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

January 10, 2013

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

 

PROTO LABS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Minnesota   001-35435   41-1939628

(State of

Incorporation)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

5540 Pioneer Creek Drive,
Maple Plain, Minnesota		   55359
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

(763) 479-3680

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable

(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.

On January 10, 2013, the board of directors of Proto Labs, Inc. (the “Company”) approved the Company’s 2013 annual incentive bonus program (the “Program”) in which all employees other than commissioned sales people participate. The Program provides that bonus payouts under the Program will be a function of revenue growth and adjusted operating income (“AOI”) during 2013. For these purposes, AOI is defined as operating income before stock based compensation expense.

The Program contains revenue and AOI objectives for the Company as a whole and for each of its major geographic business units (the United States, the European Union and Japan). A participant’s bonus payout will be determined by multiplying his or her target payout amount (which is specified by our compensation committee as a percentage of the individual’s annual base salary) by both the applicable revenue and AOI payout factors (the “Bonus Payout”). The revenue payout factor is zero for 2013 revenue below specified threshold amounts for the Company and each of its business units, is 50% at those threshold amounts, and increases (with no maximum) in amounts specified by the compensation committee to the degree revenue exceeds the respective threshold amounts. The AOI factor is zero for AOI (expressed as a percentage of revenue) below specified threshold amounts for the Company and each of its business units, and increases on a linear basis to 100% for AOI at or above specified maximum amounts. A multiplier in the range of 0.9 to 1.1 will be applied to increase or decrease the Bonus Payout based on the success of the Company in achieving its strategic objectives for 2013.

 

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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.

 

  PROTO LABS, INC.
Date: January 11, 2013   /s/ Bradley A. Cleveland
  Bradley A. Cleveland
  President and Chief Executive Officer