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

On March 27, 2020, the Board of Directors of Jason Industries, Inc. (the "Company") approved a temporary reduction in the base salaries of each of the Company's executive officers in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic. The base salaries of the executive officers will be reduced by the following percentages, with such reduction effective April 1, 2020 and continuing until no later than June 30, 2020, unless extended by mutual agreement between the Company and the executive officers:

Brian Kobylinski, President and Chief Executive Officer                               25%
Chad Paris, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer                         25%
Timm Fields, Senior Vice President and General Manager - Engineered                   25%

Components

Keith Walz, Senior Vice President and General Manager - Industrial                    25%
Kevin Kuznicki, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary                  25%
John Hengel, Vice President - Finance, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary              25%

The temporary base salary reductions were documented in an addendum to the employment agreements between the Company and its executive officers (the "Addendum") and the foregoing description of such temporary base salary reductions is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the form of Addendum, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 10 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Also beginning April 1, 2020, the Company implemented a temporary wage reduction plan for other salaried employees of the Company, as well as furloughs of certain salaried and hourly employees in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.



Exhibit No.  Description

  10     F    orm E    mployment Agreement Adde    ndum

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