

developing and making recommendations to our board of directors regarding corporate governance guidelines and matters.

Our nominating and corporate governance committee operates under a written charter approved by our board of directors and that satisfies the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and the listing requirements of the NYSE American. The charter is available on our website, www.ramed.com, under the Investor Relations tab under Governance. Our nominating and corporate governance committee held three (3) meetings during 2021.

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

None of our executive officers currently serves, or in the past year has served, as a member of the compensation committee, or other board committee performing equivalent functions (or in the absence of any such committee, the entire board of directors) or director of any entity that has one or more executive officers serving on our compensation committee or our board of directors. None of the members of our compensation committee during the last fiscal year, which included Martin Colombatto and Susanne Meline is or has been an officer or employee of the Company.

Considerations in Evaluating Director Nominees

The nominating and corporate governance committee uses the following procedures to identify and evaluate any individual recommended or offered for nomination to the Board:

 

The nominating and corporate governance committee will consider candidates recommended by stockholders in the same manner as candidates recommended to the nominating and corporate governance committee from other sources.

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In its evaluation of director candidates, including the members of the Board eligible for re-election, the nominating and corporate governance committee will consider the following:

 

o

The current size and composition of the Board and the needs of the Board and the respective committees of the Board.

 

o

Such factors as character, integrity, judgment, diversity of background (including gender diversity) and experience, independence, area of expertise, corporate experience, length of service, potential conflicts of interest, other commitments and the like. The nominating and corporate governance committee evaluates these factors, among others, and does not assign any particular weighting or priority to any of these factors.

 

o

Other factors that the nominating and corporate governance committee may consider appropriate.

The nominating and corporate governance committee evaluates all incumbent, replacement or additional nominees for election as directors, taking into account (i) all factors the committee considers appropriate, which may include career specialization, relevant technical skills or financial acumen, diversity of viewpoint and industry knowledge, and (ii) the following minimum qualifications:

 

the highest personal and professional ethics and integrity;

 

proven achievement and competence in the nominee’s field and the ability to exercise sound business judgment;

 

skills that are complementary to those of the existing board;

 

the ability to assist and support management and make significant contributions to the Company’s success; and

 

an understanding of the fiduciary responsibilities required of a member of the board and the commitment of time and energy necessary to diligently carry out those responsibilities.

The nominating and corporate governance committee also focuses on issues of diversity, such as diversity of gender, race, and national origin, education, professional experience and differences in viewpoints and skills.  The nominating and corporate governance committee believes that it is essential that members of our board of directors represent diverse viewpoints.  

If our nominating and corporate governance committee determines that an additional or replacement director is required, the nominating and corporate governance committee may take such measures as it considers appropriate in connection with its evaluation of a director candidate, including candidate interviews, inquiry of the person or persons making the recommendation or nomination, engagement of an outside search firm to gather additional information, or reliance on the knowledge of the members of the nominating and corporate governance committee, board, or management.

The nominating and corporate governance committee may propose to the Board a candidate recommended or offered for nomination by a stockholder as a nominee for election to the Board.

Our nominating and corporate governance committee has discretion to decide which individuals to recommend for nomination as directors and our board of directors has the final authority in determining the selection of director candidates for nomination to our board. After completing its review and evaluation of director candidates, our board of directors recommends Mr. McGuire, the director nominee, for election as Class I director to serve until our 2025 annual meeting of stockholders or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified.

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Stockholder Recommendations for Nominations to Our Board of Directors

It is the policy of our nominating and corporate governance committee to consider recommendations for candidates to our board of directors from our stockholders holding no less than one percent (1%) of the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock continuously for at least twelve (12) months prior to the date of the submission of the recommendation or nomination. A stockholder that wishes to recommend a candidate for consideration by the committee as a potential candidate for director must direct the recommendation in writing to Ra Medical Systems, Inc., 2070 Las Palmas Drive, Carlsbad, California 92011, Attention: Corporate Secretary, and must include the candidate’s name, home and business contact information, detailed biographical data, relevant qualifications, a signed letter from the candidate confirming willingness to serve, information regarding any relationships between us and the candidate and evidence of the recommending stockholder’s ownership of our stock. Such recommendation must also include a statement from the recommending stockholder in support of the candidate, particularly within the context of the criteria for board membership, including issues of character, integrity, judgment, and diversity of experience, independence, area of expertise, corporate experience, length of service, potential conflicts of interest, other commitments and the like and personal references. Our board of directors will consider the recommendation but will not be obligated to take any further action with respect to the recommendation.

A stockholder that instead desires to nominate a person directly for election to the Board at an annual meeting of the stockholders must meet the deadlines and other requirements set forth in Section 2.4 of the Company’s Bylaws and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Section 2.4 of the Company’s Bylaws requires that a stockholder who seeks to nominate a candidate for director must provide a written notice to the Secretary of the Company not later than the 45th day nor earlier than the 75th day before the one-year anniversary of the date on which the corporation first mailed its proxy materials or a notice of availability of proxy materials (whichever is earlier) for the preceding year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that no annual meeting was held in the previous year or if the date of the annual meeting is advanced by more than 30 days prior to or delayed by more than 60 days after the one-year anniversary of the date of the previous year’s annual meeting, then notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so received by the Secretary of the Company not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of (i) the 90th day prior to such annual meeting and (ii) the 10th day following the day on which Public Announcement (as defined below) of the date of such annual meeting is first made. That notice must state the information required by Section 2.4 of the Company’s Bylaws, and otherwise must comply with applicable federal and state law. The Secretary of the Company will provide a copy of the Bylaws upon request in writing from a stockholder. “Public Announcement” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or a comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor thereto.

Communications with the Board of Directors

The Board believes that management speaks for the Company. Individual Board members may, from time to time, communicate with various constituencies that are involved with the Company, but it is expected that Board members would do this with knowledge of management and, in most instances, only at the request of management.

In cases where stockholders or other interested parties wish to communicate directly with our non-management directors, messages can be sent to Ra Medical Systems, Inc., 2070 Las Palmas Drive, Carlsbad, California 92011, Attention: Corporate Secretary. Our corporate secretary monitors these communications and will provide a summary of all received messages to the board at each regularly scheduled meeting. Our board typically meets on a quarterly basis. Where the nature of a communication warrants, our Secretary may determine, in his or her judgment, to obtain the more immediate attention of the appropriate committee of the board or non-management director, of independent advisors or of our management, as our Secretary considers appropriate.

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Our Secretary may decide in the exercise of his or her judgment whether a response to any stockholder or interested party communication is necessary.

This procedure for stockholder and other interested party communications with the non-management directors is administered by our nominating and corporate governance committee. This procedure does not apply to (a) communications to non-management directors from our officers or directors who are stockholders, (b) stockholder proposals submitted pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act, or (c) communications to the audit committee pursuant to our procedures for complaints regarding accounting and auditing matters.

