Camping World Holdings, Inc 8-K, filed Jan 27, 2025
Camping World Holdings, Inc. (CWH)
About this 8-K
Camping World Holdings, Inc filed this 8-K on January 27, 2025, reporting on events of January 26, 2025.
Items reported
- Item 5.02: Director or officer change, or executive pay
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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.
On January 26, 2025, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Camping World Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”), upon the recommendation of the Compensation Committee of the Board (the “Compensation Committee”), approved an amended and restated employment agreement with Marcus Lemonis, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board (the “Lemonis Employment Agreement”).
The Lemonis Employment Agreement provides for a term commencing effective on January 1, 2025 and ending on January 1, 2028, subject to automatic one-year extensions. Pursuant to the Lemonis Employment Agreement, Mr. Lemonis is eligible to receive an annual base salary of $1,500,000 and an annual incentive bonus with a target opportunity of 150% of his base salary.
Pursuant to the Lemonis Employment Agreement, on January 26, 2025, the Company granted Mr. Lemonis (i) an award of 600,000 restricted stock units under the Camping World Holdings, Inc. 2016 Incentive Award Plan (the “Plan”), which will vest in three equal annual installments on each of November 15, 2025, November 15, 2026 and November 15, 2027, subject to his continued service through the applicable vesting dates, and (ii) an award of performance stock units under the Plan with respect to 750,000 performance stock units at “target” levels of performance, which will be eligible to vest based on the achievement of specified stock price hurdles over a three year performance period.
Upon a termination of his employment by the Company without cause or by him for good reason (each as defined in the Lemonis Employment Agreement), due to the Company’s non-renewal of the term or due to the expiration of the term following a transition by Mr. Lemonis from Chief Executive Officer and Chairman solely to the role of Executive Chairman, Mr. Lemonis is entitled to receive, subject to execution and delivery of a release, (a) his annual bonus for the prior calendar year to the extent not yet paid, (b) his target annual bonus for the calendar year in which his employment is terminated, prorated based on the number of days Mr. Lemonis was employed during such year, payable within 75 days following such termination, (c) acceleration of any outstanding time-based equity awards in the event Mr. Lemonis does not continue to serve as a member of the Board (with the vesting of any equity awards that is tied in whole or in part to performance to be governed by the terms of the applicable award agreement), (d) payment for COBRA benefits for a period of 18 months following termination and (e) an amount equal to the sum of his annual base salary and his target annual bonus for the year in which termination occurs, payable over a one-year period.
Pursuant to the Lemonis Employment Agreement, Mr. Lemonis will be subject to non-competition and non-solicitation of employees and consultants restrictions during the employment term and for a period of 12 months after the termination thereof, as well as confidentiality and non-disparagement obligations.
The foregoing description of the Lemonis Employment Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Lemonis Employment Agreement, a copy of which will be filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024.
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.
| CAMPING WORLD HOLDINGS, INC. | |
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| By: | /s/ Lindsey J. Christen |
| Name: | Lindsey J. Christen |
| Title: | Chief Administrative and Legal Officer |
Date: January 27, 2025