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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 16, 2019

 

DIODES INCORPORATED

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Delaware

002-25577

95-2039518

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

(Commission
File Number)

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

 

4949 Hedgcoxe Road, Suite 200, Plano, TX 

75024

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (972) 987-3900

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instructions A.2. below):

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

 

Trading Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, Par Value $0.66 2/3

 

DIOD

 

The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 Emerging growth company  

 If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  

 


Item 5.02.   Departure of Directors or Certain Officers:  Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

 

Executive Bonuses

 

On December 16, 2019, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Committee”) of Diodes Incorporated (the “Company”) approved the distribution of a cash bonus to the executive officers of the Company for their services rendered in fiscal 2019.

For 2019, the cash bonus for each executive is based on a multiple of that executive’s salary and consists of two components: a Company-wide performance component which accounts for 80% of the bonus; and an individual performance component which accounts for 20% of the bonus. The Company-wide performance component is based on achievement of a non-GAAP earnings per share target and a net sales target, which are weighted 80% and 20%, respectively.   The individual performance component is based on achievement of individual objectives. The Company-wide performance targets and the individual performance objectives were selected from a list of performance incentive objectives contained in the 2013 Equity Incentive Plan approved by the Company’s stockholders.

If the Company achieves 100% of the Company-wide performance targets and the executive achieves 100% of his or her individual performance objectives, the executive will be entitled to receive 100% of his or her target bonus. Achievement of 80% of both the Company-wide performance targets and the individual objectives (“threshold”) would result in a bonus equal to 50% of the target bonus, and achievement of 120% of the Company-wide performance targets and 100% of the individual objectives (“maximum”) would result in a bonus of 200% of the target bonus. Achievement of less than 80% of both the Company-wide performance targets and the individual objectives would result in the payment of no bonus, and achievement of more than 120% would not result in the payment of a bonus of more than 200% of the target bonus. Performance between the threshold and target, and between the target and maximum, would result in a prorated bonus.

The Committee estimated the bonus to which each executive officer will be entitled for fiscal 2019, based on the Committee’s current estimate of the performance of the Company for fiscal 2019 and the Committee’s assessment of each executive’s achievement of his or her individual objectives.   The Committee approved the payment of 80% of the awards in December 2019, with the remaining 20% payable upon confirmation of the performance of the Company in fiscal 2019.  The Committee approved the payment of cash bonuses to the following named executive officers of the Company:

Name

 

Position

 

Amount Awarded

 

 

Amount Paid

 

Keh-Shew Lu

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

$

1,439,835

 

 

$

1,151,868

 

Brett Whitmire

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

304,107

 

 

 

243,285

 

Julie Holland

 

Vice President, Corporate Operations

 

 

424,120

 

 

 

339,296

 

Francis Tang

 

Vice President, Worldwide Discrete Products

 

 

391,179

 

 

 

312,943

 

Emily Yang

 

Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Marketing

 

 

294,511

 

 

 

235,609

 

 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dated: December 19, 2019

 

DIODES INCORPORATED

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

/s/ Brett R. Whitmire

 

 

 

 

Brett R. Whitmire

 

 

 

 

Chief Financial Officer