Corporate Governance Principles and Code of Ethics and Conduct

Our board of directors has adopted corporate governance principles. These principles address items such as the qualifications and responsibilities of our directors and director candidates and corporate governance policies and standards applicable to us in general. In addition, our board of directors has adopted a written code of ethics and conduct that applies to our directors, officers and employees, including our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions. A copy of our corporate governance principles and code of ethics and conduct are available on our website, www.ramed.com, under the Investor Relations tab under Governance, then Governance Documents. If we make any substantive amendments to, or grant any waivers from, the code of ethics and conduct for any officer or director, we will disclose the nature of such amendment or waiver on our website.

Director Compensation

Our board of directors has retained Radford Aon, a national compensation consultant, to provide our board of directors with an analysis of market data compiled from certain comparable public companies and assistance in determining compensation of directors. In developing our current Outside Director Compensation Policy, the Compensation Committee gathered and reviewed board compensation data from the National Association of Corporate Directors as well as for various publicly traded companies that the Compensation Committee believes to be similar to the Company in some respect, taking into consideration market capitalization, number of employees, amount of revenue, net cash used or generated in operations and the industries in which such companies operate. In addition, the Compensation Committee evaluated the Company’s resources, including the number of shares remaining in its 2018 Equity Incentive Plan in determining the appropriate form of payment of such compensation.

This Outside Director Compensation Policy currently provides that each non-employee director is entitled to receive the following cash compensation for their services, or Retainer Cash Payments as follows:

 

$50,000 retainer per year for each non-employee director;

 

$25,000 retainer per year for service as non-employee chairman of the board of directors;

 

$25,000 retainer per year for service as lead non-employee director;

 

$20,000 retainer per year for the chairman of the audit committee or $10,000 retainer per year for each other member of the audit committee;

 

$10,000 retainer per year for the chairman of the compensation committee or $7,000 retainer per year for each other member of the compensation committee; and

 

$8,500 retainer per year for the chairman of the nominating and corporate governance committee or $4,500 retainer per year for each other member of the nominating and corporate governance committee.

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Retainer Cash Payments will be paid in cash on or about the last day of each fiscal quarter of the Company in arrears to each outside director as well as to each former Outside Director who served for one or more days during such fiscal quarter on a prorated basis.  

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board may elect, prior to the first day of any fiscal year, to convert Retainer Cash Payments related to services performed by outside directors during such fiscal year into Awards of Restricted Stock Units, or Retainer RSU Awards, taking into consideration the Company’s available cash and equity resources under the 2018 Equity Incentive Plan. If granted, Retainer RSU Awards will be granted automatically on the first trading day on or after the 5th day of the month immediately following the end of the fiscal quarter for which the corresponding Retainer Cash Payments were earned, subject to the applicable outside director remaining an outside director through such date, each a “Retainer RSU Award Grant Date. Each Retainer RSU Award will be fully vested on the applicable Retainer RSU Award Grant Date, and will cover a number of shares having a value (calculated in accordance with the Black Scholes option valuation methodology, or such other methodology as our board of directors or the compensation committee may determine) equal to the dollar value of the corresponding Retainer Cash Payments earned by the applicable outside director for the fiscal quarter to which the Retainer RSU Award relates, rounded down to the nearest whole share.

Pursuant to the Company’s prior Outside Director Compensation Policy, which was in effect through 2021, our Outside Director Compensation Policy also previously included the following equity incentive compensation program for non-employee directors in addition to Retainer Cash Payments. Prior to 2022, each non-employee director who first joined us (other than a director who becomes a non-employee director as a result of terminating employment with us) was eligible to be granted on the first trading date on or after his or her start date as a non-employee director a one-time, initial restricted stock unit award with a value of $140,000. Ms. Stafslien was awarded 1,000 restricted stock units upon joining the Board in April 2020, and Ms. Meline was awarded 4,000 restricted stock units upon joining the Board in 2021 in lieu of the $140,000 value award. Further, on the date of each of our annual stockholder meetings, each non-employee director who was continuing as a director following our annual stockholder meeting was automatically granted an annual restricted stock unit award with a value of $100,000. For 2021, each outside director was awarded 4,000 shares of restricted stock in lieu of the $100,000 value award. Each initial restricted stock unit award vests as to 1/3rd of the award on each of the first three anniversaries of the date the director’s service as a non-employee director started, subject to continued service through each relevant vesting date. Each annual restricted stock unit award vests as to 100% of the underlying shares on the earlier of the one-year anniversary of the award’s grant date or the day before the date of our annual stockholder meeting next following the award’s grant date, subject to continued service through such date. In the event of a change in control of our company, all equity awards granted to a non-employee director (including those granted pursuant to our Outside Director Compensation Policy) will fully vest and become immediately exercisable, subject to continued service through such date.

Our Outside Director Compensation Policy also provides for the reimbursement of our non-employee directors for reasonable, customary and documented travel expenses to attend meetings of our board of directors and committees of our board of directors.

Compensation for our non-employee directors is not limited to the equity awards and payments set forth in our Outside Director Compensation Policy. Our non-employee directors remain eligible to receive equity awards and cash or other compensation outside of the Outside Director Compensation Policy, as may be provided from time to time at the discretion of our board of directors. No such awards or payments have been made in 2021.

2021 Director Compensation Table

The following table sets forth information regarding compensation earned or paid to our directors during the year ended December 31, 2021:

 

Name

 

Fees Earned

or Paid in

Cash ($)

 

 

Stock

Awards ($)(1)

 

 

Total ($)

 

Martin Colombatto (2)

 

 

23,897

 

 

 

90,620

 

 

 

114,517

 

William R. Enquist, Jr. (3)

 

 

 

 

 

71,018

 

 

 

71,018

 

Richard Mejia, Jr. (4)

 

 

 

 

 

86,520

 

 

 

86,520

 

Susanne Meline (5)

 

 

42,209

 

 

 

46,160

 

 

 

88,369

 

Mark Saad (6)

 

 

 

 

 

58,494

 

 

 

58,494

 

Joan Stafslien (7)

 

 

58,654

 

 

 

19,520

 

 

 

78,174

 

 

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(1)

Amounts represent the aggregate grant date fair value of the awards calculated in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board ASC Topic 718, Stock Compensation, without regard to estimated forfeitures. See Note 14 of the notes to our audited financial statements included in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 for a discussion of valuation assumptions made in determining the grant date fair value and compensation expense of our awards.

(2)

Mr. Colombatto had 3,680 options to purchase shares of our common stock outstanding, 2,739 restricted stock units and 18,000 restricted stock awards outstanding as of December 31, 2021.

(3)

Mr. Enquist had 1,746 options to purchase shares of our common stock outstanding, 1,523 restricted stock units and 15,243 restricted stock awards outstanding as of December 31, 2021. Mr. Enquist resigned from our board of directors effective as of December 31, 2021 and was retained as a consultant through January 16, 2022.

(4)

Mr. Mejia had 2,000 options to purchase shares of our common stock outstanding, 1,523 restricted stock units and 17,423 restricted stock awards outstanding as of December 31, 2021.  

(5)

Ms. Meline had no options to purchase shares of our common stock outstanding, 4,000 restricted stock units and 4,000 restricted stock awards outstanding as of December 31, 2021.

(6)

Mr. Saad resigned from the board of directors on May 10, 2021, at which time all of his unvested equity awards were cancelled.

