Form 8-K

 

 

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 Earliest Event Reported: February 21, 2012

 

 

National CineMedia, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-33296   20-5665602

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

file number)

 

(IRS employer

identification no.)

9110 E. Nichols Ave., Suite 200

Centennial, Colorado 80112-3405

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(303) 792-3600

(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.

The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of National CineMedia, Inc. (the “Company”) adopted the 2011 Performance Bonus Plan (the “Performance Bonus Plan”) for its executive officers on January 12, 2011, and it was approved by the stockholders on April 26, 2011.

Summary of the Performance Bonus Plan

The following summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Performance Bonus Plan. Under the Performance Bonus Plan, the potential performance bonus awards, financial performance criteria and applicable weights for financial performance criteria for our executives for the 2011 fiscal year are as follows:

 

     Kurt C.
Hall
    Clifford E.
Marks
    Gary W.
Ferrera
    Ralph E.
Hardy
    Earl B.
Weihe
 

Performance Bonus Potential

     100     100     75     75     75

Performance Bonus Measures:

          

Adjusted OIBDA (1)

     100       100     100     75

Adjusted advertising revenue (2)

       100      

Technology and Operations operating and capital expenditures budgets

             25

 

1) Based upon achievement of at least 90% of the Adjusted OIBDA (Operating income before depreciation and amortization, as adjusted) budget.
2) Based upon the percentage attainment of adjusted advertising budget as follows:

 

Revenue % of Budget

  

% of Base Salary

< 80%

   0%

>80% to 90%

   50% to 70%

>90% to 100%

   >70% to 100%

Summary of the Results under the Performance Bonus Plan

Based on the actual operating results of the Company, the Adjusted OIBDA was 88.8% of the performance bonus target, Adjusted Advertising Revenue was 90.2% of the performance bonus target and Technology and Operations operating and capital spending was below budget.

 

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Summary of the 2011 Bonus Payments

Based on the performance against targets and taking into consideration the factors below, on February 21, 2012, the Compensation Committee of the Company approved the following bonuses for 2011:

 

Name and Position

   Payment
under the
2011
Performance
Bonus Plan
     Discretionary
Bonus (1)
     Total      Percentage
of Total
Bonus vs.
Potential
 

Kurt C. Hall

President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman

     —         $ 330,056       $ 330,056         44.0

Clifford E. Marks

President of Sales and Marketing

   $ 509,953         —         $ 509,953         70.5

Gary W. Ferrera

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

     —         $ 120,166       $ 120,166         44.0

Ralph E. Hardy

Executive Vice President and General Counsel

     —         $ 92,737       $ 92,737         44.0

Earl B. Weihe

Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer

   $ 46,875       $ 61,875       $ 108,750         58.0
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

Executive Officers as a Group

   $ 556,828       $ 604,834       $ 1,161,662      

 

1) The Compensation Committee considered the following factors in granting the discretionary bonus:

 

   

Achievement of the actual results for 2011 was within 1.2% of the threshold under the 2011 Performance Bonus Plan.

 

   

A significantly slower U.S. economic recovery than had been assumed in the Company’s annual budget during the latter part of the third quarter and during the fourth quarter, which was outside the control of management.

 

   

The fact that the Company exceeded its 2010 actual results in a difficult market.

 

   

The fact that the Company maintained tight cost controls and completed the $200 million bond offering and increased the Company’s liquidity position by expanding and extending the maturity of the Company’s revolving credit facility.

 

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SIGNATURES

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

 

  NATIONAL CINEMEDIA, INC.
Dated: February 24, 2012   By:  

/s/ Ralph E. Hardy

   

Ralph E. Hardy

Executive Vice President, General

Counsel and Secretary

 

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