---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-099122"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LE"
cik: "0000799288"
company_name: "LANDS' END, INC."
filed_at: "2022-09-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T11:32:58.677535+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CEO Jerome Griffith to retire Jan 2023; Andrew J. McLean named CEO-Designate effective Nov 1, 2022

## Summary
- Jerome Griffith will retire as CEO at end of fiscal year (Jan 27, 2023), then serve as Executive Vice Chair until May 2023 and Senior Advisor until Jan 2024.
- Andrew J. McLean, formerly of American Eagle Outfitters, appointed CEO-Designate effective Nov 1, 2022 and will become CEO upon Griffith's retirement.
- McLean's compensation: $1,050,000 base salary, target bonus 100% of base, LTI target $2,520,000, plus $2.5M in sign-on equity awards and $600K cash make-whole.
- McLean elected to Board effective Nov 1, 2022 to fill a newly created vacancy.
- Under severance agreement, McLean gets 2x base+bonus (2.5x upon change in control) with 24-30 month payment period.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-099122
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LE
- cik: 0000799288
- company_name: LANDS' END, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-09-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/799288/000110465922099122/0001104659-22-099122-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/799288/000110465922099122/tm2225560d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Andrew J. McLean was appointed as Chief Executive Officer - Designate at LANDS' END, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer - Designate
  source text: In addition, on September 12, 2022, the Company announced that it has appointed Andrew J. McLean, 53, as Chief Executive Officer – Designate, and elected Mr. McLean as a member of the Board of Directors to fill a newly created vacancy, each effective as of November 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/799288/000110465922099122/0001104659-22-099122-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jerome Griffith changed role as Chief Executive Officer at LANDS' END, INC..
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On September 12, 2022, Lands’ End, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that Jerome Griffith would retire as Chief Executive Officer of the Company at the conclusion of the current fiscal year, on January 27, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/799288/000110465922099122/0001104659-22-099122-index.htm
- Executive change
  Andrew J. McLean was elected as Director at LANDS' END, INC..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: In addition, on September 12, 2022, the Company announced that it has appointed Andrew J. McLean, 53, as Chief Executive Officer – Designate, and elected Mr. McLean as a member of the Board of Directors to fill a newly created vacancy, each effective as of November 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/799288/000110465922099122/0001104659-22-099122-index.htm

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