(7)

Ms. Stafslien had no options to purchase shares of our common stock outstanding, 1,000 restricted stock units and 8,000 restricted stock awards outstanding as of December 31, 2021. 

See “Executive Compensation” for information about the compensation of directors who are also executive officers.

 

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PROPOSAL NUMBER 1

ELECTION OF CLASS I DIRECTOR

Our board of directors is currently composed of five (5) directors, of which four (4) directors are “independent” under NYSE American listing standards. In accordance with our certificate of incorporation, our Board is divided into three classes with staggered three-year terms. Any increase or decrease in the number of directors will be distributed among the three classes so that, as nearly as possible, each class will consist of one-third of our directors. This classification of our Board may have the effect of delaying or preventing changes in control of our company.

At the Annual Meeting, one (1) Class I director will be elected to our board of directors by the holders of our common stock to serve for a three-year term expiring at the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders. The director’s term continues until the election and qualification of his successor, or such director’s earlier death, resignation or removal.

Nominee for Director

Our board of directors has nominated Jonathan Will McGuire, a current director, as a nominee for reelection to our board of directors at the Annual Meeting as a Class I director. If elected, Mr. McGuire will serve as a Class I director until the 2025 annual meeting or until his successor is duly elected and qualified. For more information concerning the nominee, please see the section entitled “Board of Directors and Corporate Governance.”

Mr. McGuire has agreed to serve, if elected, and management has no reason to believe that he will be unavailable to serve. In the event a nominee is unable or declines to serve as a director at the time of the Annual Meeting, proxies will be voted for any nominee who may be proposed by the nominating and corporate governance committee and designated by the present board of directors to fill the vacancy.

Required Vote

The Class I director elected to the board of directors will be elected by a plurality of the voting power of shares present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote on the election of directors. In other words, the nominee receiving the highest number of “FOR” votes will be elected as a Class I director. Shares represented by executed proxies will be voted, if authority to do so is not expressly withheld, for the election of Jonathan Will McGuire. Broker non-votes will have no effect on this proposal.

Board Recommendation

Our board of directors recommends a vote “FOR” the election of the one (1) nominee to the board of directors as a Class I director to serve for a three year term.

 

 

 

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PROPOSAL NUMBER 2

RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

At the Annual Meeting, stockholders are being asked to ratify the appointment of Haskell & White LLP, or Haskell & White, as our independent registered public accounting firm for our fiscal year ending December 31, 2022. Stockholder ratification of the appointment of Haskell & White is not required by our bylaws or other applicable legal requirements. However, our board is submitting the appointment of Haskell & White to our stockholders because we value our stockholders’ views on our independent registered public accounting firm and as a matter of good corporate governance. If the appointment is not ratified by our stockholders, our audit committee may reconsider whether it should appoint another independent registered public accounting firm. A representative of Haskell & White is expected to attend the Annual Meeting, where he or she will be available to respond to appropriate questions and, if he or she desires, to make a statement.

Change of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

On April 2, 2021, following an evaluation of audit fees and costs and at the direction of our audit committee, we chose not to renew the engagement of Deloitte & Touche LLP, or Deloitte & Touche, which was then serving as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. We notified Deloitte & Touche on April 2, 2021 that it would be dismissed as our independent registered public accounting firm, effective immediately. The decision to change independent registered public accounting firms was approved by the audit committee.

Deloitte & Touche’s reports on the Company’s financial statements as of and for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 did not contain any adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion, nor were they qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles.

During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 and the subsequent interim period through April 2, 2021, there were no disagreements, within the meaning of Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Exchange Act, or Regulation S-K, and the related instructions thereto, with Deloitte & Touche on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of Deloitte & Touche, would have caused it to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreements in connection with its reports. Also during this same period, there were no reportable events within the meaning of Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions thereto, except for the going concern qualification contained in Deloitte & Touche’s audit reports for the years ended December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019.

On April 2, 2021, the audit committee approved the appointment of Haskell & White as the Company’s new independent registered public accounting firm, effective upon dismissal of Deloitte and Touche on April 2, 2021. During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 and the subsequent interim period through April 2, 2021, neither we nor anyone acting on our behalf consulted with Haskell & White regarding any of the matters described in Items 304(a)(2)(i) and (ii) of Regulation S-K.

 

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Fees Paid to the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firms

The following table represents aggregate fees for services provided to us in the fiscal years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 by Haskell & White LLP and Deloitte & Touche LLP, our current and former independent registered public accounting firms, respectively. Following the creation of our audit committee in 2018, all fees paid to the independent registered public accounting firms were pre-approved by the audit committee:

 

 

 

Fiscal Year Ended

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Audit Fees (1)

 

$

223,678

 

 

$

452,250

 

Audit-Related Fees (2)

 

 

188,122

 

 

 

291,877

 

Tax Fees (3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

All Other Fees (4)

 

 

 

 

 

2,000

 

Total Fees

 

$

411,800

 

 

$

746,127

 

 

 

(1)

“Audit Fees” consist of fees billed for professional services rendered during the respective fiscal year in connection with the audit of our annual financial statements, review of our quarterly financial statements, and services that are normally provided in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for those fiscal years.

 

(2)

“Audit-Related Fees” consist of fees billed for professional services rendered in connection with our Forms S-1, S-3 and S-8 registration statements.

 

(3)

“Tax Fees” consist of permissible tax compliance and tax advisory service fees. Haskell & White and Deloitte & Touche did not bill us for any tax fees for the years ended December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020.

 

(4)

“All Other Fees” consist of fees billed for services other than the services reported in Audit Fees and Tax Fees.

 

Auditor Independence

In 2021, there were no other professional services provided by Haskell & White or Deloitte & Touche that would have required our audit committee to consider their compatibility with maintaining the independence of Haskell & White or Deloitte & Touche.

Pre-Approval Policy

Our audit committee’s policy is to pre-approve all audit and permissible non-audit services provided by the independent accountants and the related estimated fees. These services may include audit services, audit-related services, tax services and other services. Our audit committee generally pre-approves particular services or categories of services on a case-by-case basis. The independent registered public accounting firm and management are required to periodically report to our audit committee regarding the extent of services provided by the independent registered public accounting firm in accordance with these pre-approvals, and the fees for the services performed to date. Following the creation of our audit committee in 2018, all of the services of Haskell & White and Deloitte & Touche for 2021 and 2020 described above were pre-approved by our audit committee.

Required Vote

Ratification of the appointment of Haskell & White as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2022 requires the affirmative “FOR” vote of a majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting and entitled to vote on the proposal. You may vote “FOR,” “AGAINST,” or “ABSTAIN” on this proposal. Abstentions have the same effect as a vote against the proposal. Broker non-votes will not affect the outcome of voting on this proposal.

Board Recommendation

Our board of directors recommends a vote “FOR” the ratification of the appointment of Haskell & White as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2022.

 

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REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE

The audit committee is a committee of the Board of Directors comprised solely of independent directors as required by the listing standards of the NYSE American and rules and regulations of the SEC. The audit committee serves as the representative of the Board with respect to its oversight of:

 

o

our accounting and financial reporting processes and controls and the audit of our financial statements;

 

o

the integrity of our financial statements;

 

o

our compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and efficacy of and compliance with our corporate policies;

 

o

inquiring about significant risks, reviewing our policies for risk assessment and risk management, and assessing the steps management has taken to control these risks; and

 

o

the independent registered public accounting firm’s appointment, qualifications and independence.

