UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

Washington, DC 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

March 31, 2009

Date of report (date of earliest event reported)

 

LPL Investment Holdings Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

One Beacon Street, Floor 22

Boston MA 02108

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

(617) 423-3644

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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 registrants under any of the following provisions:

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

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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.

 

Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. In order to meet the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code (“Section 162(m)”), the Compensation and Human Resources Committee of LPL Investment Holdings Inc. (the “Company”) has decided to establish performance goals based on objective criteria, including metrics such as adjusted EBITDA, to determine the cash bonus payments for 2009. This Section 162(m) compliant method of determining cash bonus awards applies to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and President and Chief Operating Officer.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

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.

 

 

 

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