UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 8, 2021 (September 2, 2021)
WAITR HOLDINGS INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware | 001-37788 | 26-3828008 |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
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214 Jefferson Street, Suite 200 Lafayette, Louisiana |
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) |
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Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (337) 534-6881
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:
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Common Stock, Par Value $0.0001 Per Share |
| WTRH |
| The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On September 2, 2021 (“Effective Date”), Waitr Holdings Inc. (the “Company”) and Armen Yeghyazarians entered into a Company employment agreement (“Agreement”) whereby Mr. Yeghyazarians, age 46, will serve as Chief Accounting Officer on an at-will basis commencing on September 22, 2021, with an annual salary of $250,000 and will receive a restricted stock award issued under our omnibus incentive plan in the amount of 100,000 shares, vesting 1/3 on each of the first, second and third anniversaries of the Effective Date, provided that Mr. Yeghyazarians continues to serve as our Chief Accounting Officer on each of the applicable vesting dates (vesting to be accelerated upon a change of control). Mr. Yeghyazarians served as Director of Accounting for 99 Cents Only Store from February 2019 through the Effective Date, and prior to that as Vice President/Controller of a subsidiary of Paysafe, from October 2015 through December 2018.
The foregoing description of the Agreement does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the Agreement, which will be filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2021.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
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Date: September 8, 2021 |
| By: | /s/ Thomas C. Pritchard |
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| Name: Thomas C. Pritchard |
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| Title: General Counsel |
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