Frozen Food Express Industries 2011 Executive Compensation Arrangements

Summary

Frozen Food Express Industries, Inc. announced that no cash bonuses would be paid to its Named Executive Officers for 2011, as the company did not meet the performance criteria set by its executive cash bonus plan. Instead, the Board of Directors approved long-term and promotion grants in the form of restricted stock, subject to a three-year vesting period, for the President/CEO, COO, and CFO, based on a compensation study and the company's succession plan.

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EXHIBIT 10.21
 
Compensation Arrangements
 

 
The Registrant’s Board of Directors determined that the performance of the organization in 2011 did not meet the criteria established by the Frozen Food Express Industries, Inc. Amended 2005 Executive Cash Bonus Plan; therefore no cash bonuses would be paid to the Named Executive Officers, as indicated in the table below.  The Company implemented a three-year succession plan in 2010 which included a compensation study completed by Pricewaterhouse Coopers, LLC under which the Board of Directors determined a Long-Term Incentive Grant (“LTI”) and a Promotion Grant would be awarded in restricted stock under the Frozen Food Express Industries, Inc. Amended and Restated 2005 Stock Incentive Plan subject to three-year vesting to the Named Executive Officers, as indicated in the table below.
 
Executive Name and Position
 
Cash Bonus
   
Restricted Stock
Bonus
 
LTI Restricted Stock Grant (in shares)
S. Russell Stubbs, President and Chief Executive Officer
 
$
        -
   
$
101,640
 
23,100
John Hickerson, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
 
$
-
   
$
85,155
 
20,300
John McManama, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
$
-
   
$
47,740
 
10,850