Item 5.02 |
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
Appointment of Max Hood and Adam Haggard as Co-Chief Financial Officers
On December 12, 2024, The ODP Corporation (the “Company”) announced the appointment of Max Hood, the Company’s Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer & Controller, and Adam Haggard, the Company’s Senior Vice President – Financial Planning & Analysis (“FP&A”), to each serve as the Company’s Co-Chief Financial Officers and co-principal financial officers. Mr. Hood will continue to serve as the Company’s principal accounting officer.
Biographical information about Mr. Hood, age 46, required by Item 5.02(c) of Form 8-K is included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on February 28, 2024 under “Who Manages Our Business - Information About Our Executive Officers”, and such information is incorporated herein by reference. There is no family relationship between Mr. Hood and any director or executive officer of the Company, and Mr. Hood does not have a direct or indirect material interest in any transaction or proposed transaction required to be reported under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. Further, there are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Hood and any other persons pursuant to which he was selected as the Company’s Co-Chief Financial Officer and co-principal financial officer.
Mr. Haggard, age 45, has been with the Company for more than 20 years in various roles in the Accounting and Finance departments. His most recent positions have been Senior Vice President of FP&A, preceded by his tenures as Vice President of FP&A and Real Estate Development, Vice President of FP&A, and Senior Director of Retail Real Estate and Supply Chain. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Haggard began his career at a mid-sized auditing firm. There is no family relationship between Mr. Haggard and any director or executive officer of the Company, and Mr. Haggard does not have a direct or indirect material interest in any transaction or proposed transaction required to be reported under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. Further, there are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Haggard and any other persons pursuant to which he was selected as the Company’s Co-Chief Financial Officer and co-principal financial officer.
Description of Agreements with Mr. Hood and Mr. Haggard
Letter Agreements between the Company and Mr. Hood and between the Company and Mr. Haggard
The Company entered into a Letter Agreement with each of Mr. Hood and Mr. Haggard (the “Letter Agreements”), which sets forth the terms of their employment with the Company as Co-Chief Financial Officers and have substantially identical terms, each effective as of December 9, 2024.
This summary of the Letter Agreements does not purport to be complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the Letter Agreements filed as Exhibit 10.1 and Exhibit 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K which is incorporated herein by reference.
Base Salary. Mr. Hood and Mr. Haggard will each receive an annual base salary of $400,000.
Bonus Eligibility. Mr. Hood and Mr. Haggard will each be eligible to receive an annual target bonus equal to 60% of their annual eligible earnings, subject to the terms and conditions of the Office Depot, Inc. Corporate Annual Bonus Plan, which was previously filed by the Company on June 22, 2015.
Long-Term Incentive Program. Mr. Hood and Mr. Haggard will each be eligible to receive awards with an aggregate grant date value equal to $450,000 under the Company’s 2021 Long-Term Incentive Plan, which was previously filed by the Company on March 12, 2021 (the “LTIP”), at the time of the annual LTIP awards in 2025. These awards will be delivered in the form determined by the Compensation & Talent Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors, for similarly situated executives and will be subject to the terms and conditions of the LTIP and the applicable award agreements, which will be consistent with the award agreements applicable to similarly situated executives.
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