ITEM 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Appointment of Chief Operating Officer
OnJanuary 18, 2022 ,PFSweb, Inc. (the "Company") appointedZach Thomann as the Company's Chief Operating Officer.Mr. Thomann will continue to serve as the President ofPriority Fulfillment Services, Inc. , a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company and continues to serve as Executive Vice President of the Company.Mr. Thomann , age 40, has been employed by the Company since 2003 and served as Executive Vice President and President of the PFS Operations business unit since 2021, Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Company's PFS Operations business unit from 2018 through 2021, Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Company's PFS Operations business unit from 2017-2018, Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Company's Omni-Channel Operations from 2016 to 2017, Vice President and General Manager of the Company's Omni-Channel Operations from 2015 to 2016, Vice President of Program Management from 2013 to 2015, Director of Program Management from 2012 to 2013 and held various program management and client implementation roles at the Company from 2003 to 2012. In his roles with the Company,Mr. Thomann will receive an annual base salary of$475,000 . He will be eligible for a cash award under the Company's annual incentive plan consistent with his existing employment agreement (filed with theSEC with the Company's quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed onAugust 7, 2020 ). In light ofMr. Thomann's efforts and contributions to advance the sale of our LiveArea business unit last year and the growth of the Company, the Company will payMr. Thomann the calendar year 2021 short-term incentive plan awards, including cash and stock, at the 2021 target level performance award level amounts of$126,750 and 17,928 shares, respectively, upon the earlier ofApril 15, 2022 or the completion of a strategic transaction involving the Company. Further, in order to incentivizeMr. Thomann to remain with the Company and continue his efforts to maximize the value of the Company, including exploring and acting on strategic alternatives in relation to the Company, the Company has entered into a new transaction retention bonus agreement withMr. Thomann (a "Retention TRBA") whereby he will receive a$250,000 retention cash bonus to be paid on or beforeJanuary 31, 2022 , subject to a claw back in the eventMr. Thomann voluntarily separates or leaves the Company prior toDecember 31, 2022 , unless a strategic transaction is completed prior to such date, in which case such Retention TRBA bonus shall be vested in full. The foregoing description of the Retention TRBA withMr. Thomann does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the Retention TRBA, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 5.2. The Company has previously entered into a transaction bonus agreement ("TRBA") withMr. Thomann (as disclosed in the Company's Form 8-K filed with theSEC onJuly 6, 2021 substantially in the form filed as an exhibit with the Company's Form 8-K filed with theSEC onAugust 27, 2021 ("August 8-K")) and the parties have agreed to modify such prior TRBA to extend the date under which the transaction bonus will be paid toMr. Thomann upon the later date of a strategic transaction closing orDecember 31, 2022 and in connection with such strategic transaction that the value of the transaction bonus will be modified to .305% of the transaction value as described in the August 8-K. Mr. Thomann has no family relationships with any director or executive officer of the Company, and there are no arrangements or understandings with any person pursuant to which he was appointed Chief Operating Officer of the Company. In addition, there have been no transactions directly or indirectly involvingMr. Thomann that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") .
Resignation of Chief Accounting Officer
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ITEM 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure
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The information presented in Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K and Exhibits 99.1 shall not be deemed to be "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, unless the Company specifically states that the information is to be considered "filed" under the Exchange Act or specifically incorporates it by reference into a filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act.
ITEM 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
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Exhibit No. Description 5.2 Transaction Retention Bonus Agreement by and
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Fulfillment Services, Inc. dated as of January 18, 2022 99.1 Press Release Issued J a nu ary 24, 2022 104 Cover Page Interactive Data file, formatted in Inline XBRL Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements. This Current Report on Form 8-K and the press release contain forward-looking statements which involve certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these statements.
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