hookerfurniture8k121415.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): December 9, 2015
 

 
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, Virginia
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 December 9, 2015, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Hooker Furniture Corporation (the “Company”) approved annual base salaries and annual cash incentives for the Company’s executive officers.
 
Annual Base Salary
 
The base salary for each executive officer for the 2016 calendar year will be:
 
   
Base Salary
 
Paul B. Toms, Jr., Chairman and CEO
  $ 370,000  
Paul A. Huckfeldt, Senior VP – Finance and Accounting and CFO
    214,500  
Michael W. Delgatti, Jr., President
    300,000  
Anne M. Jacobsen, Senior VP-Administration
    200,000  
 
Annual Cash Incentives
 
The annual cash incentive for each executive officer for the Company’s 2017 fiscal year, which ends January 29, 2017, will be paid if the Company attains 70% or more of its budgeted fiscal 2017 consolidated net income target, as approved by the Board of Directors.  Each executive officer is eligible to receive a percentage of his or her calendar 2016 base salary under the annual incentive program. No cash bonus is payable if the Company fails to reach at least 70% of the budgeted consolidated net income target and a maximum cash bonus is payable if the Company reaches 150% or more of target consolidated net income.  The annual cash incentive potential, expressed as a percentage of calendar 2016 base salary, for each of the executive officers is as follows:
 
   
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% or More of Target Net Income
 
Paul B. Toms, Jr.
    25 %     38 %     50 %     67 %     84 %
Paul A. Huckfeldt
    20 %     30 %     40 %     53 %     67 %
Michael W. Delgatti, Jr.
    23 %     34 %     45 %     60 %     75 %
Anne M. Jacobsen
    20 %     30 %     40 %     53 %     67 %
 
 
 

 
 
Signature
 
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: December 15, 2015