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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Boot Barn Holdings (BOOT)

Boot Barn names interim CEO John Hazen permanent CEO effective May 5, 2025

Neutral Impact 4 of 5 leadership Written later

Boot Barn's Board appointed John Hazen as Chief Executive Officer effective May 5, 2025, ending the interim period he has served since November 22, 2024. The Board also expanded itself from seven to eight directors and added Mr. Hazen to the Board, and it set his base salary at $900,000 with a target bonus of 100% of salary and a long-term equity award with an aggregate target value of $4.1 million.

Key points

  • John Hazen named CEO effective May 5, 2025, after serving as Interim CEO from November 22, 2024
  • Base salary of $900,000 with target annual bonus of 100% of base salary
  • Long-term equity award for fiscal year ending March 28, 2026 has an aggregate target value of $4.1 million, split 50% time-based RSUs and 50% performance share units
  • Peter Starrett remains Executive Chairman until December 31, 2025, then returns to nonexecutive Chairman

The filing

CompanyBoot Barn Holdings (BOOT)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECMay 5, 2025, 4:28 PM ET
Accession number0001558370-25-006307

Items reported: 5.02 Director / Officer Change7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 1:01 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on May 05, 2025.

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