NETGEAR® Announces Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)
NETGEAR’s inducement plan is used exclusively for the grant of equity awards to individuals who were not previously employees of NETGEAR, or following a bona-fide period of non-employment with NETGEAR, in each case as an inducement material to such individuals entering into employment with NETGEAR pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).
The inducement awards granted to new employees joining NETGEAR unrelated to the Company’s recent acquisition of Exium, Inc. consist of awards of time-based restricted stock units (“RSU’s�) covering 60,141 shares of NETGEAR common stock. One-third (1/3rd) of the total number of shares subject to each RSU Award will vest on the one-year anniversary of the RSU Award’s vesting commencement date and one-twelfth (1/12th) of the total number of shares subject to each RSU Award will vest in equal quarterly installments thereafter, in each case subject to each award recipient providing continued service with NETGEAR through the applicable vesting dates.
The inducement awards granted to new employees joining NETGEAR in relation to the Company’s recent acquisition of Exium, Inc. consist of: (1) 33,333 RSU’s to Farooq Khan, the former CEO of Exium, Inc. and now NETGEAR’s Vice President of Software Security; (2) 31,110 RSU’s to other members of the Exium, Inc. team who have now joined NETGEAR as full time employees (“Exium Team�); (3) an award of performance-based RSU’s (“PSU’s�) with a target amount of 33,333 shares of NETGEAR’s common stock to Mr. Khan; and (4) an award of PSU’s with a total target amount of 15,557 to the Exium Team.
One-third (1/3rd) of the total number of shares subject to Mr. Khan’s RSU Award will vest on the one-year anniversary of the RSU Award’s vesting commencement date and one-twelfth (1/12th) of the total number of shares subject to Mr. Khan’s RSU Award will vest in equal quarterly installments thereafter, in each case subject to Mr. Khan providing continued service with NETGEAR through the applicable vesting dates. One-half (1/2) of the total number of shares subject to the Exium team’s RSU Awards will vest on the second anniversary of the closing of the Company’s acquisition of Exium, Inc., with the other half vesting on the third anniversary of the same, in each case subject to the award recipients providing continued service with NETGEAR through the applicable vesting dates.
The number of shares subject to Mr. Khan’s PSU Award that become eligible to vest will be determined based on the achievement of specified performance metrics as of the end of 2025, 2026 and 2027, with
About NETGEAR, Inc.
Founded in 1996 and headquartered in the
©2025 NETGEAR, Inc. NETGEAR and the NETGEAR logo are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of NETGEAR, Inc. and/or its affiliates in
Source: NETGEAR-F
View source version on businesswire.com:
NETGEAR Investor Relations
Erik Bylin
[email protected]
Source: NETGEAR, Inc.