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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001870600-25-000093"
form_type: "8-K/A"
ticker: "SBDS"
cik: "0001870600"
company_name: "Solo Brands, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-07-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-18T03:40:18.474026+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Solo Brands finalizes permanent CEO John Larson employment agreement with $750K base, 6% equity grant

## Summary
- Base salary $750,000; target annual bonus 100% of base with potential additional 100% for performance accelerators.
- Existing equity awards fully vested on effective date; new RSU award equal to 6% of fully diluted equity, 25% vest at grant, rest quarterly over 3 years.
- Severance: 12 months base salary, COBRA subsidy, and accelerated vesting of RSUs scheduled to vest within 12 months if terminated without cause or for good reason.
- Housing allowance of $3,000 per month; non-competition and non-solicitation restrictions apply for 18 months post-employment.
- Agreement entered July 17, 2025, effective June 23, 2025, following Larson's interim appointment in February 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001870600-25-000093
- form_type: 8-K/A
- ticker: SBDS
- cik: 0001870600
- company_name: Solo Brands, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-07-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1870600/000187060025000093/0001870600-25-000093-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1870600/000187060025000093/dtc-20250613.htm

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