Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers.
(d) Election of Director
On January 22, 2021, Zumiez Inc. (the "Company") appointed James P. Murphy to
the Company's Board of Directors. Mr. Murphy will serve as an independent
Class I director, for a term expiring at the Company's 2021 annual meeting of
shareholders. Mr. Murphy will serve on the Company's Audit Committee.
James P. Murphy, 68, currently serves as the EVP, COO of Costco Wholesale's
International Division. He has been responsible for directing the expansion and
operations of Costco's businesses outside of North America since 2004 and is a
member of Costco's executive committee. Prior to his current position he held a
variety of leadership roles including SVP - International, SVP - Europe, SVP -
Northeast Region and VP Operations - Northern California. Prior to joining
Costco in 1987 he worked for Lucky Stores in a variety of operational roles
beginning in 1971. Mr. Murphy has served and continues to serve on a variety of
non-profit boards including the University of Portland Board of Regents and the
College Success Foundation, where he serves as Vice-Chair. Mr. Murphy earned a
M.B.A. from the University of Portland and a B.S. in Business Administration
from the University of Southern California.
Mr. Murphy will receive the same compensation as other non-employee Company
directors as described in the Company's 2020 Proxy Statement under the heading
"Director Compensation."
There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Murphy and any other
persons pursuant to which Mr. Murphy was selected as a director. There are no
transactions since the beginning of the Company's last fiscal year, or any
currently proposed transactions, with the Company to which Mr. Murphy was or is
to be a party, in which Mr. Murphy, or any member of his immediate family, has a
direct or indirect material interest. Mr. Murphy has entered into the standard
Company' director indemnification agreement, whereby the Company agrees to
indemnify, defend and hold its directors harmless from and against losses and
expenses incurred as a result of their board service, subject to the terms and
conditions provided in the agreement.
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