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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 April 19, 2022, Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated (PSEG) announced that Ralph Izzo, PSEG’s President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and the Chair of PSEG’s Board of Directors (the Board) will retire from PSEG, with his last day as President and CEO being August 31, 2022, and his last day as a director being December 31, 2022. Pursuant to a letter agreement entered into on April 18, 2022, Mr. Izzo will serve as executive chair of the Board effective September 1, 2022, until his retirement from the Board, and during such period his compensation will be unchanged. Also on April 18, 2022, the Board elected Ralph A. LaRossa, currently PSEG’s Chief Operating Officer, to succeed Mr. Izzo as President and CEO effective September 1, 2022. By operation of PSEG’s by-laws, Mr. LaRossa will also join the Board when he becomes President on September 1, 2022. He will assume the additional responsibilities of chair of the Board on January 1, 2023.
On April 18, 2022, PSEG and Mr. LaRossa entered into a letter agreement to memorialize his appointment as President and CEO. The agreement also specifies certain new compensation terms for Mr. LaRossa, effective September 1, 2022, including a base salary of $1,250,000, a target annual incentive equal to 130% of base salary and 2022 supplemental long-term incentive awards with a total value of $4,850,000. He will continue to participate in the other compensation and benefit programs in which he currently participates.
Information regarding Mr. LaRossa’s business experience and qualifications is disclosed in PSEG’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on February 24, 2022, and is incorporated herein by reference. Other than those disclosed in PSEG’s Definitive Proxy Statement relating to its 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which was filed with the SEC on March 10, 2022, and is incorporated herein by reference, there are no transactions involving Mr. LaRossa that would require disclosure pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. LaRossa and any other persons pursuant to which Mr. LaRossa was selected as an officer, and there are no family relationships between Mr. LaRossa and any of our directors or executive officers.
A copy of the press release issued by PSEG on April 19, 2022, is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1. Copies of the letter agreement between Mr. Izzo and PSEG and the letter agreement between Mr. LaRossa and PSEG are attached hereto as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2.
Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
Exhibit 10.1 | Letter Agreement between PSEG and Ralph Izzo dated April 18, 2022 | |
Exhibit 10.2 | Letter Agreement between PSEG and Ralph A. LaRossa dated April 18, 2022 | |
Exhibit 99.1 | Press Release dated April 19, 2022 | |
Exhibit 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
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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 thereunto duly authorized.
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE GROUP INCORPORATED | ||
(Registrant) | ||
By: | /s/ Rose M. Chernick | |
ROSE M. CHERNICK | ||
Vice President and Controller | ||
(Principal Accounting Officer) |
Date: April 19, 2022
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