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Item 5.02. |
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Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of
Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of
Certain Officers |
On October 29, 2008, the Company entered into an employment agreement with Thomas A. Nardi,
effective November 10, 2008. The Board of Directors of the Company appointed Mr. Thomas A.
Nardi, age 54, as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and principal financial
officer of the Company effective November 10, 2008. From 2007 to his departure in June 2008, Mr.
Nardi served as President of Integrys Business Services (IBS), a wholly owned unit of Integrys
Energy Group, and from 2005 to 2007, Mr. Nardi served as Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer of Peoples Energy, prior to that, from 2001 to 2005, Mr. Nardi was Senior Vice
President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Peoples Energy.
In connection with hiring Mr. Nardi, the Board of Directors of the Company authorized a grant of
shares of restricted stock equal to $500,000 and a sign-on bonus of $100,000 in cash, each to be
granted or paid on November 10, 2008. The Company also entered into a Sign-On Incentive Recovery
Agreement with Mr. Nardi on October 29, 2008, which requires Mr. Nardi to repay the sign-on bonus
if he voluntarily terminates his employment with NCI or is terminated by NCI for cause (as defined
in the agreement) within twelve months of the date of hire. The foregoing description of the
recovery agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the recovery agreement, a copy of
which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
The employment agreement is for a rolling one-year period, such that the remainder of the term
shall always be one full year, and provides for an annual base salary of $450,000, which is subject
to adjustment from time to time, and an annual bonus opportunity. The employment agreement
provides, among other things, that if the Company terminates Mr. Nardi for other than cause (as
defined in the agreement) or Mr. Nardi terminates his employment for good reason (as defined in the
agreement), then the Company will pay to Mr. Nardi an amount equal to the sum of his then-current
base salary and the average of his three most recent annual bonuses. However, if Mr. Nardi
terminates his own employment other than for good reason, the Company would have no further
obligation to Mr. Nardi other than the obligation to pay his base salary through the date of
termination and any other compensation and benefits then due. The agreement also provides that if
Mr. Nardis employment is terminated for any reason during the one year period following a change
in control (as defined in the agreement), or if such employment is terminated by Mr. Nardi for any
reason during the period beginning six months and ending twelve months following a change in
control (as defined in the agreement), then the Company shall pay to Mr. Nardi an amount equal to
two times the sum of (1) Mr. Nardis base salary as of the date of the change of control plus (2)
the average of his three most recent annual bonuses. The foregoing description of the employment
agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the employment