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):  August 18, 2010

 


 

PC MALL, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 


 

Delaware

 

000-25790

 

95-4518700

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Incorporation or Organization)

 

 

 

Identification No.)

 

2555 West 190th Street, Suite 201

Torrance, California 90504

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

(310) 354-5600

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 


 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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Item 1.01                                              Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On August 18, 2010, the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors adopted a new executive incentive bonus plan for our eligible executive officers to be effective for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2010 in replacement of a prior executive bonus plan, previously adopted on August 21, 2009 for the quarterly periods ending September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2009. The new plan was adopted by the Compensation Committee after consideration by the Committee of our compensation philosophies, principles and processes as described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 2010. These philosophies, principles and processes provide for periodic review by the Committee of the performance of our executive officers, the components of their compensation and the effectiveness of our compensation programs in rewarding the contributions of our executive officers towards enhancing our specific business goals while retaining and motivating high quality individuals. In adopting the new executive incentive bonus plan for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2010, the Committee also considered a new report from an independent third party compensation consultant, Towers Watson, together with other recent competitive market data.

 

The new executive incentive bonus plan covers the following executive officers, with applicable incentive targets under the plan indicated as a percentage of base salary for each as follows: Frank F. Khulusi, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer — 50% of base salary; Brandon H. LaVerne, Chief Financial Officer — 40% of base salary; Kristin M. Rogers, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing — 40% of base salary; and Joseph B. Hayek, Executive Vice President of Corporate Development and Investor Relations — 40% of base salary.

 

The plan will be funded at the above amounts if the company achieves 100% of a target of adjusted EBITDA for the 2010 calendar year. Adjusted EBITDA is defined under the plan as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, and adjusted for stock-based compensation and non-recurring special charges, if any, to be excluded from the calculation of EBITDA in the discretion of the Compensation Committee.

 

The plan also has a minimum adjusted EBITDA for any incentive bonuses to be paid under the plan and contains incentive bonus decelerators based on performance below the performance target. If the company performance falls below the performance target, but is at least 90% of the performance target, the incentive bonuses may be reduced by a percentage of the incentive bonus target equal to two times the percentage points by which adjusted EBITDA falls below the performance target. For example, if the company achieves 90% of the performance target, incentive bonuses under the plan may be funded at 80% of the target incentive bonus amounts described above.  If the company achieves less than 90% of the performance target, the plan will not be funded and no incentive bonuses will be paid under the plan.

 

The plan also contains accelerators under which the incentive bonus amounts can exceed the above described target incentive bonus amounts. If the company’s performance is between 100% and 110% of the performance target, the incentive bonuses may be increased at a rate of two times the percentage points by which adjusted EBITDA exceeds 100% of the performance target.  For example, if the company achieves 110% of the performance target, the incentive bonuses may be paid at 120% of the above described incentive bonus target amounts.

 

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Additional accelerators are available if the company’s performance is between 111% and 130% of the performance target. In such event, in addition to the first accelerator described above for performance between 100% and 110% of the performance target, the incentive bonus amounts may be further increased by an additional four times the percentage points by which the performance target exceeds 110%, with a maximum funding of 200% of the incentive bonus targets. For example, if the company achieves 120% of the performance target, the plan may be funded and incentive bonuses paid at 160% of the above described incentive bonus target amounts. If the company achieves 130% or more of the performance target, the plan may be funded and incentive bonuses paid at 200% of the above described incentive bonus target amounts.

 

Joe Hayek was a participant in an individual incentive plan during the period of January 1, 2010 through June 30, 2010. Such plan is terminated and replaced with this plan effective July 1, 2010. The previous plan was prorated at $25,000 for the respective period, and is preliminarily funded for $21,875.  Joe Hayek’s annual incentive bonus target under the new plan for 2010 is set at $102,077.40, leaving $77,077.40 remaining as available for the period from July 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010, after deducting the prorated $25,000 for the first half of 2010.

 

All amounts funded may be reduced at the sole discretion of the CEO based upon qualitative or quantitative factors.

 

In addition to participation in the executive incentive bonus plan, as described above, all of our executive officers are eligible for discretionary bonuses as determined from time to time by our Compensation Committee. At the August 18, 2010 Compensation Committee meeting, the Committee also awarded Brandon LaVerne a discretionary bonus outside of the plan in the amount of $30,000.

 

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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.

 

 

 

PC MALL, INC.

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

Date: August 24, 2010

  By:

/s/ Brandon H. LaVerne

 

 

Brandon H. LaVerne
Chief Financial Officer

 

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