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BigCommerce approves severance: CEO gets 12-mo pay, other execs 6-mo on qualifying termination
Commerce.com, Inc.
- Compensation Committee approved severance letters on Aug 9, 2022 for CEO Brent Bellm, CFO Robert Alvarez, CCO Russell Klein, CSO Robert Kaloustian, CTO Brian Dhatt.
- Non-CIC qualifying termination: CEO receives 12 months base salary and healthcare; other execs receive 6 months each.
- CIC-related qualifying termination (within 3 months before or 18 months after change in control): all execs receive 12 months base salary and healthcare.
- Severance conditioned on execution of release and continued compliance with restrictive covenants.
- Letters supersede prior salary severance and healthcare agreements but not other benefits like equity acceleration.