<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000719733-21-000092.txt : 20210813
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000719733-21-000092
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20210813
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210813
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210813

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			KEY TRONIC CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000719733
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS [3672]
		IRS NUMBER:				910849125
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			WA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0629

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-11559
		FILM NUMBER:		211171650

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4424 N. SULLIVAN ROAD
		CITY:			SPOKANE
		STATE:			WA
		ZIP:			99216
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5099288000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P O BOX 14687
		CITY:			SPOKANE
		STATE:			WA
		ZIP:			99214
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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i5cc9b00ee50d4b07aa8bfeda3fdcc9c6_1"></div><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="-sec-extract:summary;margin-bottom:2pt;margin-top:3pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">UNITED STATES</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">WASHINGTON, DC 20549</font></div><div style="margin-top:4pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;</font></div><div style="margin-top:5pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">FORM 8-K</font></div><div style="margin-top:4pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;</font></div><div style="margin-top:5pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">CURRENT REPORT</font></div><div style="margin-top:9pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Pursuant to Section&#160;13 or 15(d) of the</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font></div><div style="margin-top:9pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) August 9, 2021</font></div><div style="margin-top:4pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;</font></div><div style="margin-top:5pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:24pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Key Tronic Corporation</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></div><div style="margin-top:4pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New 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OFFICERS</font></div><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Incentive Compensation Plan Performance Goals and Target Payments</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">On August 9, 2021, the Board of Directors of Key Tronic Corporation (&#8220;Company&#8221;), upon the recommendation of its Compensation Committee, established the performance goals and target payment percentages for each participant in the incentive compensation plan (&#8220;Plan&#8221;) for the Company&#8217;s fiscal year 2022.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">A minimum Company profit goal must be achieved in order for any payments to be made to participants in the Plan.  Payments under the Plan for fiscal year 2022 will be based on three profit goal performance levels established by the Board&#58;  entry level, expected value level and overachievement level.  If overachievement level is exceeded, the participants will participate in a bonus pool equal to 25% of the profit goal performance achieved in excess of overachievement level.  Payments under the Plan will be a percentage of the participant&#8217;s base salary paid during fiscal year 2022. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The following executive officers of the Company are among the participants in the Plan&#58;  Craig D. Gates, President &#38; CEO&#59; Brett R. Larsen, Executive Vice President of Administration, CFO and Treasurer&#59; and Philip S. Hochberg, Executive Vice President of Business Development.  Under the Plan the potential payment percentages established by the Board for fiscal year 2022 for the President &#38; CEO range from 11% of base salary paid during fiscal year 2022 if entry level performance is achieved to 165% if overachievement level performance is achieved.  The potential payment percentages established by the Board for fiscal year 2022 for the Executive Vice President of Administration, CFO and Treasurer, range from 7% if entry level performance is achieved to 105% if overachievement level performance is achieved, and for the Executive Vice President of Business Development range from 6% of base salary paid during fiscal year 2022 if entry level performance is achieved to 90% if overachievement level performance is achieved. Payment percentages will be interpolated for actual performance levels achieved between entry level and expected value level and between expected value level and overachievement level.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Payments under the Plan will be made as soon as administratively possible after the end of fiscal year 2022.  A participant must be an active employee of the Company at the time payments are made under the Plan in order to receive a payment.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Base Salary Increases</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">On August 9, 2021, the Board of Directors upon recommendation of its Compensation Committee, approved an increase in the bi-weekly salaries, effective August 9, 2021, of Craig D. Gates, President and CEO, from $25,544 to $31,306, Brett R. Larsen, Executive Vice President of Administration, CFO and Treasurer, from $14,882 to $16,735 and Philip S. Hochberg, Executive Vice President of Business Development, from $12,724 to $13,370.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Fiscal Years 2022-2024 Long-Term Incentive Plan Performance Measures and Awards</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">On August 9, 2021, the Board of Directors upon recommendation of its Compensation Committee, established long term incentive plan performance measures for the three fiscal year period 2022 through 2024.  The Board of Directors also approved target awards for the three year period for each of the Company&#8217;s officers and non-employee Directors.  The fiscal 2022-2024 performance measures are based on a combination of sales growth targets compared to the industry and return on invested capital targets.  No cash awards will be made to participants if actual Company performance does not exceed the minimum target performance measures. The payments after the end of fiscal year 2024 to the following executive officers for the three year performance period, if expected target performance measures are achieved, are as follows&#58;  Craig D. Gates, President and CEO - $400,000, Brett R. Larsen, Executive Vice President of Administration, CFO and Treasurer - $190,000, Philip S. Hochberg, Executive Vice President of Business Development - $150,000.  The payment after the end of fiscal year 2024 to each non-employee Director of the Company for said three year period, if expected target performance measures are achieved, is $35,000.  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