www-20210618

Delaware

001-06024

38-1185150

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

9341 Courtland Drive N.E.

Rockford

Michigan

49351

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))


Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class	Trading symbol	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $1 Par Value	WWW	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨


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

On June 18, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Wolverine World Wide, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Brendan L. Hoffman, the Company’s President and a member of the Company’s Board of Directors, to succeed Blake W. Krueger as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective as of the end of the year (the “Effective Date”). The Board also appointed Mr. Krueger as the Executive Chairman of Wolverine Worldwide as of the Effective Date.

Biographical information for Mr. Hoffman, who is 52 years old, is included in the Company's Proxy Statement for its 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 26, 2021. The terms of the Employment Agreement, Executive Severance Agreement and Indemnification Agreement between Mr. Hoffman and the Company are described in the Current Reports on Form 8-K filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 13, 2020 and March 26, 2021.

A copy of the Company's press release regarding these matters is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.


Item 9.01	Financial Statements and Exhibits.

	(d)	Exhibits:

		99.1	Company Press Release dated June 23 , 2021

		104	The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL (included as Exhibit 101).

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.


Dated: June 23, 2021			WOLVERINE WORLD WIDE, INC. (Registrant)


			/s/ Michael D. Stornant
			Michael D. Stornant
			Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer


WOLVERINE WORLD WIDE, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)