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Clear Channel Outdoor Extends CEO Scott Wells’ Employment Agreement

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  • Clear Channel Outdoor extended CEO Scott Wells’s contract to 2030, with automatic four-year renewals.
  • The new agreement raises Wells’s pay and equity incentives and adds robust severance and restrictive covenants.
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Clear Channel Outdoor Extends CEO Scott Wells’ Employment Agreement

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Clear Channel Outdoor ( (CCO) ) has issued an update.

On December 15, 2025, Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. entered into a second amended and restated employment agreement with Chief Executive Officer Scott R. Wells, effective January 1, 2026, extending his initial term through January 1, 2030 with automatic four-year renewals thereafter unless either party opts out. The agreement sets Wells’s annual base salary at $1.2 million, provides eligibility for an annual performance bonus targeted at 120% of base salary, and establishes an annual equity incentive grant targeted at $4 million with a minimum grant-date value of $2 million, while also defining detailed severance, bonus, health benefit and equity-vesting protections if he is terminated without cause, not renewed, or resigns for good reason, alongside confidentiality, non-compete, non-solicitation and non-interference covenants that reinforce leadership stability and align executive incentives with long-term shareholder interests.

The most recent analyst rating on (CCO) stock is a Hold with a $2.00 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on Clear Channel Outdoor stock, see the CCO Stock Forecast page.

Spark’s Take on CCO Stock

According to Spark, TipRanks’ AI Analyst, CCO is a Neutral.

Clear Channel Outdoor’s stock score is primarily impacted by its financial instability, with high leverage and profitability issues being major concerns. However, the positive earnings call and technical indicators provide some optimism. The negative valuation metrics further weigh down the overall score.

To see Spark’s full report on CCO stock, click here.

More about Clear Channel Outdoor

Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. operates in the outdoor advertising industry, providing out-of-home advertising services through billboards and other display formats to brand and corporate clients across various markets.

Average Trading Volume: 3,122,879

Technical Sentiment Signal: Buy

Current Market Cap: $999.6M

See more data about CCO stock on TipRanks’ Stock Analysis page.

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