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form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KIDS"
cik: "0001425450"
company_name: "ORTHOPEDIATRICS CORP"
filed_at: "2024-10-18T23:59:59+00:00"
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# OrthoPediatrics inks new employment pacts with CEO, CFO, and three other NEOs

## Summary
- CEO Bailey base salary $550k; CFO Hite $501k; Odle/Gerritzen $368k; Hauser $400k.
- Severance: 30 months base + 2.5x avg bonus if terminated w/o cause or for good reason.
- Three-year initial term, auto-renew one-year; non-compete extends 30 months post-termination.
- Change-of-control triggers severance if employment terminated or title changed within 12 months.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001425450-24-000087
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KIDS
- cik: 0001425450
- company_name: ORTHOPEDIATRICS CORP
- filed_at: 2024-10-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1425450/000142545024000087/0001425450-24-000087-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1425450/000142545024000087/kids-20241015.htm

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