Rocket Companies, Inc 8-K, filed Dec 28, 2023
Rocket Companies, Inc. (RKT)
About this 8-K
Rocket Companies, Inc filed this 8-K on December 28, 2023, reporting on events of December 21, 2023.
Items reported
- Item 5.02: Director or officer change, or executive pay
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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 December 21, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Rocket Companies, Inc. (the “Company”), upon the recommendation of the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board, voted to expand the Board from seven directors to eight directors and to fill the newly created vacancy on the Board by appointing Varun Krishna, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, to serve as a Class III director, effective December 21, 2023, for a term expiring at the Company’s 2026 annual meeting of stockholders and until his successor is elected and qualified, subject to his earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal.
Neither Mr. Krishna nor any of his immediate family members has had (or proposes to have) a direct or indirect interest in a transaction in which the Company or any of the Company’s subsidiaries was (or is to be) a participant, that would be required to be disclosed under Item 404(a) of SEC Regulation S-K.
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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: December 28, 2023
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/s/ Tina V. John | ||
| Name: | Tina V. John | ||
| Title: | General Counsel and Secretary | ||