The audit committee also reviews the performance of our independent registered public accounting firm, Haskell & White LLP, including the qualifications and performance of the lead partner, in the annual audit of our financial statements and in assignments unrelated to the audit, and reviews and preapproves the independent registered public accounting firm’s audit and non-audit fees.

The members of the audit committee are currently Richard Mejia, Jr. (chair) and Joan Stafslien. Each of the members of the Audit Committee is an “independent director” as currently defined in the applicable New York Stock Exchange and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) rules. The Board of Directors has also determined that Mr. Mejia is an “audit committee financial expert” as described in applicable rules and regulations of the SEC.

In fulfilling its oversight responsibilities, the audit committee meets at least quarterly and provides our Board such information and materials as it may deem necessary to make our Board aware of financial matters requiring the attention of our Board. The audit committee reviews our financial disclosures and meets privately, outside the presence of our management, with our independent registered public accounting firm. The audit committee also reviewed and discussed the audited financial statements in our 2021 Annual Report with management, including a discussion of the quality and substance of the accounting principles, the reasonableness of significant judgments made in connection with the audited financial statements, and the clarity of disclosures in the financial statements. The audit committee reports on these meetings to our Board.

The audit committee has reviewed and discussed the Company’s audited financial statements with management and Haskell & White LLP, the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. The audit committee has discussed with Haskell & White the matters required to be discussed by Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Auditing Standard No. 1301 (Communications with Audit Committees).

The audit committee has received and reviewed the written disclosures and the letter from Haskell & White required by the applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding Haskell & White’s communications with the audit committee concerning independence and has discussed with Haskell & White its independence.

Based on the review and discussions referred to above, the audit committee recommended to the board of directors that the Company’s audited financial statements be included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 for filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Respectfully submitted by the members of the audit committee of the board of directors:

Richard Mejia, Jr. (Chair)
Joan Stafslien

The information contained in the above Audit Committee Report shall not be deemed to be soliciting material or to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, nor shall such information be incorporated by reference into any future filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except to the extent that Ra Medical Systems, Inc., or the Company, specifically incorporates it by reference in such filing.

 

 

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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

The names of our executive officers and key employees, their ages, their positions with the Company and other biographical information as of April 11, 2022 are set forth below. There are currently no family relationships among any of our directors or executive officers. For a description of the prior family relationships among our directors or executive officers, see the section entitled “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions: Certain Family Relationships.

 

Name

 

Age

 

 

Position

Jonathan Will McGuire

 

 

59

 

 

Chief Executive Officer

Andrew Jackson

 

 

53

 

 

Chief Financial Officer and Secretary

 

Jonathan Will McGuire.  Please see the biographical information above in the section entitled “Board of Directors and Corporate Governance – Nominee for Director.”

Andrew Jackson has served as our Chief Financial Officer since April 2018 and our Secretary since August 2021. From October 2016 to April 2018, he was Chief Financial Officer for AltheaDx, Inc, a molecular diagnostics company specializing in precision medicine. From March 2014 to March 2016, Mr. Jackson held senior financial positions, including Chief Financial Officer, at Celladon Corporation, a publicly-traded, clinical stage biotechnology company. From April 2013 to March 2014 he held senior financial positions at Sapphire Energy, an industrial biotechnology company. Mr. Jackson received a MSBA in Finance in December 2006 from San Diego State University and a BSB in Accounting in June 1992 from the University of Minnesota. Mr. Jackson is also a certified public accountant (inactive).

 

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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

Processes and Procedures for Executive Compensation

Our compensation committee assists the board in discharging the board’s responsibilities relating to oversight of the compensation of our chief executive officer and our other executive officers, including reviewing and making recommendations to the board with respect to the compensation, plans, policies and programs for our chief executive officer and our other executive officers and administering our equity compensation plans for our executive officers and employees.

Our compensation committee annually reviews the compensation, plans, policies and programs for our chief executive officer and our other executive officers. In connection therewith, our compensation committee considers, among other things, each executive officer’s performance in light of established individual and corporate goals and objectives and the recommendations of our chief executive officer. In particular, our compensation committee considers the recommendations of our chief executive officer when reviewing base salary and incentive performance compensation levels of our executive officers and when setting specific individual and corporate performance targets under our annual incentive bonus plan for our executive officers. While our chief executive officer provides input on his compensation, he does not participate in compensation committee or board deliberations regarding his own compensation. Our compensation committee may delegate its authority to a subcommittee, but it may not delegate any power or authority required by agreement, law, regulation or listing standard to be exercised by the compensation committee as a whole.

In April 2018, prior to the establishment of our compensation committee, our board of directors engaged Compensia, Inc., or Compensia, an independent compensation consultant, to provide information, recommendations and other advice relating to director and executive compensation on an ongoing basis. In January 2021, the compensation committee replaced Compensia with Radford Aon to serve as its compensation consultant.  Radford Aon continues to serve at the discretion of our compensation committee. Radford Aon was engaged to assist in helping us determine the appropriate level of overall compensation for our directors and executive officers, as well as assess each separate element of compensation, with a goal of ensuring that the compensation we offer to our directors and executive officers is competitive and fair.  Our compensation committee assessed the independence of Radford Aon taking into account, among other things, the enhanced independence standards and factors set forth in Exchange Act Rule 10C-1 and the applicable NYSE American listing standards and concluded that that there were no conflicts of interest with respect to the work that Radford Aon performed for the compensation committee. In addition, the compensation committee gathers and reviews executive compensation data from the National Association of Corporate Directors as well as for various publicly traded companies that the Compensation Committee believes to be similar to the Company in some respect, taking into consideration market capitalization, number of employees, amount of revenue, net cash used or generated in operations and the industries in which such companies operate.

Our named executive officers for 2021, which consist of our principal executive officer and our next two most highly compensated executive officers who were officers as of December 31, 2021, or who would have been one of our next two most highly compensated executive officers but for the fact that the individual who was not serving as an executive officer as of December 31, 2021, were as follows:

 

Will McGuire, Chief Executive Officer;

 

Andrew Jackson, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary; and

 

Daniel Horwood, former General Counsel and Secretary.

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Summary Compensation Table

The following table provides information regarding the compensation of our chief executive officer, and each of the next two most highly compensated executive officers during 2021, together referred to as our “named executive officers,” for 2021 and 2020, as applicable.

