ACN 8-K
Accenture plc (ACN)
8-K
2023-04-14
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 13, 2023
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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 13, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Accenture plc (the “Company”) appointed Alan Jope as a new director of the Company, effective April 14, 2023, upon the recommendation of the Board’s Nominating, Governance & Sustainability Committee. Mr. Jope will serve until the Company’s 2024 annual general meeting of shareholders, when he will be subject to re-appointment by a vote of the Company’s shareholders.
Mr. Jope, 59, is chief executive officer of Unilever. He joined Unilever in the UK in 1985. Before being appointed as CEO of Unilever in 2019, Mr. Jope served as President of the Beauty & Personal Care Division. He also worked in leadership roles at Unilever in North America for 14 years and Asia for 13 years.
Mr. Jope holds a BA Hons in Commerce from Edinburgh University and graduated from Harvard Business School’s General Management Program in 2001. Recently, he was appointed Visiting Fellow at the University of Oxford.
Mr. Jope has been appointed to serve on the Board’s Nominating, Governance & Sustainability Committee. He will receive the pro rata portion of the standard compensation for service on the Board (currently $110,000 per annum) and the Nominating, Governance & Sustainability Committee (currently $12,500 per annum), based on the number of days remaining in the current director compensation year. Mr. Jope may elect to receive his compensation in cash or equity, or one-half in cash and one-half in equity. He will also receive the standard grant of fully vested restricted share units valued at $240,000 made by the Company to directors newly appointed to the Board.
The Company expects Mr. Jope to enter into the Company’s standard indemnification agreement for its directors.
A copy of the Company’s news release issued on April 14, 2023 regarding the appointment of Mr. Jope to the Board is filed as Exhibit 99 to this Form 8-K.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) 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.
| Date: April 14, 2023 | ACCENTURE PLC | |||||||
| By: | /s/ Joel Unruch | |||||||
| Name: | Joel Unruch | |||||||
| Title: | General Counsel & Corporate Secretary | |||||||
Exhibit 99
Accenture Appoints Alan Jope, Chief Executive Officer of Unilever, to Board of Directors
NEW YORK; Apr. 14, 2023 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) announced that Alan Jope has been appointed to the company’s Board of Directors, effective today. Mr. Jope, 59, is the chief executive officer of Unilever (LSE: ULVR).
Mr. Jope will be subject to re-appointment at the next Accenture plc annual general meeting of shareholders. He has been appointed to serve on the board’s Nominating, Governance & Sustainability Committee.
“Alan is a dynamic leader with vast expertise in the consumer goods industry and deep experience driving change through sustainable business at a global scale,” said Julie Sweet, chair and CEO, Accenture. “He will bring valuable perspective and insight to our board and our company as we continue to execute on our strategy and create 360° value for all our stakeholders.”
With the appointment, Accenture’s board now comprises 10 directors, nine of whom are external and independent. Ms. Sweet is the board’s only internal director.
In his role at Unilever, Mr. Jope is responsible for leading one of the world’s largest consumer goods businesses, with presence in over 190 countries, serving an estimated 3.4 billion people every day. He joined Unilever in the UK in 1985. Before being appointed as CEO, Mr. Jope served as President of the Beauty & Personal Care Division. He also worked in leadership roles in North America for 14 years and Asia for 13 years.
Mr. Jope holds a BA Hons in Commerce from Edinburgh University and graduated from Harvard Business School’s General Management Program in 2001. Recently, he was appointed Visiting Fellow at the University of Oxford.
About Accenture
Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent and innovation led company with 738,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. We are uniquely able to deliver tangible outcomes because of our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Accenture Song. These capabilities, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients succeed and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com.
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