UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report: September 11, 2008
(Date of Earliest Event Reported)
CAPSTEAD MORTGAGE CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
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Maryland
(State of Incorporation)
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001-08896
(Commission File No.)
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75-2027937
(I.R.S. Employer
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8401 North Central Expressway
Suite 800
Dallas, Texas
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75225 |
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Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (214) 874-2323
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy
the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Item 5.02: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of
Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On September 11, 2008 the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Capstead Mortgage Corporation (the
“Company”) and the Compensation Committee of the Board (the “Committee”) took certain
compensation-related actions.
(1) Fiscal 2008 Annual Incentive Compensation Payouts:
Payouts to be made for the year ended December 31, 2008 under the Company’s annual incentive
compensation program will be limited to a maximum of $6 million. As is more fully described in the
Company’s annual report to stockholders and definitive proxy statement, under this program an
incentive formula is adopted each year for the creation of an incentive pool solely for the purpose
of establishing amounts available to be paid as incentive compensation to employees for that year.
While adoption of the incentive formula provides a mechanism for determining amounts to be included
in the incentive pool, the Committee has discretion to administer incentive programs in a manner it
deems appropriate in order to recognize and reward performance. With the strong anticipated
performance of the Company in 2008, the formula adopted in December 2007 is producing an incentive
pool well in excess of original expectations. Consequently, the Committee believed, and the Board
concurred, it was in the best interests of stockholders to limit payouts from the incentive pool to
a maximum amount of $6 million for the entire year.
(2) Base Salary Adjustments:
The following annual base salaries were approved for certain named executive officers,
retroactively effective to July 1, 2008: Andrew F. Jacobs — $625,000; Robert R. Spears, Jr. -
$420,000; Phillip A. Reinsch — $350,000 and Michael W. Brown — $225,000.
(3) Dividend Equivalent Rights:
A performance-based compensation program was approved to provide additional current compensation to
certain named executive officers in the form of cash payments equal to the per share dividend
amounts declared on the Company’s common stock multiplied by a notional amount of non-vesting or
“phantom” common shares for a period of four years beginning July 1, 2008 (“DER grants”). These
DER grants are not attached to any stock and only have the right to receive the same cash
distributions as our common stockholders are entitled to during the related term. The following
DER grants were approved for these executive officers: Andrew F. Jacobs — 75,000 phantom common
shares; Robert R. Spears, Jr. — 75,000 phantom common shares; Phillip A. Reinsch — 50,000 phantom
common shares and Michael W. Brown — 25,000 phantom common shares.