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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.
Appoint of Principal Accounting Officer
On August 28, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company appointed George Ulrich to serve as the Principal Accounting Officer of the Company.
Mr. Ulrich, age 61, has served as our Vice President of Accounting and Financial Reporting since August 2018. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Ulrich worked as an outsourced accounting consultant for Advanced CFO since September 2017. In that position, he assisted the Company in preparing the filings and completing the audits necessary for the Company to go public in 2018. Prior to that, he served as the Director of Accounting for Great Basin Scientific, Inc. from May 2015 to September 2017. Prior to that, he worked as a financial consultant with DBH Consulting LLC from June 2011 to May 2015. From 2003 through 2010 he served as Chief Financial Officer of National Financial Systems. Mr. Ulrich is a Certified Public Accountant. He received a Bachelor of Accounting from Weber State University.
Mr. Ulrich’s service as the Vice President of Accounting and Financial Reporting and as Principal Accounting Officer is not the subject of an employment agreement. Mr. Ulrich participates in the Company’s Long-Term Incentive Plan and Short-Term Incentive Plan on the same terms as other participants in the Company.
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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.
| Dated: August 31, 2021 | PURPLE INNOVATION, INC. | |
| By: | /s/ Casey McGarvey | |
| Casey McGarvey Chief Legal Officer | ||
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