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: February 2, 2015
(Date of earliest event reported)
STEVEN
MADDEN, LTD.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
| Delaware | 000-23702 | 13-3588231 | ||
| (State
or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) | (IRS
Employer Identification No.) |
| 52-16 Barnett Avenue, Long Island City, New York 11104 |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (718) 446-1800
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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. |
(e) On February 2, 2015, Steven Madden, Ltd. (the “Company”) entered into an amendment (the “Sixth Amendment”) to its existing employment agreement, dated January 1, 1998, as amended (the “Dharia Employment Agreement”), with Arvind Dharia, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. The Sixth Amendment amends the Dharia Employment Agreement effective as of January 1, 2015 to: (a) extend the term of Mr. Dharia’s employment (which by its terms expired on December 31, 2014) to December 31, 2017, (b) increase Mr. Dharia’s annual base salary to $582,455, a 5% increase over his prior salary, for the remainder of the term, (c) provide for an award on February 2, 2015 of 15,000 restricted shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.0001 per share, under the Steven Madden, Ltd, 2006 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended, which shares will vest in equal annual installments of 3,000 shares over a five-year period, commencing on February 2, 2016, and (d) increase the amount of Mr. Dharia’s automobile allowance from $1,400 to $1,600 per month. All other terms of the Dharia Employment Agreement remain unchanged.
The foregoing description of the Sixth Amendment to the Dharia Employment Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Sixth Amendment filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which is incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| (d) | Exhibits: |
| Exhibit | Description |
| 10.1 | Amendment No. 6 to Employment Agreement dated February 2, 2015 between the Company and Arvind Dharia |
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: February 4, 2015
| STEVEN MADDEN, LTD. | ||
| By: | /s/ Edward R. Rosenfeld | |
| Name: Edward R. Rosenfeld | ||
| Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||