UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT

TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):  September 2, 2008

 

ZUMIEZ INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Washington

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

 

(425) 551-1500

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

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Item 5.02.           Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

(c)  Appointment of Officer

 

On September 2, 2008, Zumiez Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Lynn K. Kilbourne, age 45, as the Company’s President and General Merchandising Manager.  Prior to Ms. Kilbourne’s promotion to President, she served as the Company’s Executive Vice President and General Merchandising Manager since September 2004.  From July 1991 until May 2001, she was with Banana Republic, a subsidiary of Gap, Inc., in various senior management positions.  After leaving Banana Republic, Ms. Kilbourne served as an independent consultant in the retail industry until she joined the Company in September 2004.

 

In connection with Ms. Kilbourne’s promotion to President and General Merchandising Manager, she will receive a base annual salary of $350,000 per year.  She will also be eligible to receive an annual performance-based bonus set at a target of 75% of base salary (but not more than 150% of base salary).  She will also have the ability to participate in the Company’s equity-based incentive plan for senior executives of the Company.  Furthermore, in connection with Ms. Kilbourne’s promotion, she will receive a one time grant of 32,680 restricted shares of the Company’s common stock that vest over a four-year period.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

		ZUMIEZ INC.
		(Registrant)
Date: September 4, 2008		By:      /s/ Richard M. Brooks
		Richard M. Brooks
		Chief Executive Officer

 

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