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

On December 16, 2022, Weber Inc. (the "Company") announced that its Board of Directors (the "Board") has appointed Alan D. Matula as the Company's Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. This followed the appointment of Mr. Matula as the Company's Interim Chief Executive Officer in July 2022.

Prior to his position as Interim Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Matula served as Chief Information Officer of Weber Inc. and previously Weber-Stephen Products LLC since 2015. In March 2022, Mr. Matula was appointed as Chief Technology Officer of Weber Inc., leading the Company's R&D organization, IoT and digital initiatives, as well as global IT organization. Prior to Weber, Mr. Matula worked for the Royal Dutch Shell plc organization for over 35 years, including as Chief Information Officer from 2006 to 2015. Mr. Matula received a Bachelor of Business degree in Qualitative Business Analysis from Indiana University in 1982, and an Executive MBA at Houston Baptist University.

At the time of this report, the Company has not entered into any compensation arrangements with Mr. Matula in connection with the announcement described above.

On December 16, 2022, the Company also announced that William J. Horton informed the Company of his decision to resign from his position as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective January 31, 2023. The Board has appointed Marla Yvonne Kilpatrick, Weber's Senior Vice President of Finance, to serve as Interim Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately upon Mr. Horton's departure, prior to her previously announced retirement and until a permanent successor to Mr. Horton has been appointed.

Ms. Kilpatrick is currently Senior Vice President of Finance at Weber Inc. Ms. Kilpatrick formerly served as Chief Accounting Officer of Weber Inc. from its initial public offering in August 2021 until December 14, 2022, at which time she took her current role as part of a planned retirement. In addition to her Chief Accounting Officer role, she also served as Global Controller of Weber Inc. (and formerly Weber-Stephen Products LLC) from January 2013 until June 8, 2022, at which time her designated successor for the Chief Accounting Officer role was named to the Global Controller position. Prior to Weber, Ms. Kilpatrick served in various accounting and finance roles for the Sara Lee Corporation from 1992 until 2012, the most recent being Vice President Corporate Strategy Finance

from 2008 to 2012. Ms. Kilpatrick received a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Illinois State University in 1985, and an MBA in Accounting, Finance and Economics from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business in 2002.

In addition, the Board is engaging an executive search firm to identify and assess candidates for the permanent Chief Financial Officer position and will consider both internal and external candidates.

At the time of this report, the Company has not entered into any compensation arrangements with Ms. Kilpatrick in connection with the announcement described above.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.





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