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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 February 6, 2025, Herbalife Ltd. (the “Company”) and Herbalife International America, Inc. entered into a new employment agreement with Michael O. Johnson pursuant to which he will continue to serve as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (the “CEO Employment Agreement”). The CEO Employment Agreement has a term through December 31, 2025. The payments and benefits to which Mr. Johnson is entitled under the CEO Employment Agreement include (i) annual base salary of $1,280,000, (ii) eligibility for an annual bonus targeted at $1,920,000 (with a maximum bonus of 300% of salary), and (iii) an equity incentive award having a grant date fair value equal to $8,000,000 (the “Equity Awards”). Pursuant to the CEO Employment Agreement, the Equity Awards will be the same type and mix (if any) of equity incentive awards as those granted to the Company’s Executive Vice Presidents for fiscal year 2025 under the Company’s Amended and Restated 2023 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time (the “Plan”). In addition, Mr. Johnson shall be entitled to personal use of private aircraft paid by the Company, subject to a limit of $500,000 based on the incremental cost to the Company of such use.
The Equity Awards will vest, subject to continued service through the applicable vesting date as an employee and/or member of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”), in two installments, 50% on the first anniversary of the date on which they are granted (the “Grant Date”), and 50% on the earlier of January 1, 2027, or the date, in 2026, on which a new non-interim Chief Executive Officer commences employment with the Company. If Stock Appreciation Rights (“SARs”) are granted as part of the Equity Awards, the SARs will remain outstanding for the full ten-year term unless Mr. Johnson’s employment is terminated for “cause” (as defined in the applicable award agreement). If a portion of the Equity Awards is subject to performance-based vesting criteria (“PSUs”), the performance metric(s) for the PSUs will be the same as those for the Company’s Executive Vice Presidents, except that the vesting of the PSUs will be subject to achievement of cumulative goals set for fiscal years 2025 and 2026. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (i) Mr. Johnson voluntarily resigns as Chief Executive Officer prior to December 31, 2025 without a new non-interim Chief Executive Officer having been appointed by the Board, the Equity Awards will be forfeited; (ii) Mr. Johnson is terminated as Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Board without “cause” (as defined in the applicable award agreement) or is not re-elected or nominated by the Company for election to the Board, then, subject to his execution and non-revocation of a general release of claims in favor of the Company, the Equity Awards shall accelerate based on the number of days Mr. Johnson was providing continuous service as an employee and/or member of the Board during the vesting period and, for any PSUs, the Company’s achievement with respect to the applicable performance metric(s); (iii) the Board appoints a new non-interim Chief Executive Officer with an employment start date in 2025, the Equity Awards shall accelerate based on the number of days Mr. Johnson was providing continuous service as Chief Executive Officer in 2025 and, for any PSUs, the Company’s achievement with respect to the applicable performance metric(s); or (iv) Mr. Johnson is involuntarily terminated from his position as Chief Executive Officer and/or as a member of the Board within twenty-four (24) months following a “change in control” (as defined in the Plan), the Equity Awards will be subject to acceleration as provided in Section 15(c) of the Plan. Mr. Johnson will not be eligible to participate in the Herbalife International of America, Inc. Executive Officer Severance Plan.
The foregoing description of the CEO Employment Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the CEO Employment Agreement, copies of which will be filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ending December 31, 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.
| Herbalife Ltd. | |||
| February 12, 2025 | By: | /s/ HENRY C. WANG | |
| Name: | Henry C. Wang | ||
| Title: | Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary | ||
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