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Issuer:     ODYSSEY MARINE EXPLORATION INC (OMEX)
CIK:        0000798528
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-09-11T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-23-231703
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Odyssey Marine adopts special bonus plan tied to ExO arbitration/settlement proceeds
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- Bonus plan covers all full-time employees including CEO and NEOs; contingent on cash proceeds from NAFTA arbitration or settlement regarding ExO.
- Trigger: aggregate net cash payments to Odyssey ≥ $10M; estimated need for award/settlement of at least $200M.
- Bonus pool ranges from $750k pro rata (net proceeds $10M) to 250% of salary (net proceeds ≥ $400M).
- Aggregate special bonuses capped at ~2% of net proceeds at each payment level.
- Plan replaces traditional 2023 annual cash incentive plan to recognize efforts on ExO and other business areas.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/798528/000119312523231703/0001193125-23-231703-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/798528/000119312523231703/d526336d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-231703

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