hookerfurn8k012714.htm
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): January 22, 2014
 
 
HOOKER FURNITURE CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Virginia
000-25349
54-0251350
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(Commission
File No.)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
440 East Commonwealth Boulevard,
Martinsville, VA
 
24112
 
(276) 632-0459
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(zip code)
 
(Registrant’s telephone number,
including area code)
 

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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
 
On January 22, 2014, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Hooker Furniture Corporation (“Hooker” or the “Company”) approved an annual base salary and annual cash incentive for Michael W. Delgatti, Jr.
 
On December 11, 2013, the Company’s Board of Directors announced that effective February 2, 2014, at the end of the Company’s current fiscal year, Michael W. Delgatti, Jr. will become President of Hooker Furniture Corporation, concurrent with the retirement of Hooker’s current President, Alan D. Cole.
 
Mr. Delgatti, age 59, is currently serving as the President of Hooker Upholstery and the Executive Vice President of Sales for the Company.

In connection with his promotion to President of Hooker Furniture Corporation, the Compensation Committee set Mr. Delgatti’s annual base salary for the 2014 calendar year at $300,000, an increase from $265,000 for 2013.

In addition, the Compensation Committee approved an annual cash incentive for Mr. Delgatti for the Company’s 2015 fiscal year, which will end February 1, 2015. Mr. Delgatti will be entitled to receive a payment, expressed as a percentage of his calendar 2014 base salary, if the Company attains 70% or more of its budgeted fiscal 2015 consolidated net income target, as approved by the Board of Directors. No cash bonus will be paid if the Company fails to reach at least 70% of the budgeted net income target and a maximum cash bonus will be paid if the Company reaches 150% or more of target net income. Mr. Delgatti’s annual cash incentive potential for fiscal 2015, expressed as a percentage of his calendar 2014 base salary, is set forth in the table below:
 
   
If the Company Attains:
  
   
70% of
Target Net
Income
    
85% of
Target Net
Income
    
100% of
Target Net
Income
    
125% of
Target Net
Income
    
150% of
Target Net
Income
  
Michael W. Delgatti, Jr.
   22.5%     33.8%     45%     59.9%     75.2%  
 
 
 
 
 
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.
 
HOOKER FURNITURE CORPORATION
 
By: /s/ Paul A. Huckfeldt
Paul A. Huckfeldt
Senior Vice-President Finance and Accounting
Chief Financial Officer

 
Date:  January 27, 2014