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) November 13, 2020
 
cbdMD, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
North Carolina
001-38299
47-3414576
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 
8845 Red Oak Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28217
(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)
 
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (704) 445-3060
 
_______________________________________
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
 
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
common
YCBD
NYSE American
8% Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock
YCBD PR A
NYSE American
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
 
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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.
 
Effective November 13, 2020 cbdMD, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into amendments to the employment agreements with Messrs. Martin A. Sumichrast and R. Scott Coffman, its co-Chief Executive Officers.
 
Under the terms of Amendment No. 1 to the Executive Employment Agreement dated September 6, 2018 between the Company and Mr. Sumichrast, the Company increased Mr. Sumichrast’s annual base salary to $335,000 and awarded him a discretionary cash bonus of $250,000, payable in January 2021, provided that (a) the Executive Employment Agreement with Mr. Sumichrast has not otherwise been terminated by either party for any reason, (b) the Company’s audited financial statements for the year ended September 30, 2020 shall have been completed and the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm shall have issued an unqualified opinion on such financial statements, and (c) the Company shall have timely filed its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2020.
 
Under the terms of Amendment No. 1 to the Executive Employment Agreement dated December 20, 2018 between CBD Industries, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and Mr. Coffman, Mr. Coffman’s annual base salary was also increased to $335,000 and he was also awarded a discretionary bonus of $250,000, payable in January 2021, provided that (a) the Executive Employment Agreement with Mr. Coffman has not otherwise been terminated by either party for any reason, (b) the Company’s audited financial statements for the year ended September 30, 2020 shall have been completed and the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm shall have issued an unqualified opinion on such financial statements, and (c) the Company shall have timely filed its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2020.
 
The foregoing summaries of the terms and conditions of these amendments are qualified in their entirety by reference to the forms of amendments which are filed as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 to this report.
 
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(d)            
Exhibits.
 
 
 
 
Incorporated by Reference
 
Filed or
Furnished
Herewith
No.
 
Exhibit Description
 
Form
 
Date Filed
 
Number
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Form of Amendment No. 1 effective November 13, 2020 to Executive Employment Agreement between cbdMD, Inc. and Martin A. Sumichrast
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Filed
 
Form of Amendment No. 1 effective November 13, 2020 to Executive Employment Agreement between CBD Industries LLC and R. Scott Coffman
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Filed
 
 
 
 
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.
 
 
cbdMD, Inc.
 
 
 
Date: November 17, 2020
By:
/s/ Ronan Kennedy
 
 
Ronan Kennedy, Chief Financial Officer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
EXHIBIT 10.1
FORM OF
AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO THE
EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
 
THIS AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (“Amendment No. 1”) is made and entered effective this 13th day of November, 2020 by and between cbdMD, Inc., a North Carolina corporation (the “Corporation”) and Martin A. Sumichrast, an individual (the “Executive”).
 
RECITALS
 
WHEREAS, the Executive is the Chairman of the Corporation’s Board of Directors and its co-Chief Executive Officer.
 
WHEREAS, the Corporation and the Executive are parties to that certain Executive Employment Agreement dated September 6, 2018 (the “Sumichrast Employment Agreement”).
 
WHEREAS, the parties desire to amend the Sumichrast Employment Agreement as herein after set forth.
 
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein made, the Corporation and the Executive do hereby agree as follows:
 
1.           Recitals. The above recitals are true, correct, and are herein incorporated by reference.
 
2.           Base Salary.
 
(i)           Section 5a of the Sumichrast Employment Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
 
a.            
Salary. The Executive shall be paid a base salary (“Base Salary”), payable in accordance with the Corporation's policies from time to time for senior executives, at an annual rate Three Hundred Thirty-five Thousand dollars ($335,000). The Base Salary thereafter may be increased, but not decreased, from time to time, by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors in connection with reviews of Executive’s performance, which such reviews shall occur no less frequently than annually.
 
(ii)           The foregoing increase in the Base Salary payable to the Executive shall be retroactively effective to the first day of the current payroll period of the Corporation.
 