 

Name and Principal Position

 

Year

 

Salary ($)

 

 

Bonus ($)(1)

 

 

Stock

Awards ($)(2)

 

 

Option

Awards ($)(3)

 

 

Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation ($)

 

 

All Other

Compensation ($)(4)

 

 

Total ($)

 

Jonathan Will McGuire(5)

 

2021

 

 

495,192

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

375,000

 

(8)

 

40,933

 

 

 

911,125

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

2020

 

 

378,846

 

 

 

50,000

 

 

 

609,153

 

 

 

248,355

 

 

 

329,063

 

(9)

 

41,568

 

 

 

1,656,985

 

Andrew Jackson(6)

 

2021

 

 

366,709

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

138,851

 

(8)

 

15,141

 

 

 

520,701

 

Chief Financial Officer and Secretary

 

2020

 

 

385,923

 

 

 

134,415

 

 

 

162,975

 

 

 

 

 

 

173,564

 

(9)

 

17,754

 

 

 

874,631

 

Daniel Horwood(7)

 

2021

 

 

224,578

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

166,829

 

(10)

 

13,234

 

 

 

404,641

 

Former General Counsel and Secretary

 

2020

 

 

328,004

 

 

 

78,678

 

 

 

90,510

 

 

 

 

 

 

153,542

 

(9)

 

16,964

 

 

 

667,698

 

 

(1)

Amounts in this column relate to: (i) for Mr. McGuire, a signing bonus payment of $50,000; (ii) for Mr. Jackson, retention bonus payments of $134,415; and (iii) for Mr. Horwood, retention bonus payments of $78,678.

(2)

This column reflects the aggregate grant date fair value of restricted stock awards granted to the named individuals during the corresponding year, computed in accordance with the provisions of ASC Topic 718. These amounts do not reflect the actual economic value that will be realized by the named executive officer upon the vesting of restricted stock awards. The actual value that may be realized is also subject to performance-based and time-based vesting restrictions that require the named executive officer to continue to provide services to us.

(3)

This column reflects the aggregate grant date fair value of stock options granted to the named individuals during the corresponding year computed in accordance with the provisions of ASC Topic 718. These amounts do not reflect the actual economic value that will be realized by the named executive officer upon the vesting of the stock options, the exercise of the stock options, or the sale of the common stock underlying such stock options. The actual value that may be realized is also subject to time-based vesting restrictions that require the named executive officer to continue to provide services to us.

(4)

This column reflects Company matching contributions to the Named Executive Officers’ 401(k) plans. In addition, for Mr. McGuire, this column reflects amounts paid for a supplemental health insurance plan.

(5)

Mr. McGuire was hired as our Chief Executive Officer effective March 30, 2020.

(6)

Mr. Jackson also served as our Interim Chief Executive Officer from August 11, 2019 through March 29, 2020.

(7)

Mr. Horwood served as our General Counsel and Secretary until July 30, 2021.

(8)

Amounts represent performance bonuses earned in 2021, which were paid in cash in March 2022.

(9)

Amounts represent performance bonuses earned in 2020, which were paid in cash in March 2021.

(10) Amount represents severance pay that Mr. Horwood received upon his resignation on July 30, 2021.

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Executive Employment Agreements and Arrangements

Will McGuire

We entered into an offer letter with Mr. McGuire dated March 9, 2020. The offer letter provides for at-will employment. The offer letter provided for an initial base salary $500,000 and eligibility annually for a target cash bonus of 50% of his annual base salary, based on achieving performance objectives established by our board of directors or a committee of our board of directors.  For 2020, his bonus was prorated based on his length of service and he was guaranteed a bonus of at least 75% of his prorated annual base salary.  Mr. McGuire also received a signing bonus of $100,000 payable in equal installments within ten business days of his start date and the one-year anniversary of his start date. However, if Mr. McGuire had voluntarily resigned from the Company for any reason before the two-year anniversary of his start date, he would have been required to repay a pro rata portion of the signing bonus based on his length of service.  Mr. McGuire is also eligible for severance benefits, as more fully described in “Executive Change in Control and Severance Agreements.”

Andrew Jackson

We entered into a confirmatory employment letter with Mr. Jackson dated September 12, 2018, and effective as of the closing of our initial public offering. The confirmatory employment letter has no specific term and provides for at-will employment. The confirmatory employment letter provided for an initial base salary, effective on the closing of our initial public offering, of $348,000 and eligibility annually for a target cash bonus of 50% of his annual base salary, based on achieving performance objectives established by our board of directors or a committee of our board of directors. In connection with his appointment as Interim Chief Executive Officer, on August 11, 2019, the compensation committee also approved an Interim Chief Executive Officer offer letter that includes an additional $6,000 per month stipend amount, less applicable tax withholdings, to Mr. Jackson during the period in which Mr. Jackson serves as Ra Medical’s Interim Chief Executive Officer. This stipend was discontinued in March 2020, when Mr. Jackson no longer served as Interim Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Jackson is also eligible for severance benefits, as more fully described in “Executive Change in Control and Severance Agreements.”

Executive Change in Control and Severance Agreements

Our board of directors has approved a change in control and severance agreement for certain of our executive officers, including our named executive officers, which agreements provide for certain severance and change in control benefits as described below. Each change in control and severance agreement supersedes any prior agreement or arrangement the executive officer may have had with us that provides for severance and/or change in control payments or benefits.

Each change in control and severance agreement has an initial term of three years, starting on the effective date of the agreement. On the third anniversary of the effective date of the agreement (the fifth anniversary in the case of Mr. McGuire), the agreement will renew automatically for additional one year terms unless either party provides the other party with written notice of nonrenewal at least one year prior to the date of automatic renewal. However, if a change in control (as defined in the applicable agreement) occurs when there are fewer than 12 months remaining during the initial term or during an additional term, the term of the change in control and severance agreement will extend automatically through the date that is 12 months following the date of the change in control.

If an executive officer’s employment is terminated outside the period beginning three months before a change in control and ending 12 months following a change in control, or the Change in Control Period either (1) by the Company (or any of its subsidiaries) without “cause” (excluding by reason of death or disability) or (2) by the executive officer for “good reason” (as such terms are defined in the executive officer’s change in control and severance agreement), the executive officer will receive the following benefits if he or she timely signs and does not revoke a release of claims in our favor:

 

a lump-sum payment equal to: (1) 18 months for Mr. McGuire and (2) 12 months for Mr. Jackson, of the executive officer’s annual base salary as in effect immediately prior to such termination (or if such termination is due to a resignation for good reason based on a material reduction in base salary, then as in effect immediately prior to the reduction);

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for Mr. McGuire, a lump sum payment equal to the pro-rata amount of the executive’s annual bonus for the fiscal year in which the executive terminates employment, based on actual achievement and pro-rated based on the number of days the executive was employed by the Company during such year; and

 

payment of premiums for coverage under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended, or COBRA, for the executive officer and the executive officer’s eligible dependents, if any, for up to: (1) 18 months for Mr. McGuire and (2) 12 months for Mr. Jackson, or taxable monthly payments for the equivalent period in the event payment of the COBRA premiums would violate or be subject to an excise tax under applicable law.

If, within the Change in Control Period, the executive officer’s employment is terminated either (1) by the Company (or any of its subsidiaries) without cause (excluding by reason of death or disability) or (2) by the executive officer for good reason, the executive officer will receive the following benefits if he or she timely signs and does not revoke a release of claims in our favor.

