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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.
Effective March 28, 2022, our Board of Trustees (1) increased the size of the Board of Trustees from seven trustees to eight trustees and (2) appointed Arun Gupta as a member of the Board of Trustees. On April 1, 2022, we issued a press release announcing Mr. Gupta's appointment.
Mr. Gutpa, age 53, has over two decades of venture capital experience at Columbia Capital and Carlyle Venture Partners, is currently an adjunct Entrepreneurship professor at Georgetown University, entrepreneurship lecturer at Stanford University, and Venture Partner at Columbia Capital. Mr. Gupta brings extensive investing, cybersecurity and technology expertise as well as extensive experience working with management teams through scaling and strategic transaction processes.
The Board of Trustees has determined that Mr. Gupta (1) has no material relationship with us or our affiliates or any member of our management or his or her affiliates, and (2) is “independent” under our Corporate Governance Guidelines and the New York Stock Exchange listing standards.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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SIGNATURES
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.
| LXP Industrial Trust | ||
| Date: April 1, 2022 | By: | /s/ Beth Boulerice |
| Beth Boulerice | ||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||