CEO Paywatch: Ron Konezny, Digi Interntional

December 17, 2016 at 2:05AM
In 2015, Digi CEO Ron Konezny displayed a Digi TransPort WR11, an industrial-grade router that uses 4G LTE networks to transmit data at high speeds from computers to equipment such as ATM machines, digital signage, retail kiosks and widespread machinery ORG XMIT: MIN1611291257512977
In 2015, Digi CEO Ron Konezny displayed a Digi TransPort WR11, an industrial-grade router that uses 4G LTE networks to transmit data at high speeds from computers to equipment such as ATM machines, digital signage, retail kiosks and widespread machinery ORG XMIT: MIN1611291257512977 (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Ron Konezny, Digi International Inc. president, CEO

Total compensation: $1,774,863 for the year ended Sept. 30, 2016

Salary: $465,000

Nonequity incentive pay: $776,550

Other compensation: $11,375

Value realized on vesting shares: $521,938

New stock options: 131,250

Total shareholder return: -3.3 percent

Note: Konezny took home $1.8 million including a $776,550 annual incentive bonus after exceeding quarterly and annual targets for the year. A month ago, Digi received an unsolicited $380 million takeover bid from St. Louis-based Belden Inc., a signal transmission solutions provider. Digi's board subsequently rejected the takeover bid. Konezny has a "double trigger" change-in-control agreement. Digi would have to be acquired and Konezny would have to be terminated before his change-in-control severance package would kick in. But should Belden, or another suitor, succeed in taking over Minnetonka-based Digi, Konezny would be eligible for a severance worth approximately $4 million.

In 2015, Digi CEO Ron Konezny displayed a Digi TransPort WR11, an industrial-grade router that uses 4G LTE networks to transmit data at high speeds from computers to equipment such as ATM machines, digital signage, retail kiosks and widespread machinery
Digi CEO Ron Konezny in 2015. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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