 

a lump-sum payment equal to: (1) 24 months for Mr. McGuire and (2) 12 months for Mr. Jackson of the executive officer’s annual base salary as in effect immediately prior to such termination (or if such termination is due to a resignation for good reason based on a material reduction in base salary, then as in effect immediately prior to the reduction) or if greater, at the level in effect immediately prior to the change in control);

 

a lump-sum payment equal to: (1) 150% for Mr. McGuire and (2) 100% for Mr. Jackson of the executive officer’s target annual bonus as in effect for the fiscal year in which such termination occurs;

 

payment of premiums for coverage under COBRA for the executive officer and the named executive officer’s eligible dependents, if any, for up to: (1) 24 months for Mr. McGuire and (2) 12 months for Mr. Jackson, or taxable monthly payments for the equivalent period in the event payment of the COBRA premiums would violate or be subject to an excise tax under applicable law; and

 

100% accelerated vesting and exercisability of all outstanding equity awards and, in the case of an equity award with performance-based vesting, all performance goals and other vesting criteria generally will be deemed achieved at target.

If any of the amounts provided for under these change in control and severance agreements or otherwise payable to our named executive officers would constitute “parachute payments” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code and could be subject to the related excise tax, the executive officer would be entitled to receive either full payment of benefits under his or her change in control or severance agreement or such lesser amount which would result in no portion of the benefits being subject to the excise tax, whichever results in the greater amount of after-tax benefits to the executive officer. The change in control and severance agreements do not require us to provide any tax gross-up payments.

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Outstanding Equity Awards at 2021 Fiscal Year-End

The following table sets forth certain information concerning outstanding equity awards for our named executive officers at December 31, 2021:

 

 

 

Option Awards

 

Stock Awards

 

 

 

Number of

Securities

Underlying

Unexercised

Options

(Exercisable)

 

 

 

Number of

Securities

Underlying

Unexercised

Options

(Unexercisable)

 

 

 

Option

Exercise

Price

 

 

Option

Expiration

 

Number

of Shares

or Units

of Stock

That Have

Not

Vested

 

 

 

Market

Value of

Shares or

Units of

Stock That

Have Not

Vested (1)

 

Name and Position

 

(#)

 

 

 

(#)

 

 

 

($/share)

 

 

Date

 

(#)

 

 

 

($)

 

Jonathan Will McGuire

 

 

7,875

 

(2)

 

 

10,125

 

 

 

$

25.50

 

 

3/30/2030

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,125

 

(3)

 

$

4,875

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

46,568

 

(4)

 

$

72,646

 

Andrew Jackson

 

 

11,600

 

(5)

 

 

 

 

 

$

723.50

 

 

6/4/2028

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chief Financial Officer and Secretary

 

 

5,562

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

30.50

 

 

12/3/2029

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15,757

 

(4)

 

$

24,581

 

Daniel Horwood

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Former General Counsel and Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1)

Market value of the unvested restricted stock units identified in this column is based on a closing price of $1.56 per share of the Company’s common stock as of December 31, 2021. These amounts do not correspond to the actual value that may be realized by the Named Executive Officers.

(2)

One forty-eighth of the shares subject to the option vest monthly after March 30, 2020, subject to continued service.

(3)

Restricted stock award (“RSA”) vests and becomes non-forfeitable in six equal installments beginning November 20, 2020 and every six months thereafter for three years with full vesting on November 20, 2023. Vesting is subject to continued service.

(4)

RSAs vest and become non-forfeitable according to the following schedule: 50% of the shares underlying the RSA are subject to time-based vesting and vested or shall vest and become non-forfeitable as follows: one-third of the shares vested on November 20, 2021, and one-sixth of the shares will vest on each May 20 and November 20 thereafter, such that 50% of the RSA will be fully vested on November 20, 2023. The remaining 50% of the shares underlying the RSA are subject to vesting based on certain performance milestones having been met by November 20, 2021. Since only one of the three performance milestones was met by November 20, 2021, only one-third of the remaining 50% of the shares vested or shall vest and become non-forfeitable as follows: one-third of the shares vested on November 20, 2021, and one-sixth of the shares will vest on each May 20 and November 20 thereafter, such that the shares will be fully vested by November 20, 2023. Vesting is subject to continued service.

(5)

One-third of the shares subject to the option vested on June 4, 2018, and one thirty-sixth of the shares subject to the option shall vest monthly thereafter, subject to continued service.

Perquisites, Health, Welfare and Retirement Benefits

Our named executive officers are eligible to participate in our employee benefit plans, including our medical, dental, vision, group life, disability and accidental death and dismemberment insurance plans, in each case on the same basis as all of our other employees. We provide a 401(k) savings plan to our employees, including our current named executive officers, as discussed in the section below entitled “401(k) Savings Plan.”

We generally do not provide perquisites or personal benefits to our named executive officers, except in limited circumstances and as noted in the Summary Compensation Table above. Our board of directors may elect to adopt qualified or non-qualified benefit plans in the future if it determines that doing so is in our best interests.

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401(k) Savings Plan

We maintain a tax-qualified retirement plan that provides eligible employees, including named executive officers, with an opportunity to save for retirement on a tax advantaged basis. All participants’ interests in their deferrals are 100% vested when contributed. Pre-tax and after-tax contributions are allocated to each participant’s individual account and are then invested in selected investment alternatives according to the participant’s directions. The Company, in its sole discretion, may make certain contributions to the plan. The 401(k) plan is intended to qualify under Sections 401(a) and 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code. As a tax-qualified retirement plan, contributions to the 401(k) plan and earnings on those contributions are not taxable to the employees until distributed from the 401(k) plan, and all contributions, if any, are deductible by us when made. The Company began matching contributions to this plan for all eligible employees in 2019 when the 401(k) plan was implemented.

Equity Compensation Plan Information

The following table summarizes information about our equity compensation plans as of December 31, 2021 with respect to shares of our common stock that may be issued under our existing equity compensation plans.

 

 

 

Number of

Securities

to be Issued

Upon Exercise

of Outstanding

Options, Warrants

and Rights

 

 

Weighted-

average

Exercise

Price of

Outstanding

Options,

Warrants and

Rights (1)

 

 

Number of

Securities

Remaining

Available

for Future

Issuance

Under Equity

Compensation

Plans (excluding

securities

reflected in

column (a))

 

Plan Category

 

(a)

 

 

(b)

 

 

(c)

 

Equity compensation plans approved by security holders(2)(3)(4):

 

 

90,448

 

 

$

409.23

 

 

 

188,307

 

Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders:

 

 

18,000

 

 

$

25.50

 

 

 

9,000

 

Total

 

 

108,448

 

 

$

345.54

 

 

 

197,307

 

 

(1)

The weighted average exercise price is based solely on outstanding options.

(2)

Includes our 2018 Equity Incentive Plan, or 2018 Plan, our 2018 Stock Compensation Plan, or Compensation Plan, and our 2018 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, or ESPP.

(3)

The number of shares reserved for issuance under our 2018 Plan also includes (a) those shares reserved but unissued under the Compensation Plan as of the date of stockholder approval of the 2018 Plan and (b) shares of common stock subject to or issued pursuant to awards granted under the Compensation Plan that, after the date of stockholder approval of the 2018 Plan, expire or otherwise terminate without having been exercised in full or are forfeited to or repurchased by us (provided that the maximum number of shares that may be added to the 2018 Plan pursuant to (a) and (b) is 132,000 shares). The number of shares available for issuance under the Company’s 2018 Plan also includes an annual increase on the first day of each fiscal year beginning with our 2019 fiscal year, equal to the least of i) 65,285 shares; ii) five percent (5%) of the outstanding shares of our common stock as of the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year; or iii) such other amount as our board of directors may determine.

