Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.Wabash National Corporation (the "Company") announced that the employment ofJeffrey L. Taylor , the Company's Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, had ended onJanuary 16, 2020 .Mr. Taylor was succeeded as the Company's Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective onJanuary 16, 2020 , byMichael N. Pettit , who has served as the Company's Senior Vice President and Group President, Final Mile Products sinceJanuary 1, 2018 . Prior to becoming the Company's Senior Vice President and Group President, Final Mile Products,Mr. Pettit had served as the Company's Vice President of Finance and Investor Relations since 2014. He also served as the Company's Final Mile Products segment integration leader following the Company's acquisition ofSupreme Industries, Inc. inSeptember 2017 .Mr. Pettit joined the Company in 2012 and has held a number of positions with increasing responsibility, including Director of Finance for Commercial Trailer Products. Prior to joining the Company, from 1998 to 2012,Mr. Pettit held various finance positions with increasing responsibility at Ford Motor Company.Mr. Pettit earned his Masters of Business Administration fromIndiana University and his Bachelor of Science in Industrial Management fromPurdue University . As of the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K, no changes toMr. Pettit's compensation arrangements, which are described in the Company's definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with theSecurities Exchange Commission onApril 5, 2019 , have been made in connection with his promotion. If any such changes are made, they will be disclosed in a timely amendment to this Current Report on Form 8-K. A copy of the Company's press release announcingMr. Pettit's appointment as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer is attached as Exhibit 99.1.Mr. Taylor's separation from employment was without cause for purposes of the Company's Executive Severance Plan and, as a result, he is entitled to receive the severance benefits provided by the Plan as described in the Company's definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with theSecurities Exchange Commission onApril 5, 2019 . Under the terms of the Company's Executive Severance Plan,Mr. Taylor's entitlement to severance is conditioned on his execution and non-revocation of a release of claims and on his compliance with restrictive covenants set forth in the Plan. No new compensatory arrangements were entered into withMr. Taylor in connection with his departure, and no existing arrangements were modified. Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits. (d)Exhibits. The following exhibits are filed herewith: EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit No. Description 99.1 Press release datedJanuary 17, 2020 . 104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (the Cover Page Interactive Data File is embedded within the Inline XBRL document).
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