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)		November 15, 2019
BLUE BIRD CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware	001-36267		46-3891989
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)
3920 Arkwright Road, Suite 200, Macon, Georgia			31210
(Address of principal executive offices)			(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code		(478) 822-2801
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.

(c) On November 15, 2019, Blue Bird Corporation (the “Company”) appointed Charles R. (“Trey”) Jenkins as Chief Operating Officer of the Company, effective as of December 1, 2019. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Jenkins, age 50, served as the Company’s Senior Vice President of Operations, a position he has held since May 2018. From February 2014 until May 2018, Mr. Jenkins served as the Company’s Vice President of Alternative Fuels.

Mr. Jenkins will be provided a base salary of $325,000, and will be eligible for a potential annual cash bonus under the Company’s Management Incentive Plan (MIP) at a target level of 75% of his base salary. Mr. Jenkins currently participates, and will continue to participate, in the Company’s existing executive compensation programs along with the other executive officers of the Company, subject to the decisions of, and program administration by, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, as described in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement dated February 1, 2019 with respect to its 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	BLUE BIRD CORPORATION
Dated: November 18, 2019	By:	/s/ Paul Yousif
	Name:	Paul Yousif
	Title:	General Counsel and Corporate Treasurer