Transportation & Logistics Systems, Inc 8-K, filed Sep 13, 2022
Transportation & Logistics Systems, Inc. (TLSS)
About this 8-K
Transportation & Logistics Systems, Inc filed this 8-K on September 13, 2022, reporting on events of September 12, 2022.
Items reported
- Item 5.02: Director or officer change, or executive pay
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Item 5.02, Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.
Effective September 12, 2022, the Company retained the services of Mr. Justin Frey (age 51) as Chief Operating Officer. In the years from 2013 to 2018, he worked for FFE Transportation, one of the largest temperature-controlled National LTL transportation companies with revenues of more than $150 million, serving as terminal manager in California and Illinois before being promoted to Eastern Region Director of Operations. From 2018 through 2019, Mr. Frey worked as Director of Operations with Dicom/Eastern Connection, a $40 million regional overnight small package carrier. From 2019 to 2020, he was Director of Freight Operations for Freeman Company, one of the world’s largest event companies with revenues of $2.9 billion worldwide. He most recently held the position of Vice President of Operations with LandAir, the largest privately held LTL carrier in New England, along with PDS, LandAir’s TL subsidiary, with revenues of $40 million. He will receive annual compensation of $215,000, as well as annual discretionary bonuses and equity grants, business expense reimbursement and benefits as generally made available to the Company’s executives, totaling approximately $470,000 per annum.
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.
| Dated: September 13, 2022 | TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS SYSTEMS, INC. | |
| By: | /s/ Sebastian Giordano | |
| Name: | Sebastian Giordano | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |