Form 8-K - Current report

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): March 8, 2024

   

Paymentus Holdings, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


Delaware	001-40429	45-3188251
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

11605 North Community House Road, Suite 300
Charlotte, North Carolina		28277
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

    (888) 440-4826
Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code:

    Not Applicable

   

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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:

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share	PAY	New York Stock Exchange

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.

2024 Executive Incentive Compensation Program

On March 8, 2024, the board of directors (the “Board”) of Paymentus Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) adopted the Company’s 2024 Executive Incentive Compensation Plan (the “2024 Program”), which was established under the Company’s Executive Incentive Compensation Plan (“EICP”). The Board’s adoption of the 2024 Program followed the recommendation of the Compensation Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board, after a review by the Committee of the Company’s executive compensation program and related information provided by the Committee’s independent compensation consultant.

The name, position, current 2024 base salary and full-year target bonus amount of each of the Company’s executive officers participating in the 2024 Program is as follows:


Name	Position	2024 Base Salary	Target Bonus as a % of 2024 Base Salary
Dushyant Sharma	President and Chief Executive Officer	$360,500(1)	192.9%
Sanjay Kalra	Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	$515,000(1)	100.0%
Jerry Portocalis	Chief Commercial Officer	$432,600(1)	62.5%
Andrew Gerber	General Counsel and Secretary	$351,488(1)	61.5%

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(1) Represents a 3% increase over the 2023 base salary for each executive officer.

The performance components under the 2024 Program are equally weighted and consist of (i) gross revenue (“Revenue”), (ii) non-GAAP contribution profit (“CP”), (iii) Adjusted EBITDA, (iv) Adjusted EBITDA less capitalized software (“Adjusted EBITDA-LCS”), and (v) individual performance, with a performance target established for each of the four financial components for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024. Each component under the 2024 Program may be achieved and a corresponding payout made independent of the other components, but the minimum threshold (as described below) for at least two of the four financial components must be achieved before any bonus payments will be made.

Under the 2024 Program, (i) a minimum threshold equal to 90% of the Revenue and CP targets must be met before any bonus payments will be made with respect to such components, and in the event either of the Revenue or CP targets are achieved at a level above 100% of the target for such components, the participant may receive up to an additional 10% payout with respect to such components, and (ii) a minimum threshold equal to 80% of the Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA-LCS targets must be met before any bonus payments will be made with respect to such components, and in the event either of the Adjusted EBITDA or Adjusted EBITDA-LCS targets are achieved at a level above 100% of the target for such components, the participant may receive up to an additional 10% payout with respect to such components. The individual performance payout will range from 0 to 120%, as determined by the Committee.

Payment of bonus amounts earned, if any, under the 2024 Program will be made following approval by the Audit Committee of the Board of the Company’s 2024 audited financial statements.

Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, participants in the 2024 Program must remain employed by the Company through the date that any bonus amount is paid in order to receive the bonus payment. The Board and the Committee, each in its sole discretion, generally retain the right to amend, supplement, supersede or cancel the 2024 Program for any reason, and reserve the right to determine whether and when to pay out any bonus amounts pursuant to or outside of the 2024 Program, regardless of the achievement of the performance targets.

The EICP under which the 2024 Program was established is filed as Exhibit 10.3 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 and described in our Definitive Proxy Statement, dated April 21, 2023, under the heading “Executive Compensation—Non-equity Incentive Plan Compensation.”

Payouts Under 2023 Executive Incentive Compensation Program and Discretionary Bonus

Also on March 8, 2024, the Board determined that the Company’s financial results for the year ended December 31, 2023 resulted in a formula payout under the Company’s 2023 Executive Incentive Compensation Plan (the “2023 Program”) of 112.2% of the target bonus opportunity for the executive officers participating in the 2023 Program, resulting in a bonus payment of $467,500 for Mr. Kalra, $294,563 for Mr. Portocalis and $235,651 for Mr. Gerber. The 2023 Program is describe in more detail in our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 5, 2023.

Although Mr. Sharma declined to participate in the 2023 Program, the Committee reserved the right to elect to pay Mr. Sharma a discretionary bonus as appropriate based on fiscal year 2023 financial performance. In recognition of the Company’s strong financial performance and the fact that all 2023 Program metrics were achieved above their respective targets, on March 8, 2024, the Board, upon recommendation of the Committee, approved payment of a discretionary bonus to Mr. Sharma in the amount of $757,350, which represented an amount equal to the formula payout amount of 112.2% of his initially approved 2023 Program target opportunity of $675,000.


			PAYMENTUS HOLDINGS, INC.

Date:	March 11, 2024	By:	/s/ Dushyant Sharma
			Dushyant Sharma Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

Document and Entity Information	Mar. 08, 2024
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Document Type	8-K
Document Period End Date	Mar. 08, 2024
Entity File Number	001-40429
Entity Registrant Name	Paymentus Holdings, Inc.
Entity Central Index Key	0001841156
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code	DE
Entity Tax Identification Number	45-3188251
Entity Address, Address Line One	11605 North Community House Road
Entity Address, Address Line2	Suite 300
Entity Address, City or Town	Charlotte
Entity Address, State or Province	NC
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code	28277
City Area Code	(888)
Local Phone Number	440-4826
Title of 12(b) Security	Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share
Trading Symbol	PAY
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