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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 January 26, 2024, Shake Shack Inc. and SSE Holdings, LLC (collectively, the “Company”) and Randall Garutti, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, entered into a Transition and Advisory Agreement (the “Transition and Advisory Agreement”). As previously disclosed, Mr. Garutti has informed the Company’s Board of Directors that he will retire from the Company in 2024 as its Chief Executive Officer and as an executive Board member upon the selection of his successor, but that he will serve as an advisor following this time through the end of 2024 to ensure a proper transition.
The terms of the Transition and Advisory Agreement supplement and, where noted, modify, the Amended and Restated Employment, entered into on October 23, 2018, between Mr. Garutti and the Company (the “Employment Agreement”).
Pursuant to the Transition and Advisory Agreement, Mr. Garutti has agreed to serve as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and as an executive Board member until the earlier of the commencement of his successor’s employment or May 24, 2024 (the “Resignation Date”). Mr. Garutti has also agreed in good faith not to resign without Good Reason (as defined in the Employment Agreement) prior to the Resignation Date. Through this time period, Mr. Garutti shall continue to receive all the rights and benefits set forth in Section 3 of the Employment Agreement, except that Mr. Garutti shall not be eligible for an Annual Equity Award for 2024, and notwithstanding anything in the Employment Agreement, Mr. Garutti shall receive a partial bonus for the first half of 2024 in an amount equal to the product of (A) the actual bonus that he would otherwise have been entitled to receive absent his termination of employment on the Resignation Date and (B) the ratio of (x) the number of days elapsed during the first half of 2024 through the Resignaton Date to (y) the number of days elapsed during the first half of 2024. In addition, if the Resignation Date occurs after March 16, 2024, as consideration for Mr. Garutti’s continued employment services from and after March 17, 2024, the Company agrees to accelerate the vesting of the Restricted Units awarded to Mr. Garutti pursuant to the Company’s Incentive Award Plan, as amended, that would have vested if Mr. Garutti was still employed by the Company through March 31, 2025 (the “Eligible RSUs”).
From and after the Resignation Date and, unless the parties agree otherwise, through May 24, 2024 (the “Special Advisory Period”),
Mr. Garutti shall become a “Special Advisor”. In such position, Mr. Garutti will make himself reasonably available to his
successor, the Board, and the Company’s management team as necessary to provide transition services reasonably requested by the
incoming Chief Executive Officer and the Board to facilitate a smooth transition of job responsibilities to his successor. If the Special
Advisory Period begins on March 17, 2024, as full payment for Mr. Garutti’s services after the Resignation Date and during the Special
Advisory Period, the Company agrees to accelerate the Eligible RSUs. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Resignation Date occurs on
March 16, 2024, the Board may determine, in its discretion, whether or not to engage Mr. Garutti as a Special Advisor.
Following the Special Advisory Period (or, if none, following the Resignation Date) and through the end of 2024, Mr. Garutti shall make himself available as an “Advisor” to his successor and the Chairman of the Board in the same capacity that members of the Board currently serve the Chief Executive Officer. As full payment for Mr. Garutti’s services as an Advisor, the Company shall pay Mr. Garutti a monthly fee (pro-rated), which is equivalent to the monthly fee payable to the Company’s directors.
As previously disclosed, Mr. Garutti’s decision to resign is not the result of any dispute or disagreement with the Company or its Board.
A copy of the Transition and Advisory Agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. The summary of the Transition and Advisory Agreement is qualified in its entirety by the Transition and Advisory Agreement.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
| Exhibit Number | Description |
| Exhibit 10.1 | Transition and Advisory Agreement, dated January 26, 2024, by and among Randall Garutti, Shake Shack Inc. and SSE Holdings, LLC |
| Exhibit 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
SIGNATURES
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 hereunto duly authorized.
| Shake Shack Inc. | |||
| (Registrant) | |||
| Dated: January 26, 2024 | By: | /s/ Ronald Palmese, Jr. | |
| Ronald Palmese, Jr. | |||
| Chief Legal Officer | |||