Current Report Filing (8-k)
July 02 2018 - 4:54PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
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): June 29, 2018
Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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1-13926
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76-0321760
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(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
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(Commission
file number)
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
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15415 Katy Freeway
Houston, Texas 77094
(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)
(281)
492-5300
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form
8-K
filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of
the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule
14a-12
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule
14d-2(b)
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule
13e-4(c)
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as
defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule
12b-2
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(§240.12b-2
of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or
revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain
Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
Appointment of Chief Financial Officer
On July 2, 2018, Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (the Company) announced the appointment of Scott L. Kornblau as the
Companys Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective on July 1, 2018. Previously, Mr. Kornblau, age 46, held the position of Vice President and Treasurer of the Company since January 2017, and he has served as the
Companys acting Chief Financial Officer since December 2017. Mr. Kornblau was appointed Treasurer of the Company in 2007, after joining the Company in 1997 as Senior Accountant and serving in numerous finance and accounting positions.
In connection with Mr. Kornblaus appointment, the Compensation Committee of the Companys Board of Directors approved the
following changes to Mr. Kornblaus compensation:
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(i)
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Mr. Kornblaus annual base salary was increased to $410,000 effective with the first pay period following the effective date of his appointment;
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(ii)
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On July 1, 2018, the Company granted to Mr. Kornblau restricted stock units (RSUs) under the Companys Equity Incentive Compensation Plan with an aggregate value of $87,500, of which (a) 60%
of the RSUs granted will cliff vest subject to the Companys level of achievement towards a specified financial target for each of 2018, 2019 and 2020 and subject further to the negative discretion of the Compensation Committee to reduce the
number of the RSUs that would otherwise be eligible to vest and (b) 40% of the RSUs granted will separately time-vest in equal installments on the second and third anniversaries of the grant date; and
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(iii)
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On July 1, 2018, the Company granted to Mr. Kornblau cash incentive awards under the Companys Incentive Compensation Plan (Amended and Restated as of January 1, 2018, as amended on June 28,
2018) with an aggregate value of $87,500, of which (a) 60% of the cash incentive awards granted will cliff vest subject to the Companys level of achievement towards a specified financial target for each of 2018, 2019 and 2020 and subject
further to the negative discretion of the Compensation Committee to reduce the amount of the cash incentive awards that would otherwise be eligible to vest and (b) 40% of the cash incentive awards granted will separately time-vest in equal
installments on the second and third anniversaries of the grant date.
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Executive Retention Agreement
On June 29, 2018, the Company granted an executive retention award to Ronald Woll, the Companys Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer,
after approval by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company, to be paid in accordance with the terms of an Executive Retention Agreement (the Retention Agreement) between
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Mr. Woll and the Company. Pursuant to the Retention Agreement, the Company will pay Mr. Woll a
one-time
retention payment of $750,000, less applicable
withholdings, if Mr. Woll remains actively employed in Good Standing (as defined below) through January 1, 2020 and further through the payment of the retention payment. The Retention Agreement provides that Mr. Woll will be deemed to
be in Good Standing if he (i) has remained actively employed by the Company or its subsidiary from the date of the Retention Agreement through the payment date of the retention payment, not on a leave of any kind (other than a
legally protected leave) and not subject to any performance improvement plan and (ii) has remained at all times in full compliance with all agreements between him and the Company and/or its subsidiaries and all policies of the Company and its
subsidiaries. If earned, the retention payment will be paid in a lump sum in cash on or before March 1, 2020.
The foregoing
description of the Retention Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Retention Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated by reference herein.
Item 7.01.
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Regulation FD Disclosure
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On July 2, 2018, the Company issued a press release
describing the appointment of Mr. Kornblau as its Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.
The information contained in Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 of this Current Report on Form
8-K
(i) is
not to be considered filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), and (ii) shall not be incorporated by reference into any previous or future filings made by or to be made by the
Company with the SEC under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act.
Item 9.01.
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Financial Statements and Exhibits
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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.
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Date: July 2, 2018
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DIAMOND OFFSHORE DRILLING, INC.
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By:
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/s/ DAVID L. ROLAND
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David L. Roland
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Senior Vice President, General Counsel
and
Secretary
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