Gap Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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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 June 28, 2024, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of The Gap, Inc. (the "Company") adopted The Gap, Inc. Senior Executive Severance Plan, effective July 1, 2024 (the "Plan"). After the Plan becomes effective, it will cover our named executive officers who receive and execute a participation agreement under the Plan, other than those named executive officers who have severance entitlements under a written employment agreement with the Company (or are otherwise excluded from participation under the Plan). Upon its effectiveness, it is anticipated that the Plan will cover the following named executive officers of the Company: Katrina O'Connell, Horacio Barbeito, Chris Blakeslee, and Mark Breitbard. In connection with adopting the Plan, the Company did not extend the individual severance arrangements of the foregoing named executive officers that will expire by their terms on or about June 30, 2024.
Under the Plan, in the event that a Plan participant’s employment is terminated by the Company other than For Cause (as defined in the Plan), except if such termination occurs during the 18 month period following a Change in Control (as defined in the Plan), such participant would receive 18 months of post-termination salary payments (reduced by the amount of compensation received by such participant from another entity with whom such participant enters into an employment or other professional relationship), a prorated annual bonus for the fiscal year in which the termination occurs (on the condition that such participant has worked at least three months of such fiscal year) based on actual performance goal results and at 100% attainment for any individual component (the "Pro-Rated Annual Bonus"), a subsidy equal to 75% of such participant’s healthcare premiums under COBRA (the "COBRA Subsidy"), continuation of the Company's financial counseling benefit for senior executives (the "Financial Counseling Benefit"), outplacement assistance for six months ("Outplacement"), and accelerated vesting of restricted stock units and performance-based restricted stock units that remain subject only to time vesting conditions that are scheduled to vest prior to April 1 following the end of the fiscal year of termination.
Under the Plan, in the event a Plan participant’s employment is terminated other than For Cause within 18 months after a Change in Control, such participant would receive an amount equal to two times the sum of such participant’s annual base salary and target annual bonus payable in a lump sum, the Pro-Rated Annual Bonus, the COBRA Subsidy, the Financial Counseling Benefit, Outplacement, and accelerated vesting of restricted stock units and performance-based restricted stock units, assuming target achievement of any applicable performance-based vesting criteria to the extent the performance period has not yet been completed.
The foregoing severance benefits are subject to the affected Plan participant timely executing (and, if applicable, not revoking) an agreement and release, which releases all claims against the Company and other parties. Unless terminated earlier or extended by the Company, the Plan will expire on June 30, 2029.
The foregoing summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Plan, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto, and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
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| The Gap, Inc. Senior Executive Severance Plan, effective July 1, 2024 | ||||||||
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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.
| THE GAP, INC. | |||||||||||
| Date: June 28, 2024 | By: | /s/ Julie Gruber | |||||||||
| Julie Gruber | |||||||||||
| Executive Vice President and | |||||||||||
| Chief Legal and Compliance Officer | |||||||||||