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EX-10.1 - EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT - G III APPAREL GROUP LTD /DE/d466845dex101.htm

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 9, 2013

 

 

G-III APPAREL GROUP, LTD.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   0-18183   41-1590959

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

512 Seventh Avenue

New York, New York

  10018
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 403-0500

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(e) On January 9, 2013, G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. (the “Company”) entered into an employment agreement (the “Employment Agreement”) with Wayne S. Miller, the Company’s Chief Operating Officer. The term of the Employment Agreement extends through January 31, 2016, with the term being extended by one year unless either party gives written notice to the other at least eighteen months prior to the end of the then term that it is not to be extended. Mr. Miller will continue to serve as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, will receive an annual salary of $500,000, plus such bonus, if any, as shall be awarded by the Company’s Board of Directors or Compensation Committee, and will be entitled to participate in the Company’s benefit plans and arrangements for senior executive personnel. If the Employment Agreement is terminated by the Company without “justifiable cause” (as defined in the Employment Agreement) or by Mr. Miller for “good reason” (as defined in the Employment Agreement), Mr. Miller is entitled to receive his compensation and benefits for 18 months from the date his employment terminates, and, in determining compensation for the payment period, shall be deemed to have been granted a bonus of $500,000 per year, or $750,000 for the 18-month payment period, subject to compliance by Mr. Miller with his non-competition and certain other obligations in the Employment Agreement.

A copy of the Employment Agreement is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

  (d) Exhibits

 

10.1    Employment Agreement, made as of January 9, 2013, between G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. and Wayne S. Miller.


SIGNATURE

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.

 

Date: January 11, 2013     G-III APPAREL GROUP, LTD.
    By:   /s/ Neal S. Nackman
    Name:   Neal S. Nackman
    Title:   Chief Financial Officer


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

 

Description

10.1   Employment Agreement, made as of January 9, 2013, between G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. and Wayne S. Miller.