Terran’s ‘shop-around’ deadline expires, Lockheed purchase looks imminent; CEO to get $6M bonus to help transition

by Peter B. de Selding

PARIS — Struggling small-satellite manufacturer Terran Orbital, which flirted with bankruptcy in recent months before accepting a $450 million buyout offer from minority shareholder and major customer Lockheed Martin, has agreed to pay Chief Executive Marc Bell $6 million in cash to smooth the transition to Lockheed ownership.

The bonus pool, totaling $9 million, includes $1 million reserved for other Terran executives and $2 million for employees to be selected by Bell. The pool’s goal is “to retain and incentivize key executive officers and employees through the consumption . . .

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