Company: GOLD
Filing Date: 2025-10-02
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-227657
Chunk: 43

Company: Gold.com, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-10-02
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 43
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-tax profits, and those awards, as a component of "compensation actually paid," are in direct alignment with performance. However, changes in the fair value of equity awards that are unvested at the beginning of a fiscal year (those fair value changes being tied mainly to changes in stock price) and the grant of equity awards only in certain years (mainly, years in which employment agreements are renewed) rather than as a component of annual compensation cause the SEC's "compensation actually paid" metric, for A-Mark, to be less well aligned with both A-Mark Net Income and pre-tax profit.

Most Important Financial Performance Measures The following are the two most important financial performance measures used by A-Mark to link compensation actually paid to the CEO and other NEOs in fiscal 2025 to the Company’s performance: (1) GAAP net income before provision for income taxes ("pre-tax profit"). For the CEO, President and Chief Operating Officer, this financial measure is A-Mark's pre-tax profit . (2) Increase in stock price, which directly and positively affects the fair value of unvested stock options and restricted stock units and the CEO's four-year cash incentive award (which is based on total stockholder return).

Under A-Mark's current Director Compensation Policy, which was also in effect during fiscal 2025, annual compensation to each non-employee director (not including compensation for special assignments and, as discussed below, excluding Mr. Wittmeyer) is as follows:

Cash retainer -- $60,000 for directors other than the Board Chairman, $120,000 for the Chairman.

Fees for Board Committee service:

Cash retainer for service as Chairman of Audit Committee or Chairman of Compensation Committee -- $10,000.

Cash retainer for service as Chairman of Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee -- $5,000.

Cash retainer for service as member (other than Chairman) of Audit Committee or Compensation Committee -- $5,000.

Annual equity award in the form of a grant of Restricted Stock Units (“RSUs”):

RSUs are granted with an aggregate grant-date value of $60,000 for each director other than the Board Chairman, who receives a grant with a value of $120,000.

The grant date for the RSUs is the day of the Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

RSUs will become vested one year from the date of grant, subject to accelerated vesting if service terminates due to death or disability, if service terminates for any reason at the Annual Meeting in