UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 18, 2021
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
| (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||||
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(763 ) 551-7000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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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 September 18, 2021, Robert J. Poirier, Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Accounting Officer of Sleep Number Corporation (“Sleep Number” or the “Company”), who serves as the Company’s principal accounting officer, provided notice that he will retire in April of 2022. Mr. Poirier will step down from his position effective April 2, 2022 and will continue to serve the Company in a consultancy role for approximately six months. The Company sincerely thanks Mr. Poirier for his leadership, dedication and the lasting impact he’s made over his 15 years with the Company.
The Company’s Board of Directors has approved the appointment of Joel Laing, Senior Director, Finance, as the Company’s next Treasurer and Chief Accounting Officer effective April 3, 2022. Mr. Laing has strong leadership, business knowledge and accounting expertise from more than 18 years of financial management experience, including the last nine years with the Company and previous nine years with Ernst & Young, LLC.
SIGNATURE
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.
| SLEEP NUMBER CORPORATION | ||||||||||||||
| (Registrant) | ||||||||||||||
| Dated: September 23, 2021 | By: | /s/ Samuel R. Hellfeld | ||||||||||||
| Name: | Samuel R. Hellfeld | |||||||||||||
| Title: | Senior Vice President, Chief Legal and Risk Officer | |||||||||||||