$400,000 in annual base pay and a 60% bonus target were locked in for CFO Jerome Wong under an employment agreement effective Aug. 16, ChronoScale said in an Aug. 18 filing.
300,000 restricted stock units were also approved, and the company will make a retroactive true-up payment covering the gap between May 5 and Aug. 16 at the new annualized salary rate.
Nine months of base salary, health benefits for up to nine months and accelerated vesting of the initial RSU tranche apply if Wong is terminated in a qualifying change-in-control period.
Six months of base salary applies for termination without cause outside a change in control, while severance requires a release of claims and compliance with confidentiality, non-disparagement and other restrictive covenants.
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