Company: TALK
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-016714
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Company: Talkspace, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 47
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 participant is terminated without “cause” or resigns for “good reason” (each, as defined in the Executive Severance Plan), in each case, other than on or within the period beginning three months prior to a change in control and ending 12 months following a change in control, the participant will be eligible to receive: (i) salary continuation for 12 months, in the case of Tier 1 participants, or 6 months, in the case of Tier 2 participants; and (ii) payment or reimbursement of COBRA premiums for up to 12 months, in the case of Tier 1 participants, or 6 months, in the case of Tier 2 participants. In the event a participant in the Executive Severance Plan is terminated without “cause” or resigns for “good reason”, in each case, on or within the period beginning 3 months prior to a change in control and ending 12 months following a change in control, the participant will be eligible to receive: (i) salary continuation for 24 months plus 200% of the participant’s target bonus amount, in the case of a Tier 1 participant, or salary continuation for 12 months plus 100% of the participant’s target bonus amount, in the case of a Tier 2 participant; (ii) a lump sum cash payment equal to the participant’s pro-rata target bonus amount; (iii) payment or reimbursement of COBRA premiums for up to 18 months, in the case of a Tier 1 participant, or 12 months, in the case of a Tier 2 participant; and (iii) full accelerated vesting of all equity awards. All severance payments and benefits under the Executive Severance Plan are subject to the participant’s execution of a release of claims against us and continued compliance with certain restrictive covenants. The Executive Severance Plan also includes a Section 280G “best pay” provision, which provides that if any amount received by a participant pursuant to the Executive Severance Plan that would be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code, the participant would receive the full amount of the payments and benefits or an amount reduced so that no portion would be subject to the excise tax, whichever would result in the largest payment to the participant on an after-tax basis. Equity Plans Certain stock options granted under the 2014 Plan in August 2019 to Mr. Margolin and Mr. Reilly and in August 2020 to Mr. Marg