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ITEM 8.01. | OTHER EVENTS |
On January 8, 2021, the Board of Directors of Ingevity Corporation (the “Company”) appointed Stacy Cozad to serve as the Company’s Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, effective February 1, 2021. Ms. Cozad, age 50, served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary of Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc., a publicly traded company that designs and builds aerostructures for both commercial and defense customers, since September 2017. From January 2016 to September 2017, Ms. Cozad served as Spirit AeroSystems’ Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Prior to joining Spirit AeroSystems, Ms. Cozad served in various roles with Southwest Airlines Co., including Associate General Counsel – Litigation from 2009 to 2015 and Senior Attorney from 2006 to 2009. From 1997 to 2006, Ms. Cozad served as an associate and partner in private law practices. Ms. Cozad holds a bachelor’s degree in behavioral science from Concordia University Texas and a Juris Doctor degree from Pepperdine University.
The Company issued a press release on January 13, 2021 announcing the appointment of Ms. Cozad, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this current report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 9.01. | FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS |
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99.1 | Press Release Dated as of January 13, 2021. | |
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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.
INGEVITY CORPORATION | ||
(Registrant) | ||
By: | /s/ John C. Fortson | |
John C. Fortson | ||
President and Chief Executive Officer |
Date: January 13, 2021
Exhibit 99.1
Ingevity Corporation 4920 OHear Avenue | ||
Suite 400 | ||
North Charleston, SC 29405 USA www.ingevity.com | ||
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Laura Woodcock 843-746-8197 laura.woodcock@ingevity.com | ||
Investors: | ||
Jack Maurer 843-746-8242 jack.maurer@ingevity.com |
Ingevity names Stacy Lancaster Cozad as executive vice president, general counsel and secretary
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C., January 13, 2021 Ingevity Corporation (NYSE:NGVT) today announced that it has named Stacy Lancaster Cozad as executive vice president, general counsel and secretary, effective February 1, 2021. The general counsel role became vacant with the retirement of Katherine C. Burgeson on August 1, 2020.
Stacy brings a wealth of legal experience to Ingevity that will support our already adept and accomplished legal team, said Fortson. Her seasoned career has encompassed a broad range of legal experience, from litigation, transactions, compliance and corporate governance. We are excited and honored to have Stacy join Ingevitys leadership team as general counsel.
Cozad joins Ingevity from Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPR), where she served as senior vice president, general counsel, chief compliance officer and corporate secretary since January 2016. Her responsibilities included the companys ethics and compliance program, contracts management, export compliance, business continuity and corporate governance. Prior to joining Spirit, Cozad was with Southwest Airlines Co., first as senior attorney from 2006 to 2009 and then as associate general counsel litigation from 2009 to 2015. During her time at Southwest, Cozad oversaw diverse legal issues including litigation, and government and regulatory investigations. Prior to joining Southwest, Cozad worked in private practice at Cash Klemchuk Powers Taylor LLP and at Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal, LLP, where she practiced as a litigation associate and then as a partner of the firm. Cozad also served as a briefing attorney for one year at the Supreme Court of Texas for former Associate Justice John Cornyn (now a U.S. Senator). Cozad holds a bachelors degree in behavioral science from Concordia University Texas and a juris doctor from Pepperdine University.
Ingevity: Purify, Protect and Enhance
Ingevity provides specialty chemicals, high-performance carbon materials and engineered polymers that purify, protect, and enhance the world around us. Through a team of talented and experienced people, Ingevity develops, manufactures, and brings to market products and processes that help customers solve complex problems. These products are used in a variety of demanding applications, including asphalt paving, oil exploration and production, agrochemicals, adhesives, lubricants, publication inks, coatings, elastomers, bio-plastics and automotive components that reduce gasoline vapor emissions. Headquartered in North Charleston, South Carolina, Ingevity operates from 25 locations around the world and employs approximately 1,850 people. The company is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: NGVT). For more information, visit www.ingevity.com.
Cautionary Statements About Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements generally include the words will, plans, intends, targets, expects, outlook, or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements may include, without limitation, expected financial positions, results of operations and cash flows; financing plans; business strategies and expectations; operating plans; and the impact of COVID-19. Actual results could differ materially from the views expressed. Factors that could cause actual results to materially differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, or that could cause other forward-looking statements to prove incorrect, include, without limitation, adverse effects from the COVID-19 pandemic; adverse effects of general economic and financial conditions; risks related to international sales and operations; and the other factors detailed from time to time in the reports we file with the SEC, including those described under Risk Factors in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, Form 10-Q and other periodic filings. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release. Ingevity assumes no obligation to provide any revisions to, or update, any projections and forward-looking statements contained in this press release.
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