Hooker Furniture Corporation 2011 Executive Salary and Cash Incentive Compensation Summary

Summary

Hooker Furniture Corporation has set the 2011 fiscal year base salaries and annual cash incentive plans for its named executive officers. The agreement lists each executive's base salary and outlines a cash incentive program based on the company's or division's pre-tax income, with additional adjustments for individual performance as determined by the Compensation Committee. The incentives are calculated as a percentage of pre-tax income above certain thresholds, with possible increases or decreases based on personal performance goals. This summary covers compensation terms for six key executives for the fiscal year ending January 30, 2011.

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Exhibit 10.1
 
SUMMARY OF FISCAL 2011 SALARY AND ANNUAL CASH INCENTIVE COMPENSATION
FOR NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

The base salary for each named executive officer of Hooker Furniture Corporation (the “Company”) for the 2010 calendar year will be:
 
   
Base Salary
 
Paul B. Toms, Jr., Chairman, President and CEO
  $ 309,325  
E. Larry Ryder, EVP – Finance and Admin., and CFO
    274,562  
Alan D. Cole, President and CEO – Upholstery
    300,000  
Bruce R. Cohenour, EVP – Marketing
    252,000  ¹
Raymond T. Harm, SVP – Sales
    222,780  
Michael P. Spece, SVP – Merchandising and Design
    215,000  
  ¹ - Effective December 1, 2009
       
 
The annual cash incentive for each named executive officer for the Company’s 2011 fiscal year, which ends January 30, 2011, has two components:
 
·  
A base incentive, which is based on income before income taxes (and before the executive bonus accruals) of the Company or one of its divisions based on the Company’s audited year-end financial statements for fiscal 2011;
 
·  
Plus or minus an individual performance factor based on the executive’s performance with respect to individual performance goals, determined at the Compensation Committee’s discretion, which is expressed as a percentage of the executive’s base incentive.
 
The annual cash incentives for the Company’s named executive officers for the 2011 fiscal year are as follows:

Named Executive Officer
Base Annual Cash Incentive
Individual Performance Factor
Paul B. Toms, Jr.
0.75% of the Company’s consolidated pre-tax income in excess of a specified threshold amount
Plus or minus 25.0%
E. Larry Ryder
0.65% of the Company’s consolidated pre-tax income in excess of a specified threshold amount
Plus or minus 12.5%
Alan D. Cole
5.0% of pretax operating income for the Company’s Sam Moore upholstered furniture division; plus
4.0% of operating income for the Company’s Bradington-Young upholstered furniture division
Plus or minus 12.5%
Bruce R. Cohenour
0.60% of the pre-tax income of the Company’s wood and metal furniture division in excess of a specified threshold amount
Plus or minus 12.5%
Raymond T. Harm
0.50% of the pre-tax income of the Company’s wood and metal furniture division in excess of a specified threshold amount
Plus or minus 12.5%
Michael P. Spece
0.50% of the pre-tax income of the Company’s wood and metal furniture division in excess of a specified threshold amount
Plus or minus 12.5%