(4)

The number of shares available for issuance under the Company’s ESPP also includes an annual increase on the first day of each fiscal year beginning with our 2019 fiscal year, equal to the least of (i) 11,870 shares; (ii) one and a quarter percent (1.25%) of the outstanding shares of our common stock as of the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year; or (iii) such other amount as our board of directors may determine.

 

 

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CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Related Person Transactions

There have been no transactions since January 1, 2020 to which we have been a party in which the amount involved exceeded $120,000 and in which any of our executive officers, directors, promoters or beneficial holders of more than 5% of our capital stock had or will have a direct or indirect material interest, other than compensation arrangements which are described under the section of this proxy statement titled “Executive Compensation.”

Indemnification of Officers and Directors

We have entered, and intend to continue to enter, into separate indemnification agreements with each of our directors and executive officers, in addition to the indemnification provided for in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws. The indemnification agreements and our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws require us to indemnify our directors, executive officers and certain controlling persons to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law.

Policies and Procedures for Transactions with Related Persons

Our audit committee has the primary responsibility for reviewing and approving or disapproving “related party transactions,” which are transactions between us and related persons in which the aggregate amount involved exceeds or may be expected to exceed $120,000 and in which a related person has or will have a direct or indirect material interest. The charter of our audit committee provides that our audit committee shall review and approve or disapprove in advance any related party transaction.

Our board of directors and audit committee have adopted a formal written policy that our executive officers, directors, holders of more than 5% of any class of our voting securities, and any member of the immediate family of any of the foregoing persons, are not permitted to enter into any transaction with us for which disclosure would be required under Item 404 of Regulation S-K, referred to as a related person transaction, without the review and approval or ratification of our audit committee, or other independent members of our board of directors if it is inappropriate for our audit committee to review such transaction due to a conflict of interest. Any related person transaction must be presented to our audit committee for review, consideration and approval or ratification. In approving or rejecting any such related person transaction, our audit committee is to consider the relevant facts and circumstances available and deemed relevant to the audit committee, including, but not limited to, whether the transaction is on terms no less favorable than terms generally available to an unaffiliated third party under the same or similar circumstances and the extent of the related person’s interest in the transaction.

 

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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

The following table sets forth certain information with respect to the beneficial ownership of our common stock as of April 11, 2022 by:

 

each person, or group of affiliated persons, who we know to beneficially own more than 5% of our common stock;

 

each of our named executive officers;

 

each of our directors; and

 

all of our executive officers and directors as a group.

The percentage ownership information shown in the table is based on an aggregate of 32,305,149 shares of our common stock outstanding as of April 11, 2022.

We have determined beneficial ownership in accordance with the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission. These rules generally attribute beneficial ownership of securities to persons who possess sole or shared voting power or investment power with respect to those securities. In addition, the rules include shares of common stock issuable pursuant to: (i) the exercise of stock options that are either immediately exercisable or exercisable on or before June 10, 2022, which is 60 days after April 11, 2022 (ii) RSUs held by that person that will vest within 60 days of April 11, 2022 and (iii) outstanding warrants to purchase common stock held by that person that is either immediately exercisable or exercisable on or before June 10, 2022, which is 60 days after April 11, 2022. These shares are deemed to be outstanding and beneficially owned by the person holding those options and warrants for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of that person, but they are not treated as outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person.

Unless otherwise noted below, the address of each of the individuals and entities named in the table below is c/o Ra Medical Systems, Inc., 2070 Las Palmas Drive, Carlsbad, California 92011. Beneficial ownership representing less than 1% is denoted with an asterisk (*).

Unless otherwise indicated, the persons or entities identified in this table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares shown as beneficially owned by them, subject to applicable community property laws.

 

 

 

Number of

Shares of

Common

Stock

Beneficially

Owned

 

 

Percentage of

Stock

Beneficially

Owned

5% Stockholders:

 

 

 

 

 

 

N/A

 

 

 

 

 

 

Directors and Named Executive Officers:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jonathan Will McGuire (1)

 

 

76,871

 

 

*

Andrew Jackson (2)

 

 

40,603

 

 

*

Martin Colombatto (3)

 

 

34,619

 

 

*

Richard Mejia, Jr. (4)

 

 

23,946

 

 

*

Susanne Meline (5)

 

 

123,267

 

 

*

Joan Stafslien (6)

 

 

12,744

 

 

*

All directors and executive officers as a group (6 persons)(7)

 

 

312,050

 

 

*

 

(1)

Includes 9,750 shares of common stock subject to options and 400 shares of common stock subject to warrants, in each case exercisable within 60 days of April 11, 2022.

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(2)

Includes 17,162 shares of common stock subject to options and 400 shares of common stock subject to warrants, in each case exercisable within 60 days of April 11, 2022.

(3)

Includes (i) 3,680 shares of common stock subject to options exercisable within 60 days of April 11, 2022; and (ii) 1,500 shares held of record by M. Colombatto Trust. Martin Colombatto, a member of our board of directors, serves as trustee of the M. Colombatto Trust.

(4)

Includes 2,000 shares of common stock subject to options exercisable within 60 days of April 11, 2022.

(5)

Includes (i) 77,459 shares of common stock subject to warrants exercisable within 60 days of April 11, 2022 held of record by Catalysis Partners (“CP”), and (ii) 40,000 shares held of record by CP. Ms. Meline has an investment interest in CP through her IRA and, together with an immediate family member, owns a controlling interest in Francis Capital Management LLC, which also has an investment interest in CP and serves as both its Managing Member and Investment Manager. Ms. Meline disclaims beneficial interest of these securities except to the extent of her pecuniary interest therein.

(6)

Includes 4,410 shares held of record by Thomas & Joan Stafslien Family B Trust dated 6/17/1997. Joan Stafslien, a member of our board of directors, serves as trustee of the Thomas & Joan Stafslien Family B Trust.

(7)

Includes 32,592 shares of common stock subject to options and 78,259 warrants, in each case exercisable within 60 days of April 11, 2022.

 

 

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OTHER MATTERS

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires our executive officers and directors, and persons who own more than 10% of a registered class of our equity securities, to file reports of ownership and changes of ownership on Forms 3, 4 and 5 with the SEC. Such directors, executive officers and 10% stockholders are required by SEC regulations to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) forms they file.

Based solely on our review of the copies of such forms, and written representations that we have received from certain reporting persons that they filed all required reports, we believe that all of our officers, directors and greater than 10% stockholders complied with all Section 16(a) filing requirements applicable to them with respect to transactions during 2021, other than late Forms 4 filed by Mr. McGuire and Mr. Jackson on November 24, 2021, which were filed late as a result of administrative error.

