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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 November 19, 2022, the Board of Directors of BigBear.ai Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) adopted the BigBear.ai, LLC Executive Severance Plan (the “Plan”) to provide for severance pay and benefits to eligible officers and management employees who are Eligible Executives (as defined in the Plan) and whose employment is terminated on or after November 1, 2022.
Upon termination of an Eligible Executive’s employment due to a Qualifying Termination (as defined in the Plan) that occurs outside of a Change in Control Protection Period (as defined in the Plan) and so long as such Eligible Executive satisfies the conditions to payment of severance benefits described below, such Eligible Executive shall be entitled to receive the following severance benefits: (i) a cash severance payment in an amount equal to the product of (A) the sum of such Eligible Executive’s Base Salary and Target Bonus (each as defined in the Plan) and (B) (I) 1.0, for Tier 1 Executives (as defined in the Plan) and (II) 0.5 for Tier 2 Executives (as defined in the Plan) and (ii) a lump sum cash payment in an amount equal to the product of (A) the monthly amount of the Company’s contribution to the premiums for such Eligible Executive’s group health plan coverage (including coverage for such Eligible Executive’s spouse and eligible dependents), determined under the Company’s group health plans as in effect immediately prior to such Eligible Executive’s Date of Termination and (B) (I) 12, for Tier 1 Executives and (II) 6 for Tier 2 Executives.
Upon termination of an Eligible Executive’s employment due to a Qualifying Termination that occurs during a Change of Control Protection Period and so long as such Eligible Executive satisfies the conditions to payment of severance benefits described below, such Eligible Executive shall be entitled to receive the following severance benefits: (i) a cash severance payment in an amount equal to the product of (A) the sum of such Eligible Executive’s Base Salary and Target Bonus and (B) (I) two, for Tier 1 Executives and (II) one for Tier 2 Executives and (ii) a lump sum cash payment in an amount equal to the product of (A) the monthly amount of the Company’s contribution to the premiums for such Eligible Executive’s group health plan coverage (including coverage for such Eligible Executive’s spouse and eligible dependents), determined under the Company’s group health plans as in effect immediately prior to such Eligible Executive’s Date of Termination and (B) (I) 24, for Tier 1 Executives and (II) 12 for Tier 2 Executives.
For purposes of the Plan, Amanda Long and Julie Peffer are Tier 1 Executives.
Payment of the severance benefits under the Plan is subject to the executive’s execution and non-revocation of a general release of claims in favor of BigBear.ai, LLC and the executive’s continued compliance with the terms of the Plan, including, but not limited to, the restrictive covenants obligations set forth therein. For participants in the Plan who are eligible for severance benefits under another individual agreement with the Company Group (as defined in the Plan), the Plan will supersede all prior agreements, practices, policies, procedures and plans relating to severance benefits. If the payments or benefits payable under the Plan would be subject to the excise tax imposed under Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, then those payments or benefits will be reduced (but not below zero) if such reduction would result in a better net after-tax position for the Eligible Executive.
This summary of the Plan does not purport to be complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the Plan filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which is incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits:
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Description | |
| 10.1 | BigBear.ai, LLC Executive Severance Plan | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) | |
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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.
Dated: November 19, 2022
| By: | /s/ Sean Ricker | |
| Name: Sean Ricker | ||
| Title: Chief Accounting Officer |
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