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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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): June 22, 2018
CRIMSON WINE GROUP, LTD.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
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Delaware | | 000-54866 | | 13-3607383 |
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| 2700 Napa Valley Corporate Drive, Suite B, Napa, California | 94558 | |
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| (800) 486-0503 | |
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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 June 22, 2018, Crimson Wine Group, Ltd. (the “Company”) announced that Karen Diepholz, age 54, will join the Company as Chief Financial Officer beginning on June 29, 2018.
Pursuant to the terms of Ms. Diepholz’s offer of employment, Ms. Diepholz will receive annual compensation of $290,000 and will be eligible for a 37.5% bonus target of her annual base salary in an amount to be determined by the Company in its sole discretion. Ms. Diepholz will receive the Company’s standard package of benefits for its executive officers. The Company and Ms. Diepholz also entered into a Separation Agreement. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, in the event Ms. Diepholz’s employment is terminated by the Company without cause, she shall be entitled to continue to receive as severance, payment, in accordance with the Company’s current payroll practices, of her base salary in effect at the time of termination for six months.
Ms. Diepholz comes to the Company from Vintage Wine Estates, a privately held wine company, where she was the Chief Financial Officer, overseeing Finance and Accounting, IT, Procurement and Human Resources. Prior to Vintage Wine Estates, Ms. Diepholz was the Chief Financial Officer of Equinox Payments, a payment technology company, and the Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis for Hypercom Corporation, a global payment technology company. Ms. Diepholz also served as the Vice President, Corporate Controller at Fender Musical Instruments, a musical instrument manufacturer, and spent her early career in the consumer products industry in a variety of financial and leadership roles at the The Dial Corporation, now Henkel U.S.
There are no arrangements or understandings between Ms. Diepholz and any other person pursuant to which she was appointed to serve as an executive officer of the Company. There are also no family relationships between Ms. Diepholz and any director or executive officer of the Company, and Ms. Diepholz does not have a direct or indirect material interest in any “related party” transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
On June 22, 2018, the Company issued a press release announcing the appointment of Ms. Diepholz as Chief Financial Officer. The press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
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Exhibit No. |
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99.1 | |
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.
Dated: June 22, 2018
CRIMSON WINE GROUP, LTD.
By: /s/ Patrick M. DeLong
Name: Patrick M. DeLong
Title: President & Chief Executive Officer