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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 |
On July 28, 2021, Deborah Hersman delivered notice to the board of directors (the “Board”) of Velodyne Lidar, Inc. (the “Company”) of her intent to resign as a Class III director, effective as of July 29, 2021. The resignation is not a result of any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies or practices.
On July 29, 2021, the Board appointed Kristin Slanina as a Class III director, effective immediately. The Board also appointed Ms. Slanina to the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board.
Kristin Slanina is the Managing Director of Charge Across America, an electric vehicle race, and Chief Innovation Officer at ParkMyFleet, a provider of parking locations and technology solutions for fleet operations, a position she has held since March 2021. Previously, she served as Chief Operating Officer of TrueCar, an automotive pricing and information website for new and used car buyers, from September 2020 to March 2021 where she led the newly formed solutions group and helped the company accelerate into its next phase of growth. Before TrueCar, she was Chief Transformation Officer of Thirdware Consulting, an IT consulting organization, from January 2019 to September 2020, where she led the Emerging Technology group and paved the way for Thirdware’s status as a Tier 1 partner with Ford and other OEMs on vehicle software development, machine learning and blockchain technology. Prior, Ms. Slanina has held roles of increasing responsibility at Ernst & Young, a global professional services firm, and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, a manufacturer of automobiles, after spending the first 18 years of her career at Ford Motor Company, beginning as a powertrain engineer. She holds an M.S. and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
There are no disclosable family relationships as required by Item 401(d) of Regulation S-K between Ms. Slanina and the Company or its control persons, and there are no disclosable related person transactions between the Company and Ms. Slanina as required by Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
In connection with her appointment, Ms. Slanina entered into the Company’s standard form of indemnification agreement. Ms. Slanina will receive the Company’s standard non-employee director compensation, which includes an initial grant of $150,000 of restricted stock units (measured based on the average closing price of the Company’s common stock for the 30 days immediately prior to her appointment) to non-employee directors serving on the Board, which award will vest over a three-year period.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
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99.1 | Press Release Issued by the Company on August 2, 2021 | |
104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL). |
SIGNATURE
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.
VELODYNE LIDAR, INC. | ||||||
DATE: August 2, 2021 | By: | /s/ Michael Vella | ||||
Michael Vella | ||||||
General Counsel |