---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-25-002534"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VSTS"
cik: "0001967649"
company_name: "Vestis Corp"
filed_at: "2025-01-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T04:52:15.355113+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Vestis CLO retires, CFO departs; Kelly Janzen appointed CFO effective Feb 14

## Summary
- Timothy Donovan, EVP and CLO, retires effective Feb 14, 2025; CFO Rick Dillon departs same date with no disagreement.
- Kelly Janzen appointed EVP and CFO effective Feb 14, 2025; previously CFO at BlueLinx and SVP at WestRock.
- Janzen's employment agreement: base salary $610,000, target bonus 75% of base, annual LTI target $1,000,000.
- Janzen receives monthly car allowance of $1,100, reimbursement for financial planning, and executive benefits.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-25-002534
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VSTS
- cik: 0001967649
- company_name: Vestis Corp
- filed_at: 2025-01-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1967649/000114036125002534/0001140361-25-002534-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1967649/000114036125002534/ef20042546_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-25-002534
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-25-002534.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-25-002534.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kelly C. Janzen was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Vestis Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: the Company appointed Kelly C. Janzen as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective February 14, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1967649/000114036125002534/0001140361-25-002534-index.htm
- Executive change
  Rick Dillon departed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Vestis Corp.
  - Action: departed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: it was determined that Rick Dillon, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will leave the Company, effective February 14, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1967649/000114036125002534/0001140361-25-002534-index.htm
- Executive change
  Timothy Donovan retired as Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel at Vestis Corp.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel
  source text: Timothy Donovan, Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel, notified Vestis Corporation (the “ Company ”) of his retirement to be effective February 14, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1967649/000114036125002534/0001140361-25-002534-index.htm

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