---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-25-032717"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VSTS"
cik: "0001967649"
company_name: "Vestis Corp"
filed_at: "2025-08-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T10:03:49.091931+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Vestis grants special retention RSUs to four executives, excluding CEO

## Summary
- Kelly Janzen (CFO) gets 200,000 RSUs; Seward (COO), Bouchard (CLO), Shih (CTO) each get 80,000 RSUs.
- RSUs vest 2/3 on second anniversary and 1/3 on third anniversary; pro-rata vesting on death/disability/involuntary termination without cause.
- Awards effective August 25, 2025; represent 0.3x to 1.0x of typical annual LTI grant value for each officer.
- No retention award granted to CEO Jim Barber; grants require acceptance of restrictive covenant agreement and compensation recovery policy.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-25-032717
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VSTS
- cik: 0001967649
- company_name: Vestis Corp
- filed_at: 2025-08-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- 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/1967649/000114036125032717/0001140361-25-032717-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1967649/000114036125032717/ef20054398_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-25-032717.txt

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