Item 5.02 - Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
(c) EZCORP, Inc. (the "Company") has appointed Fred E. Herman as Chief
Accounting Officer (principal accounting officer), effective July 20,
2020.
Mr. Herman, age 64, has been an accounting consultant to the Company since
December 2019. From 2003 to 2019, Mr. Herman held a number of senior management
positions with Rent-A-Center, Inc., a $2.6 billion public company with over
3,500 locations in the U.S., Mexico and Puerto Rico. Those positions included
Executive Vice President - Chief Information Officer (2018-2019), Executive Vice
President - Accounting, Global Controller (2014-2017) and other executive roles
in internal audit, risk and compliance, and shared services. Prior to joining
Rent-A-Center, Inc., Mr. Herman held finance and internal audit roles at other
public companies, and he began his professional career in public accounting with
Deloitte. Mr. Herman received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business
Administration, Accounting from the University of Missouri. He is a Certified
Public Accountant and a Certified Internal Auditor.
Under the terms of his employment, Mr. Herman will receive an annual salary of
$350,000 and a target bonus of 60% of base salary (with a minimum of $73,500 for
fiscal 2020). He will be eligible for healthcare and other benefits typically
provided to the Company's executive officers, including the following severance
benefits:
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If the Company terminates Mr. Herman's employment without cause on
or after July 31, 2022, or Mr. Herman voluntarily resigns or retires
on or after that date, he will receive payment of six months' base
salary and continuation of healthcare benefits for six months.
• If the Company terminates Mr. Herman's employment without cause
prior to July 31, 2022, he will receive the amounts described above
plus a prorated bonus payout for the year of termination.
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