Awards equity inducement grant to Brittany Bagley, Chief Financial Officer
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Sept. 27,
2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Axon (Nasdaq: AXON), the
global leader in connected public safety technologies, today
announced the appointment of Andrea
James to the role of Chief Communications Officer (CCO). In
this role, James will be responsible for global corporate
communications, including investor, media and public relations.
"Andrea has played an integral role in Axon's repositioning as a
top-tier technology company with the investment community and
influencing the narrative for how we communicate our mission,
strategy and growth plans across multiple audiences," says
Rick Smith, CEO and founder of Axon.
"As an accomplished leader who has built a best-in-class investor
relations function here at Axon, I'm thrilled to have Andrea at the
helm of our corporate communications strategy, helping us continue
to build awareness around our mission to protect life."
"Public safety touches every one of us — and everyone deserves
to live in safe communities. As the leading technology provider
into this space, Axon is one of the most exciting growth stories
and one of the most important social stories in the world
today," says Andrea James, CCO. "I'm
thrilled to lead the communications team in support of Axon as we
continue to invest in addressing society's most deeply entrenched
challenges, further scale our global presence and grow our revenue
well beyond $1 billion."
Ms. James was most recently SVP Corporate Strategy and Investor
Relations. She joined Axon in 2017 and established a strong track
record of driving clear and concise communication with the
investment community regarding Axon's strategy, products and
financial health. She also established and served as an integral
leader of Axon's corporate strategy function, which includes
mergers and acquisitions, strategic partnerships and
investments.
Ms. James has been writing, public speaking and analyzing
businesses for most of her career, first as an investigative
business reporter and then as a vice president and senior research
analyst in the equity capital markets division of a boutique
investment bank. Prior to joining Axon, she supported investor
relations at Tesla and ran an executive coaching and consulting
practice.
She holds a B.S. Summa Cum Laude in Computer Information Systems
from American University and an M.S. in
Journalism from Northwestern
University.
James will report to Axon's incoming Chief Financial Officer
& Chief Business Officer, Brittany
Bagley, who was announced in August and starts at Axon this
week.
In connection with the commencement of Ms. Bagley's employment,
she was granted an equity inducement award of 137,588 restricted
stock units (RSUs). Of the RSUs comprising Ms. Bagley's inducement
award, service-based RSUs vest 20,638 each on the first and second
anniversaries of her start date and 24,938 on the third
anniversary, subject to continued service through each vesting
date. Ms. Bagley also received a sign-on RSU award of 28,378 shares
that vest one third upon the anniversary of her start date and then
in eight equal quarterly installments thereafter, provided that the
award contains a provision for forward acceleration related to
future promotion opportunities. Ms. Bagley also received 42,996
shares of performance-based RSUs as part of our eXponential Stock
Performance Plan (referred to as "XSUs"), which vest in 3 equal
tranches upon the achievement of both a market capitalization goal
and an internal operational goal based on revenue.
About Axon
Axon is a network of devices, apps and people that helps public
safety personnel become smarter and safer. With a mission of
protecting life, our technologies give customers the confidence,
focus and time they need to keep their communities safe. Our
products impact every aspect of a public safety officer's
day-to-day experience with the goal of helping everyone get home
safe.
We work hard for those who put themselves in harm's way for all
of us. To date, more than 270,000 lives and countless dollars have
been saved with the Axon Network of devices, apps and people. Learn
more at www.axon.com or by calling (800) 978-2737. Axon is a
global company with headquarters in Scottsdale, Ariz., a global software
engineering hub in Seattle, Wash.,
as well as additional offices in Australia, Canada, Finland, Vietnam, the UK and the Netherlands.
Non-Axon trademarks are property of their respective owners.
Axon, Axon Network, Protect Life and the Delta Logo are trademarks
of Axon Enterprise, Inc., some of which are registered in the US
and other countries. For more information, visit
www.axon.com/legal. All rights reserved.
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- Axon on Twitter: https://twitter.com/axon_us
- Axon on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/Axon.ProtectLife/
Note to Investors
Please visit http://investor.axon.com,
https://www.axon.com/press, www.twitter.com/axon_us and
https://www.facebook.com/Axon.ProtectLife/ where Axon discloses
information about the company, its financial information and its
business.
Media Contact:
Corinne Clark
Axon Public Relations Manager
Press@axon.com
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