UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 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): April 19, 2016

 


 

UNITED CONTINENTAL HOLDINGS, INC.

UNITED AIRLINES, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 


 

Delaware
Delaware

 

001-06033
001-10323

 

36-2675207
74-2099724

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

233 S. Wacker Drive, Chicago IL

 

60606

233 S. Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL

 

60606

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(872) 825-4000

(872) 825-4000

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

 

N/A

N/A

(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.

 

(b)           On April 19, 2016, each of Henry L. Meyer III, the Non-Executive Chairman of the board of directors (the “Board”) of United Continental Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”), John H. Walker and Charles A. Yamarone notified the Company that he intends to retire from the Board at the end of his current term and will, therefore, not stand for re-election to the Board at the Company’s 2016 annual meeting of stockholders.  Each of Messrs. Meyer, Walker and Yamarone advised the Company that his decision to retire was not due to any disagreement with the Company.

 

(e)           On April 19, 2016, the Company and United Airlines, Inc. (collectively, the “Companies”) entered into an Amendment to Employment Agreement (the “Amendment”) with Oscar Munoz, the Companies’ President and Chief Executive Officer, amending his Employment Agreement with the Companies dated December 31, 2015. The Amendment, which was initiated by Mr. Munoz, provides, among other things, that it is the Company’s expectation that Mr. Munoz will be appointed Chairman of the Board at the Company’s 2018 annual meeting of stockholders, and the Amendment modifies the definition of “Good Reason” such that the appointment of Robert A. Milton as Non-Executive Chairman of the Board would not constitute “Good Reason.”

 

The foregoing summary description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the Amendment, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and incorporated by reference herein.

 

ITEM 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Description 

10.1

 

Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated April 19, 2016, by and among United Continental Holdings, Inc., United Airlines, Inc. and Oscar Munoz.

 

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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.

 

Date: April 20, 2016

UNITED CONTINENTAL HOLDINGS, INC.

 

UNITED AIRLINES, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jennifer L. Kraft

 

Name:

Jennifer L. Kraft

 

Title:

Deputy General Counsel and Secretary

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Description

10.1

 

Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated April 19, 2016, by and among United Continental Holdings, Inc., United Airlines, Inc. and Oscar Munoz.

 

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