FULL HOUSE RESORTS, INC. (NASDAQ:FLL) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

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FULL HOUSE RESORTS, INC. (NASDAQ:FLL) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

Item 5.02

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of
Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory
Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On May 24, 2017, Full House Resorts, Inc. (the “Company”) entered
into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to its employment agreement,
dated November 28, 2014 (the “Lee Employment Agreement”), with
the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Daniel R.
Lee. The Amendment includes the following modifications to the Lee
Employment Agreement:
The term of Mr. Lee’s employment with the Company was
extended to November 30, 2020.
Mr. Lee will receive a signing bonus in the amount of
$8,333.33.
Mr. Lee will receive a base salary at an annual rate of (a)
$450,000, effective as of and retroactive to January 1, 2017;
and (b) $500,000, effective as of December 1, 2018.
For the period from January 1, 2017 through November 30,
2020, Mr. Lee will be eligible to participate in an annual
bonus program to be established by the Board of Directors
(the “Board”) or its Compensation Committee based on the
performance of the Company and Mr. Lee. The bonus program
will provide for one or more annual performance targets by
which the participants will be measured and compensated. With
respect to Mr. Lee, his performance indicator targets will be
set by the Compensation Committee after consultation with Mr.
Lee. His target bonus award will be 30% of his annual salary,
proportioned for each performance target. Maximum and
threshold levels will also be set for each performance target
by the Compensation Committee, with the maximum bonus award
set at 45% of Mr. Lee’s base salary, and the threshold bonus
award set at 15% of Mr. Lee’s base salary, also proportioned
for each performance target. Performance levels below the
threshold as to any performance target will result in no
bonus award with respect to such performance target. Payment
of any bonuses under the bonus program, to the extent any
annual bonuses become payable, will be contingent upon Mr.
Lee’s continued employment through the applicable payment
date (except with respect to any bonus payable for the last
year of the term of the Lee Employment Agreement, as to which
continued employment through November, 2020, only shall be
required), which will occur on the date on which annual
bonuses are paid generally to the Company’s senior
executives (except with respect to any bonus payable for the
last year of the term of the Lee Employment Agreement, as to
which payment will occur on or before March 15, 2021).
On May 24, 2017, the Company granted Mr. Lee an additional
non-qualified stock option to purchase 240,000 shares of the
Company’s common stock to the Company’s 2015 Equity
Incentive Plan (as amended from time to time, the “2015
Plan”), at an exercise price per share of $2.32. The stock
option will vest with respect to 1/24th of the total number
of shares underlying the stock option on each monthly
anniversary of November 30, 2018 thereafter, subject to Mr.
Lee’s continued service with the Company through the
applicable vesting date. In the event that a Change in
Control (as defined in the 2015 Plan) of the Company occurs
during the Grantees Continuous Service, the unvested portion
of the stock option will vest and become exercisable in
accordance with the terms of the 2015 Plan. The terms and
conditions of the stock option are set forth in a separate
award agreement dated May 24, 2017 (the “Award Agreement”).
The severance payment and benefits provisions of the
employment agreement were extended to November 30, 2020.
Except as described above, all other material terms of the Lee
Employment Agreement remain unchanged. The foregoing description
of the Amendment and the Award Agreement is qualified in its
entirety by reference to the full text of such agreements, a copy
of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 and 10.2 to this Current Report
on Form 8-K.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits
Exhibit 10.1
First Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated May 24,
2017, between Full House Resorts, Inc. and Daniel R. Lee
Exhibit 10.2
Award Agreement, dated May 24, 2017, between Full House
Resorts, Inc. and Daniel R. Lee


About FULL HOUSE RESORTS, INC. (NASDAQ:FLL)

Full House Resorts, Inc. owns, operates, develops, manages, and/or invests in casinos and related hospitality and entertainment facilities. The Company’s casino/resort segments include the Silver Slipper Casino & Hotel in Hancock County, Mississippi; the Rising Star Casino Resort in Rising Sun, Indiana, and the Northern Nevada segment, which consists of the Grand Lodge Casino in Incline Village, Nevada and Stockman’s Casino in Fallon, Nevada. The Company’s Development/Management segment includes costs associated with casino-related development and management projects. The Company has a leased property, Grand Lodge Casino. The Rising Star Casino Resort is located on the banks of the Ohio River in Rising Sun, Indiana. The Silver Slipper Casino & Hotel is situated on the far west end of the Mississippi Gulf Coast in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The Grand Lodge Casino is located within Hyatt Regency in Incline Village, Nevada on the north shore of Lake Tahoe.

FULL HOUSE RESORTS, INC. (NASDAQ:FLL) Recent Trading Information

FULL HOUSE RESORTS, INC. (NASDAQ:FLL) closed its last trading session down -0.02 at 2.26 with 20,135 shares trading hands.