3.           
Award of Discretionary Bonus. The Executive is hereby awarded a discretionary bonus of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand dollars ($250,000), payable in January 2021, provided that (a) the Sumichrast Employment Agreement has not otherwise been terminated by either party for any reason, (b) the Corporation’s audited financial statements for the year ended September 30, 2020 shall have been completed and the Corporation’s independent registered public accounting firm shall have issued an unqualified opinion on such financial statements, and (c) the Corporation shall have timely filed its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2020 (collectively, the “Bonus Conditions”). The determination of the satisfaction of the Bonus Conditions shall be made in writing by the Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Corporation’s Board of Directors.
 
4.           
No Other Revisions. Except as set forth herein, all other terms and conditions of the Sumichrast Employment Agreement remain in full force and effect.
 
 
 
 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Amendment No. 1 as of the day and date first above written.
 
 
Witness: 
 
 
THE CORPORATION:
 
 
 
 
   
 

 
 
cbdMD, Inc.
 

 
 

 

 
   
By: T. Ronan Kennedy,
 

 
 
Chief Financial Officer
 

 
 
 
 
Witness: 
 
 
THE EXECUTIVE
 

 
 

 

 
 
Martin A. Sumichrast
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
EXHIBIT 10.2
FORM OF
AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO THE
EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
 
THIS AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (“Amendment No. 1”) is made and entered effective this 13th day of November, 2020 by and between CBD Industries LLC, a North Carolina limited liability company formerly known as cbdMD LLC (the “Company”) and R. Scott Coffman (the “Executive”).
 
RECITALS
 
WHEREAS, the Company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of cbdMD, Inc., a North Carolina corporation (the “Parent”).
 
WHEREAS, the Executive serves as co-Chief Executive Officer of the Parent and Chief Executive Officer of the Company.
 
WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive are parties to that certain Executive Employment Agreement dated December 20, 2018 (the “Coffman Employment Agreement”).
 
WHEREAS, the parties desire to amend the Coffman Employment Agreement as herein after set forth.
 
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein made, the Company and the Executive do hereby agree as follows:
 
1.           Recitals. The above recitals are true, correct, and are herein incorporated by reference.
 
2.           Base Salary.
 
(i)           Section 5a of the Coffman Employment Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
 
a.            
Salary. The Executive shall be paid a base salary (“Base Salary”), payable in accordance with the Company's policies from time to time for senior executives, at an annual rate Three Hundred Thirty-five Thousand dollars ($335,000). The Base Salary thereafter may be increased, but not decreased, from time to time, by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Parent (the “Parent Compensation Committee”) in connection with reviews of Executive’s performance, which such reviews shall occur no less frequently than annually.
 
(ii)           The foregoing increase in the Base Salary payable to the Executive shall be retroactively effective to the first day of the current payroll period of the Company.
 
3.           
Award of Discretionary Bonus. The Executive is hereby awarded a discretionary bonus of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand dollars ($250,000), payable in January 2021, provided that (a) the Coffman Employment Agreement has not otherwise been terminated by either party, (b) the Parent’s audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2020 shall have been completed and the Parent’s independent registered public accounting firm shall have issued an unqualified opinion on such financial statements, and (c) the Parent shall have timely filed its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2020 (collectively, the “Bonus Conditions”). The determination of the satisfaction of the Bonus Conditions shall be made in writing by the Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Parent’s Board of Directors.
 
4.           
No Other Revisions. Except as set forth herein, all other terms and conditions of the Coffman Employment Agreement remain in full force and effect.
 
 
 
 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Amendment No. 1 as of the day and date first above written.
 
 
Witness: 
 
 
THE CORPORATION:
 
 
 
 
   
 

 
 
CBD Industries LLC
cbdMD, Inc., its sole member
 

 
 

 

 
   
By: T. Ronan Kennedy,
 

 
 
Chief Financial Officer
 

 
 
 
 
Witness: 
 
 
THE EXECUTIVE
 

 
 

 

 
 
R. Scott Coffman