EPAM Systems Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update, Financial Statements and Exhibits

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

EPAM SYSTEMS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

267-759-9000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

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On June 23, 2025, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of EPAM Systems, Inc. (the “Company”), approved the EPAM Systems, Inc. Executive Severance Plan (the “Severance Plan”), effective as of the same date, under which the Company’s executive officers (including the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer) will be eligible to receive severance payments and benefits in connection with certain qualifying terminations of their employment with the Company and its subsidiaries, subject to the conditions set forth in the Severance Plan. All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings given to them in the Severance Plan.

 

Under the Severance Plan, upon termination by the Company of the Participant without “Cause” or by the participant without “Good Reason”, the Participant will receive: (i) a lump sum cash payment equal to the sum of the Participant’s then-current base salary plus target bonus; (ii) payment or reimbursement of the cost of COBRA (or comparable program) premiums for 12 months for the Participant and his or her dependents; (iii) any earned but unpaid annual bonus in respect of the fiscal year ending prior to the year of the Participant’s termination that is earned; and (iv) acceleration of the vesting of the portion of the Participant’s then-outstanding restricted stock unit awards that are subject only to time-based vesting requirements and that would otherwise vest within the 12 month period following termination.

 

Upon the termination of a Participant’s employment by the Company without “Cause” or by the Participant without “Good Reason”, in either case within the period that is three months before and 12 months after a Change in Control, the Participant shall receive: (i) a lump sum cash severance payment equal to 1.5 times (or for the Chief Executive Officer, two times) the sum of Participant’s then-current base salary plus target bonus; (ii) payment or reimbursement of the cost of COBRA (or comparable program) premiums for 18 months (or for the Chief Executive Officer, 24 months) for the Participant and his or her dependents; (iii) any earned but unpaid annual bonus in respect of the fiscal year ending prior to the year of the Participant’s termination that is earned; and (iv) acceleration of the vesting of 100% of the Participant’s then-outstanding equity awards (provided that with respect to any vesting award with vesting conditioned on performance conditions, such performance conditions will be deemed to be satisfied at the greater of target and actual performance unless otherwise set forth in the applicable award agreement).

 

A Participant who is Retirement-Eligible (as defined in the Severance Plan) and undergoes a termination by the Company of the Participant without “Cause” or by the participant without “Good Reason”, is eligible to receive severance benefits under the Severance Plan.

 

To receive the severance benefit, the Participant must execute and deliver a release of claims in favor of the Company and continue to comply with restrictive covenants applicable to the Participant.

 

The payments and benefits provided under the Severance Plan in connection with a change in control may not be eligible for a federal income tax deduction by the Company pursuant to Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”). These payments and benefits may also subject an eligible Participant to an excise tax under Section 4999 of the Code. If the payments or benefits payable to an eligible Participant in connection with a Change in Control, under the Severance Plan or otherwise, would be subject to the excise tax imposed under Section 4999 of the Code, then those payments or benefits will either be provided in full pursuant to the terms of the Severance Plan or reduced if such reduction would result in a greater net after-tax benefit to the applicable Participant.

 

The foregoing description of the Severance Plan does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Severance Plan, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1.

 

 

(d)  Exhibits

 

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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