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SECTION 5. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT.
Item 5.02. | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
As previously reported, Jennifer L. Johnson, Corporate Vice President and Principal Accounting Officer of FedEx Corporation (“FedEx” or the “Company”), has resigned from her position with the Company effective October 20, 2023.
The Board of Directors of FedEx has appointed Guy M. Erwin II to serve as the Company’s Interim Principal Accounting Officer beginning on October 21, 2023, until the appointment of Ms. Johnson’s permanent successor. Mr. Erwin, 47, will continue to serve as Staff Vice President and Corporate Controller of the Company, a position he has held since September 2021. Mr. Erwin was Director – Accounting of FedEx Corporate Services, Inc. from 2017 to 2021. Prior to that, he held various positions in the finance organization at FedEx from 2001 through 2017, including Staff Director – Financial Reporting from 2013 to 2017.
There are no transactions since the beginning of the Company’s last fiscal year in which the Company is a participant and in which Mr. Erwin or any members of his immediate family have any interest that are required to be reported under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. No family relationships exist between Mr. Erwin and any of the Company’s directors or executive officers. The appointment of Mr. Erwin was not pursuant to any arrangement or understanding between him and any person, other than a director or executive officer of FedEx acting in his or her official capacity.
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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.
FedEx Corporation | ||||||||
Date: October 18, 2023 | By: | /s/ Mark R. Allen | ||||||
Name: | Mark R. Allen | |||||||
Title: | Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |