Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. OnJanuary 25, 2021 ,Covenant Logistics Group, Inc. , aNevada corporation (the "Company"), announced thatJohn Tweed , Co-President and Chief Operating Officer, will transition to a multi-year consulting role effectiveJuly 3, 2021 . In connection with the transition, the Company entered into an amended and restated executive severance agreement (the "Amended Severance Agreement") with Mr. Tweed, as well as a consulting agreement (the "Consulting Agreement") with an entity associated withMr. Tweed (the "Consulting Entity").Mr. Tweed's final day of employment is expected to beJuly 3, 2021 and the Consulting Agreement is to be effectiveJuly 4, 2021 . The Amended Severance Agreement provides for (i) certain benefits in the case ofMr. Tweed's termination beforeJuly 3, 2021 , consistent with the terms of his original executive severance agreement disclosed in our Current Report on Form 8-K filed onApril 30, 2020 , (ii) certain non-competition and non-solicitation provisions, which remain unchanged from his original executive severance agreement, effective during the term ofMr. Tweed's employment and continuing until the earlier ofJuly 4, 2021 or the effectiveness of the Consulting Agreement, and (iii) an award of 50,000 shares of Class A restricted stock, to vest on the earlier ofJanuary 25, 2022 or a change-in-control of the Company. Pursuant to the Consulting Agreement, (i)Mr. Tweed will provide certain consulting services to the Company fromJuly 4, 2021 throughDecember 31, 2022 , unless the Consulting Agreement is earlier terminated by the Company as provided in the Consulting Agreement (the "Term"), (ii) during the Term, the Company will pay to the Consulting Entity$128,000 per quarter forMr. Tweed being available to provide consulting services for a minimum of 25 days per quarter, and (iii)Mr. Tweed agreed to certain non-solicitation provisions during the Term and through the earlier ofJune 30, 2023 or one year following the termination of the Consulting Agreement. The foregoing descriptions of the Amended Severance Agreement and Consulting Agreement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the Amended Severance Agreement and Consulting Agreement, a copies of which will be filed with the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter endingMarch 31, 2021 .
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