| Item 5.02. | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
Appointment of Under Armour, Inc.’s President and Chief Executive Officer
On December 21, 2022, Under Armour, Inc. (the “Company” or “Under Armour”) announced the appointment of Stephanie C. Linnartz, age 54, as President and Chief Executive Officer (and principal executive officer) of the Company, effective as of the commencement of her employment with the Company, which is expected to be on or around February 27, 2023 (the “Effective Date”). On December 21, 2022, the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) approved Ms. Linnartz’s appointment and the Human Capital and Compensation Committee of the Board approved the principal terms of Ms. Linnartz’s employment, which are summarized below. Colin Browne, who currently serves as interim President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, will continue to serve in such capacity until the Effective Date, after which he will resume his role as Chief Operating Officer. A copy of the press release announcing Ms. Linnartz’s appointment is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Ms. Linnartz most recently served as the President of Marriott International, Inc. (“Marriott”) beginning in February 2021. Prior to her role as President, she served as Marriott’s Group President Consumer Operations, Technology and Emerging Businesses from 2020 to 2021, and as Marriott’s Executive Vice President and Global Chief Commercial Officer from 2013 to 2019. Ms. Linnartz joined Marriott as a financial analyst in 1997, and held several positions in finance before moving into sales and marketing. Ms. Linnartz also serves on the Board of Directors of The Home Depot, Inc.
Ms. Linnartz will receive a base salary of $1.3 million per year and participate in the Company’s annual cash incentive plan for executive officers as further described in the Company’s most recent annual proxy statement, with a target bonus of 165% of her base salary. She will receive an annual equity award for fiscal year 2024 as part of the Company’s annual equity award program with a grant date fair value of $8.0 million, which is expected to consist of fifty percent time-based restricted stock units (“RSUs”), vesting in equal annual installments over three years, and fifty percent performance-based RSUs, subject to performance vesting terms that the Human Capital and Compensation Committee of the Board will determine. Ms. Linnartz will also receive a one-time sign-on cash bonus of $375,000 (the “Sign-On Bonus”), which will be paid in two installments of $175,000 on the Effective Date and $200,000 paid following the one-year anniversary of the Effective Date, subject to her continued employment (other than in certain circumstances, including certain separations from service). In addition, she will receive a sign-on RSU grant (the “Sign-On Award”) with a grant date fair value of $11.0 million, which vests in three equal annual installments, subject to her continued employment through each vesting date (except in the event of termination without cause, resignation for good reason, death or disability, in which case she would receive cash equal to the grant date fair value or accelerated vesting of any unvested RSUs granted pursuant to the Sign-On Award depending on the date of such event). All equity grants will be made under the Under Armour, Inc. Third Amended and Restated 2005 Omnibus Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “2005 Plan”). Ms. Linnartz is also eligible to receive an additional one-time sign-on cash bonus of up to $6.0 million, depending on whether she receives prior awards upon which the value of this additional bonus was based. She will also be eligible to participate in other benefit plans consistent with the Company’s other executives.
Ms. Linnartz will be generally entitled to receive benefits under the Under Armour, Inc. Executive Severance Program (the “Severance Program”), subject to certain modifications, and the Under Armour, Inc. Change in Control Executive Severance Plan (the “CIC Severance Plan”), summarized as follows. Under the Severance Program, if the Company terminates Ms. Linnartz’s employment without cause or Ms. Linnartz resigns for good reason, she will receive a lump-sum severance payment equal to two times her then-current annual base salary, any accrued but unpaid annual bonus earned for any prior plan year, a pro-rata bonus for the plan year of termination (if employed for at least six months of that plan year) and up to 24 months of medical, dental and vision COBRA coverage, subject to the execution of a release agreement and compliance with other terms and conditions under the Severance Program, including certain non-compete and non-solicitation restrictions for up to two years. Under the CIC Severance Plan, in the event her employment is terminated by the Company without cause or by Ms. Linnartz with good reason within two years following a change in control of the Company, she will receive a lump-sum severance payment equal to two times the sum of her then-current base salary and annual target bonus, any accrued obligations as defined in the CIC Severance Plan (including any accrued but unpaid annual bonus earned for any prior plan year), amounts
