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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. |
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On April 24, 2022, Kavita Suthar notified Redbox Entertainment Inc. (the “Company”) that she intends to resign from her position as Chief Financial Officer, effective as of May 16, 2022 to spend more time with her family. Ms. Suthar will remain in her position as Chief Financial Officer until the date her resignation becomes effective.
The Company’s Board of Directors appointed Mitchell Cohen, age 66, to serve as interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Mr. Cohen will join the Company on April 25, 2022, performing transitional services until he assumes the interim Chief Financial Officer position effective May 17, 2022.
In connection with the appointment of Mr. Cohen, the Company entered into an interim services agreement (the “Interim Services Agreement”) on April 23, 2022 with Randstad Professionals US, LLC d/b/a Tatum (“Tatum”), an executive services firm. Pursuant to the Interim Services Agreement, Tatum will be paid a weekly flat fee of $16,000 for the services provided by Mr. Cohen. The Company has also agreed to maintain officers insurance covering Mr. Cohen at all times the Interim Services Agreement remains in effect and, with respect to occurrences arising during the term of the Interim Services Agreement, for at least five years following its termination.
Mr. Cohen has more than 25 years of financial, operations and general business experience as a senior executive, including as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, at several public and private companies. He has several years of public accounting experience, with an emphasis on financial audits and mergers and acquisitions engagements. Mr. Cohen has also taught professional education classes for accountants with a focus on Securities and Exchange Commission matters, and has taught continuing education classes at Hofstra University.
There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Cohen and any other persons pursuant to which he was retained as interim Chief Financial Officer, other than the Interim Services Agreement discussed above. Mr. Cohen has no direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed by the Company pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
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Pursuant to the requirement 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.
| Date: April 25, 2022 | REDBOX ENTERTAINMENT INC. | |
| By: | /s/ Frederick W. Stein | |
| Frederick W. Stein | ||
| Chief Legal Officer and Secretary | ||