Fiscal Year 2021 Annual Report

Our financial statements for our fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 are included in our 2021 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, on March 24, 2022, or our Annual Report, which we will make available to stockholders at the same time as this proxy statement. This proxy statement and our Annual Report are posted on our website, www.ramed.com, under the investors tab and at the website of the SEC, at www.sec.gov. You may also obtain a copy of our Annual Report without charge by sending a written request to Ra Medical Systems, Inc., 2070 Las Palmas Drive, Carlsbad, California 92011, Attention: Corporate Secretary.

Company Website

We maintain a website at www.ramed.com. Information contained on, or that can be accessed through, our website is not intended to be incorporated by reference into this proxy statement, and references to our website address in this proxy statement are inactive textual references only.

Availability of Bylaws

A copy of our bylaws may be obtained by accessing Ra Medical Systems’ filings on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. You may also contact our corporate secretary at our principal executive offices for a copy of the relevant bylaw provisions regarding the requirements for making stockholder proposals and nominating director candidates.

 

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PROPOSALS OF STOCKHOLDERS FOR 2023 ANNUAL MEETING

Stockholders may present proper proposals for inclusion in our proxy statement and for consideration at the next annual meeting of stockholders by submitting their proposals in writing to our corporate secretary so that they are received at our principal executive offices not later than the close of business (5:30 p.m. Pacific time) on December 31, 2022. In addition, stockholder proposals must comply with the requirements of Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act regarding the inclusion of stockholder proposals in company-sponsored proxy materials. Pursuant to the rules promulgated by the SEC, simply submitting a proposal does not guarantee that it will be included.

In order to be properly brought before our 2023 annual meeting of stockholders, the stockholder must have given timely notice of such proposal or nomination, in proper written form. To be timely for our 2023 annual meeting of stockholders, a stockholder’s notice of a matter that the stockholder wishes to present, or the person or persons the stockholder wishes to nominate as a director, must be delivered to our corporate secretary at our principal executive offices not less than 45 days and not more than 75 days before the one-year anniversary of the date on which we first mailed our proxy materials or a notice of availability of proxy materials (whichever is earlier) for the preceding year’s annual meeting. As a result, any written notice given by a stockholder pursuant to these provisions of our bylaws must be received by our corporate secretary at our principal executive offices:

 

not earlier than February 14, 2023, and

 

not later than March 16, 2023.

In the event that we hold our 2023 annual meeting of stockholders more than 30 days before or more than 60 days after the one-year anniversary date of the Annual Meeting, then such written notice must be received not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the following two dates:

 

the 90th day prior to such annual meeting, or

 

the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made.

To be in proper written form, a stockholder’s notice and/or proposals must include the specified information concerning the proposal or nominee as described in our bylaws. We reserve the right to reject, rule out of order, or take other appropriate action with respect to any proposal that does not comply with these and other applicable requirements. Notices and/or proposals should be addressed to:

Ra Medical Systems, Inc.

Attention: Corporate Secretary

2070 Las Palmas Drive

Carlsbad, California 92011

Tel: (760) 804-1648

In addition, for next year’s annual meeting of stockholders, we will be required under new SEC Rule 14a-19 to include on our proxy card all nominees for director for whom we have received notice under the rule, which must be received no later than 60 calendar days prior to the anniversary of the previous year’s Annual Meeting.  For any such director nominee to be included on our proxy card for next year’s annual meeting, the Corporate Secretary must receive notice under SEC Rule 14a-19 no later than April 4, 2023.  Please note that the notice requirements under SEC Rule 14a-19 is in addition to the applicable notice requirements under the advance notice provisions of our Bylaws described above.

For information on how to access our bylaws, please see the section entitled “Availability of Bylaws,” and for additional information regarding stockholder recommendations for director candidates, please see the section entitled “Board of Directors and Corporate Governance – Stockholder Recommendations for Nominations to our Board of Directors.”

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We know of no other matters to be submitted at the Annual Meeting. If any other matters properly come before the Annual Meeting, it is the intention of the persons named in the proxy to vote the shares they represent as the board of directors may recommend. Discretionary authority with respect to such other matters is granted by a properly submitted proxy.

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It is important that your shares be represented at the Annual Meeting, regardless of the number of shares that you hold. You are, therefore, urged to vote as promptly as possible to ensure your vote is recorded.

 

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

Carlsbad, California

April 20, 2022

 

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YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT! PLEASE VOTE BY: Ra Medical Systems, Inc. Annual Meeting of Stockholders For Stockholders of record as of April 11, 2022 TIME: Friday, June 3, 2022 9:00 AM, Pacific Time PLACE: The Annual Meeting will be held live via the Internet Please visit www.proxydocs.com/RMED for more details. This proxy is being solicited on behalf of the Board of Directors The undersigned hereby appoints Jonathan Will McGuire and Andrew Jackson (the "Named Proxies"), and each or either of them, as the true and lawful attorneys of the undersigned, with full power of substitution and revocation, and authorizes them, and each of them, to vote all the shares of capital stock of Ra Medical Systems, Inc. which the undersigned is entitled to vote at said meeting and any adjournment thereof upon the matters specified and upon such other matters as may be properly brought before the meeting or any adjournment thereof, conferring authority upon such true and lawful attorneys to vote in their discretion on such other matters as may properly come before the meeting and revoking any proxy heretofore given. THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED AS DIRECTED OR, IF NO DIRECTION IS GIVEN, SHARES WILL BE VOTED IDENTICAL TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDATION. This proxy, when properly executed, will be voted in the manner directed herein. In their discretion, the Named Proxies are authorized to vote upon such other matters that may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. You are encouraged to specify your choice by marking the appropriate box (SEE REVERSE SIDE) but you need not mark any box if you wish to vote in accordance with the Board of Directors’ recommendation. The Named Proxies cannot vote your shares unless you sign (on the reverse side) and return this card. PLEASE BE SURE TO SIGN AND DATE THIS PROXY CARD AND MARK ON THE REVERSE SIDE P.O. BOX 8016, CARY, NC 27512-9903 INTERNET Go To: www.proxypush.com/rmed Cast your vote online Have your Proxy Card ready Follow the simple instructions to record your vote PHONE Call 1-855-673-0647 Use any touch-tone telephone Have your Proxy Card ready Follow the simple recorded instructions MAIL Mark, sign and date your Proxy Card Fold and return your Proxy Card in the postage-paid envelope provided You must register to attend the meeting online and/or participate at www.proxydocs.com/rmed (Company Logo)

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Ra Medical Systems, Inc. Annual Meeting of Stockholders THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE: FOR ON PROPOSALS 1 AND 2 PROPOSAL YOUR VOTE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS 1. Election of Class I Director FOR WITHHOLD 1.01 Jonathan Will McGuire FOR FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN 2. To ratify the appointment of Haskell & White LLP as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022 FOR 3 To consider and act upon any other matters which may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof You must register to attend the meeting online and/or participate at www.proxydocs.com/rmed Authorized Signatures - Must be completed for your instructions to be executed. Please sign exactly as your name(s) appears on your account. If held in joint tenancy, all persons should sign. Trustees, administrators, etc., should include title and authority. Corporations should provide full name of corporation and title of authorized officer signing the Proxy/Vote Form. Signature (and Title if applicable) Date Signature (if held jointly) Date Please make your marks like this: X

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