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 and Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report: September 19, 2017
(Date of earliest event reported)
eGain CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware |
001‑35314 |
77‑0466366 |
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1252 Borrego’s Avenue, Sunnyvale, California 94089
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
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(408) 636‑4500 (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code) (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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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.
(e) Compensatory Arrangement of Certain Officers.
On September 19, 2017 the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of eGain Corporation (the “Company”) granted options to purchase common stock to certain executive officers of the Company. Each such option has an exercise price of $2.50 per share, the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the Nasdaq Stock Market on the date of grant, and vests in equal monthly increments over 48 months from September 1, 2017, subject to continued service. Such option grants are set forth below:
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Shares Subject to Option |
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Ashutosh Roy, Chief Executive Officer |
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200,000 |
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Eric Smit, Chief Financial Officer |
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112,000 |
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Promo Narong, Senior Vice President of Products |
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112,000 |
Item 8.01. Other Events
On September 19, 2017 the Board approved cash and equity compensation for non-employee directors, with effect from September 1, 2017, as set forth below:
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An annual fee of $50,000 in cash payable quarterly (such cash fee was already being paid to the Company’s most recently appointed directors, Brett Shockley and Christine Russell and it was extended to the Company’s other non-employee directors, Gunjan Sinha and Phiroz P. Darukhanavala, with effect from September 1, 2017); |
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An additional annual fee of $10,000 payable quarterly to Mr. Shockley for service as the Lead Independent Director, with effect from September 1, 2017; |
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The grant of options to purchase common stock. Each option was granted at an exercise price of $2.50 per share, the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the Nasdaq Stock Market on the date of grant, and vests in equal monthly increments over 48 months from September 1, 2017, subject to continued service. Such option grants are set forth below: |
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Non-employee Director |
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Shares Subject to Option |
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Gunjan Sinha |
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70,000 |
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Phiroz P. Darukhanavala |
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70,000 |
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Christine Russell |
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26,250 |
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Brett Shockley |
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62,291 |
The grants to Ms. Russell and to Mr. Shockley reflect the number of option shares determined by subtracting from 70,000 the number of shares remaining unvested in such director’s original option grant from the Company and, in the case of Mr. Shockley only, an additional 10,000 option shares granted for his service as Lead Independent Director.
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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 thereunto duly authorized.
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Date: September 25, 2017 |
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eGain CORPORATION |
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By: |
/s/ Eric N. Smit |
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Eric N. Smit
Chief Financial Officer Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
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