Item 5.02 DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT
OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN DIRECTORS.
(b) and (e) Columbus McKinnon Corporation (the "Company") today announced that
Kurt F. Wozniak will depart his employment as President, Industrial Products
Group of the Company effective as of June 3, 2022 (the "Departure Date"), after
which date Mr. Wozniak has indicated that he intends to retire. In connection
with the pending departure, on April 11, 2022, the Company and Mr. Wozniak
entered into an agreement pursuant to which Mr. Wozniak will (i) receive a cash
severance payment in the aggregate amount of $375,000, (ii) receive a lump sum
cash payment for outplacement services in the amount of $10,000, (iii) receive
accrued and unpaid vacation time as of the Departure Date estimated to be
$51,932, (iv) be eligible for coverage under the Company's group health plan
pursuant to COBRA, for which the Company will, if such COBRA coverage is
elected, pay the premiums on behalf of Mr. Wozniak and his eligible dependents
for a period of twelve months from the Departure Date, (v) remain eligible for
receipt of an award payment under the Company's annual incentive plan ("AIP")
for fiscal year 2022, which payment will be made at the same time as award
payments are made to the Company's other AIP participants, (vi) receive a
payment in the aggregate amount of $274,676 in connection with the forfeiture of
outstanding restricted stock units and stock options received by Mr. Wozniak as
part of his equity award grants from the Company for fiscal years 2020 and 2021
and in lieu of the receipt of any fiscal year 2023 equity awards scheduled to be
granted in May 2022, which amount will be paid one half on the Departure Date
and one half on January 6, 2023, and (vii) vest, as of the Departure Date, as to
1,308 restricted stock units and 11,489 stock options received as part of Mr.
Wozniak's fiscal year 2022 equity award grant from the Company, while 3,925
performance stock units received by Mr. Wozniak during fiscal year 2022 will
remain outstanding and eligible for future vesting. All other unvested stock
options, restricted stock units and performance stock units held by Mr. Wozniak
shall be forfeited as of the Departure Date. As of the Departure Date, all
vested, but unexercised, stock options held by Mr. Wozniak will remain eligible
for exercise for a period of five years after the Departure Date, unless such
stock options expire earlier by their terms. In addition, Mr. Wozniak has
agreed, pursuant to the terms of the agreement, to certain non-disparagement, no
solicitation and non-competition provisions in favor of the Company and a
release of any and all claims he may have against the Company.
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