---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-25-009358"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VSTS"
cik: "0001967649"
company_name: "Vestis Corp"
filed_at: "2025-03-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T12:21:20.745678+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Vestis CEO Kim Scott departs; Chairman Phillip Holloman appointed interim CEO

## Summary
- Kim Scott left as President/CEO and Board member effective March 18, 2025, with no disagreement with the company.
- Separation benefits consistent with termination other than for cause under her April 2024 employment agreement.
- Phillip Holloman, Board Chairman since Sept 2023, appointed interim Executive Chairman, President and CEO.
- Holloman compensation: $125,000 per month plus RSUs ($675,000 initial grant, then $225,000 monthly).
- Doug Pertz will serve as Lead Director during Holloman's tenure.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-25-009358
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VSTS
- cik: 0001967649
- company_name: Vestis Corp
- filed_at: 2025-03-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1967649/000114036125009358/0001140361-25-009358-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1967649/000114036125009358/ef20045758_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-25-009358
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-25-009358.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-25-009358.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kim Scott resigned as President and Chief Executive Officer at Vestis Corp.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On March 18, 2025, the Board of Directors of Vestis Corporation (the “Company” or “Vestis”) determined that Kim Scott, President and Chief Executive Officer, will leave her positions with the Company, effective March 18, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1967649/000114036125009358/0001140361-25-009358-index.htm
- Executive change
  Phillip Holloman was appointed as interim Executive Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer at Vestis Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: interim Executive Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On March 18, 2025, the Company appointed Phillip Holloman, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company since September 2023, as interim Executive Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, effective March 18, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1967649/000114036125009358/0001140361-25-009358-index.htm

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