Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Wabash National Corporation (the "Company") announced that the employment of
Jeffrey L. Taylor, the Company's Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer, had ended on January 16, 2020. Mr. Taylor was succeeded as the
Company's Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective on
January 16, 2020, by Michael N. Pettit, who has served as the Company's Senior
Vice President and Group President, Final Mile Products since January 1, 2018.
Prior to becoming the Company's Senior Vice President and Group President, Final
Mile Products, Mr. Pettit had served as the Company's Vice President of Finance
and Investor Relations since 2014. He also served as the Company's Final Mile
Products segment integration leader following the Company's acquisition of
Supreme Industries, Inc. in September 2017. Mr. Pettit joined the Company in
2012 and has held a number of positions with increasing responsibility,
including Director of Finance for Commercial Trailer Products. Prior to joining
the Company, from 1998 to 2012, Mr. Pettit held various finance positions with
increasing responsibility at Ford Motor Company. Mr. Pettit earned his Masters
of Business Administration from Indiana University and his Bachelor of Science
in Industrial Management from Purdue University.
As of the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K, no changes to Mr. Pettit's
compensation arrangements, which are described in the Company's definitive proxy
statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on April
5, 2019, have been made in connection with his promotion. If any such changes
are made, they will be disclosed in a timely amendment to this Current Report on
Form 8-K. A copy of the Company's press release announcing Mr. Pettit's
appointment as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer is attached as
Exhibit 99.1.
Mr. Taylor's separation from employment was without cause for purposes of the
Company's Executive Severance Plan and, as a result, he is entitled to receive
the severance benefits provided by the Plan as described in the Company's
definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities Exchange
Commission on April 5, 2019. Under the terms of the Company's Executive
Severance Plan, Mr. Taylor's entitlement to severance is conditioned on his
execution and non-revocation of a release of claims and on his compliance with
restrictive covenants set forth in the Plan. No new compensatory arrangements
were entered into with Mr. Taylor in connection with his departure, and no
existing arrangements were modified.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)Exhibits. The following exhibits are filed herewith:
                                 EXHIBIT INDEX

 Exhibit No.    Description

    99.1          Press release dated January 17, 2020.
     104        Cover Page Interactive Data File (the Cover Page
                Interactive Data File is embedded within the Inline XBRL
                document).

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