Form 8-K

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 (date of earliest event reported) April 4, 2005

 


 

WATSCO, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 


 

Florida

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

1-5581   59-0778222
(Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

2665 South Bayshore Drive

Suite 901

Coconut Grove, Florida 33133

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (305) 714-4100

 

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 


 

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 1.02. Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement

 

On June 1, 1981, Watsco, Inc. (the “Company”) and Albert H. Nahmad (the “Executive”) entered into a Key Executive Deferred Compensation Agreement pursuant to which the Company was required to provide certain retirement, death or other benefits to the Executive (the “Deferred Compensation Agreement”).

 

On April 4, 2005, the Company and the Executive entered into a Termination of Key Executive Deferred Compensation Agreement (the “Termination Agreement”). Pursuant to the terms of the Termination Agreement, in consideration of the Company’s award to the Executive of a restricted stock grant of 55,000 shares of the Company’s Class B Common Stock, par value $0.50, pursuant to the terms of the Company’s 2001 Incentive Compensation Plan, the Company and the Executive agreed that the Deferred Compensation Agreement was terminated and considered null and void and that no retirement, death or other benefits shall be paid thereunder.

 

The foregoing description of the Termination Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the terms of the Termination Agreement, a copy of which is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(c) Exhibits

 

Exhibit

Number


 

Description


10.1   Termination of Key Executive Deferred Compensation Agreement, dated April 4, 2005


SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

    WATSCO, INC.
Dated: April 8, 2005   By:  

/s/ Ana M. Menendez


    Name:   Ana M. Menendez
    Title:   Chief Financial Officer


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description


10.1   Termination of Key Executive Deferred Compensation Agreement, dated April 4, 2005
Termination of Key Executive Deferred Compensation Agreement

Exhibit 10.1

 

TERMINATION OF KEY EXECUTIVE

DEFERRED COMPENSATION AGREEMENT

 

This Termination of Key Executive Deferred Compensation Agreement is made and entered into on this 4th day of April, 2005, between WATSCO, INC., a Florida corporation (the “Company”) and ALBERT H. NAHMAD (the “Executive”).

 

WHEREAS, effective as of June 1, 1981, the Company and the Executive entered into a Key Executive Deferred Compensation Agreement (the “Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company was required to provide certain retirement and death benefits to the Executive; and

 

WHEREAS, the Company and the Employee now agree that the Agreement no longer serves the purposes of either the Company or the Employee and now wish to terminate the Agreement in its entirety.

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the Company’s award to the Executive of 55,000 shares of Class B Common Stock of the Company, pursuant to the terms of a Restricted Stock Agreement of even date hereof, and other valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Employee hereby agree that the Agreement is hereby terminated and shall be considered null and void ab initio and that no retirement, death or other benefits shall be paid thereunder.

 

WASTCO, INC.
By:  

        /s/ Paul Manley, Chairman


   

        Paul Manley, Chairman,

   

        Compensation Committee

                /s/ Albert H. Nahmad


                Albert H. Nahmad