NewtekOne Inc. 8.625% Fixed Rate Senior Notes due 2029 filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update
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Statements in NewtekOne, Inc.’s (“NewtekOne” or the “Company”) Current Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on management’s current expectations and beliefs and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. See “Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” and the sections entitled “Risk Factors” in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission which are available on NewtekOne's website (https://investor.newtekbusinessservices.com/sec-filings) and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website (www.sec.gov). Any forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of NewtekOne speak only as to the date they are made, and NewtekOne does not undertake to update forward-looking statements to reflect the impact of circumstances or events that arise after the date the forward-looking statements were made.
Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On January 1, 2025, NewtekOne, Inc. ( the “Company”) and Barry Sloane, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and President, entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to Mr. Sloane’s Employment Agreement dated as of April 5, 2024 (the “Employment Agreement” ). The Amendment provides for Mr. Sloane to be entitled to an annual base compensation in the amount of $1.0 million and extends the term of the Employment Agreement through March 31, 2026. The other terms and conditions of the Employment Agreement remain unchanged.
The foregoing description of the terms of the Employment Agreement (which was filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2024) and the Amendment (which will be filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ending December 31, 2024) does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the terms of the Employment Agreement and the Amendment.
SIGNATURES
In accordance with the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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| Date: January 3, 2025 | By: | /S/ BARRY SLOANE | ||||||
| Barry Sloane | ||||||||
| Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of the Board | ||||||||