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 Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 31, 2010

 

 

TELENAV, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-34720   77-0521800

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

1130 Kifer Road

Sunnyvale, California 94086

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

(408) 245-3800

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(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.

Compensation Arrangements for Calendar Year 2011 and Option Grants for Certain Executive Officers

On October 31, 2010, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Committee”) of TeleNav, Inc. (the “Company”) approved the calendar year 2011 compensation arrangements of and stock option grants to certain executive officers of the Company. The calendar year 2011 compensation arrangements for and stock option grants to such executive officers are as follows:

 

Name

   Base Salary
for
Calendar
Year 2011
     Bonus
Target for
Calendar
Year 2011
    Number
of Shares
Subject

to Stock Options
Approved on
October 31, 2010
     Exercise
Price
per
Share of
Stock
Options
 

HP Jin

Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President

   $ 280,000         70     250,000       $ 6.55   

Douglas Miller

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

     260,000         50        100,000         6.55   

Y.C. Chao

Vice President, Research and Development

     220,000         50        100,000         6.55   

Salman Dhanani

Vice President, Products

     220,000         50        100,000         6.55   

Loren Hillberg

General Counsel and Secretary

     220,000         45        85,000         6.55   

Robert Rennard

Chief Technical Officer

     240,000         50        100,000         6.55   

Hassan Wahla

Vice President, Business Development and Carrier Sales

     220,000         50        100,000         6.55   

The base salaries listed for the executive officers in the table above are effective as of November 1, 2010.

The bonus targets specified for the executive officers in the table above are for use under the Company’s 2009 Bonus Plan, and the individual and corporate key performance indicators relating to the bonuses of the executive officers for calendar year 2011 will be determined by the Committee at a subsequent meeting. The Company’s Chief Executive Officer may make adjustments to the bonus targets of up to 15% of each bonus target pursuant to the terms of the 2009 Bonus Plan.

The grants of stock options to the Company’s executive officers listed in the table above were effective as of November 2, 2010. The shares subject to these stock options began to vest on November 2, 2010 (the “Vesting Commencement Date”) and will vest as to 1/4 of the shares subject to the stock option on the first anniversary of the Vesting Commencement Date and as to 1/36 of the remaining shares each month thereafter on the same day of the month as the Vesting Commencement Date, subject to the executive officer’s continuous status as a service provider. Each such stock option is granted under the Company’s 2009 Equity Incentive Plan.


 

The Committee also approved a one time payment of $150,000 to Mr. Dhanani for costs relating to his relocation to the Company’s headquarters in Sunnyvale, California from Seattle, Washington.

Amended Compensation Arrangements and Option Grants for Non-Employee Directors

On October 31, 2010, the Committee approved an amendment to the annual cash retainers provided to the Company’s non-employee director to be effective on December 7, 2010, the date of the Company’s 2010 annual meeting of stockholders, such that the annual retainers for the Company’s non-employee directors are as follows:

 

Annual Retainer for Non-Employee Directors

   $ 25,000   

Annual Retainer for Audit Committee Chairman

     10,000   

Annual Retainer for Compensation Committee Chairman

     5,000   

On October 31, 2010, the Committee also approved stock option grants to the Company’s non-employee directors as follows:

 

Name

   Number of Shares
Subject to Stock
Options Approved
on October 31, 2010
     Exercise Price
per Share of
Stock Options
 

Shawn Carolan

     10,000       $ 6.55   

Samuel Chen

     10,000         6.55   

Hon Jane (Jason) Chiu

     10,000         6.55   

Soo Boon Koh

     10,000         6.55   

Joseph Zaelit

     10,000         6.55   

The grants of stock options to the Company’s non-employee directors listed in the table above were effective as of November 2, 2010. The shares subject to these stock options began to vest on November 2, 2010 and will vest as to 1/12 of the shares subject to the stock option on the first day of each month thereafter, subject to the non-employee director’s continuous status as a service provider. Each such stock option is granted under the Company’s 2009 Equity Incentive Plan.


 

SIGNATURES

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.

 

    TELENAV, INC.
Date: November 4, 2010     By:  

/S/    DOUGLAS MILLER        

    Name:   Douglas Miller
    Title:   Chief Financial Officer