---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-049800"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SPWH"
cik: "0001132105"
company_name: "SPORTSMAN'S WAREHOUSE HOLDINGS, INC."
filed_at: "2023-09-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T08:31:29.265266+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sportsman's Warehouse appoints Paul Stone as CEO; Chair Schneider to retire

## Summary
- Paul Stone becomes CEO and President effective Nov 1, 2023; previously COO of Hertz and Chief Retail Officer of Cabela's.
- Joseph Schneider, Interim CEO, will resign as CEO but remain Chair until Dec 31, 2023, then retire from Board.
- Rich McBee to succeed Schneider as Independent Chair effective Jan 1, 2024.
- Stone's compensation: $1.1M base salary, target bonus 150%, signing bonus $350k, RSUs worth $1.7M and $400k, plus annual equity.
- Board adopted Inducement Plan reserving 1M shares for new-hire equity grants.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-049800
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SPWH
- cik: 0001132105
- company_name: SPORTSMAN'S WAREHOUSE HOLDINGS, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-09-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1132105/000095017023049800/0000950170-23-049800-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1132105/000095017023049800/spwh-20230921.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Joseph P. Schneider resigned as Chair of the Board at SPORTSMAN'S WAREHOUSE HOLDINGS, INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chair of the Board
  source text: Mr. Schneider informed the Board that he intends to resign as a director and as Chair of the Board, effective December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1132105/000095017023049800/0000950170-23-049800-index.htm
- Executive change
  Joseph P. Schneider resigned as Interim Chief Executive Officer and President at SPORTSMAN'S WAREHOUSE HOLDINGS, INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Interim Chief Executive Officer and President
  source text: Joseph P. Schneider, who has been serving as the Company’s Interim Chief Executive Officer and President, will resign on the Effective Date from his role as Interim Chief Executive Officer and President.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1132105/000095017023049800/0000950170-23-049800-index.htm
- Executive change
  Joseph P. Schneider resigned as Director at SPORTSMAN'S WAREHOUSE HOLDINGS, INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: Mr. Schneider informed the Board that he intends to resign as a director and as Chair of the Board, effective December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1132105/000095017023049800/0000950170-23-049800-index.htm
- Executive change
  Paul Stone was appointed as Class III director at SPORTSMAN'S WAREHOUSE HOLDINGS, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class III director
  source text: The Board also appointed, effective as of the Effective Date, Mr. Stone to the Board as a Class III director
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1132105/000095017023049800/0000950170-23-049800-index.htm
- Executive change
  Rich McBee was appointed as Chair of the Board at SPORTSMAN'S WAREHOUSE HOLDINGS, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chair of the Board
  source text: the Board selected Rich McBee to succeed Mr. Schneider as Chair of the Board, effective January 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1132105/000095017023049800/0000950170-23-049800-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.