UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 6, 2024
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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 February 6, 2023, the board of directors (the "Board") of the Company, with the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, appointed Mr. Mark Gross as a member of the Board. Mr. Gross will serve as a Class III director (as defined in the Company’s second amended and restated certificate of incorporation) for a term expiring at the Company's 2026 annual meeting of stockholders. Mr. Gross qualifies as an independent director under the independence requirements set forth under Rule 5605(a)(2) of the Nasdaq Listing Rules and applicable law.
Mr. Gross succeeds Mr. Thomas Cole as a member of the Company's Board. Mr. Cole unexpectedly passed away over the recent holiday season.
Mr. Gross, age 60, has served as executive chairman of Southeastern Grocers, Inc. since 2020. Mr. Gross previously served as president, chief executive officer and director of Supervalu, Inc. from 2016-2018, as president and founder of Surry Investment Advisors LLC from 2006-2015 and in various leadership positions with C&S Wholesale Grocers from 1997-2006, including as general counsel, chief financial officer, co-president and member of the board. Mr. Gross also spent seven years as an attorney with the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, where he worked on complex restructuring deals, finance transactions and mergers & acquisitions. Mr. Gross also serves as co-chairman of the board of Northeast Grocery (since 2021, and including its predecessor Tops Markets, Inc. from 2019-2021), as a director and chair of the audit committee of Acosta and as a director and chair of the nomination and governance committee and member of the audit committee of Diebold-Nixdorf. In addition, he served as as chief executive officer and chairman of Kernel Group Holdings from 2020-2022. He received his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a bachelor of arts from Dartmouth College. Mr. Gross was selected to serve on the Company's Board based on his broad business and leadership experience, complex commercial transactions and business transformations.
There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Gross and any other persons pursuant to which he was selected as a director of the Company. There are no family relationships between Mr. Gross and any other director or executive officer of the Company and he has no direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. At this time, the Board has not made a determination as to potential standing committee assignments for Mr. Gross.
Mr. Gross has entered into an indemnification agreement with the Company, the form of which was previously filed as Exhibit 10.32 to the Company's Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed with the SEC on July 27, 2020. Mr. Gross will also receive compensation in accordance with the Company's standard compensatory program for non-employee directors.
Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
On February 8, 2024, the Company issued a press release announcing the foregoing director appointment. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated into this Item 7.01 by reference.
The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K is being “furnished” pursuant to Item 7.01 and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and is not incorporated by reference into any Company filing, whether made before or after the date hereof, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing and regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.
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 thereunto duly authorized.
| RACKSPACE TECHNOLOGY, INC. | ||||||||||||||
| Date: | February 8, 2024 | By: | /s/ Sarah Alexander | |||||||||||
| Sarah Alexander | ||||||||||||||
| Vice President, Deputy General Counsel & Assistant Secretary | ||||||||||||||
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Exhibit 99.1
Rackspace Technology Appoints Experienced and Seasoned Executive Mark Gross to Board of Directors
Gross brings over 25 years of business experience and executive leadership to Rackspace
SAN ANTONIO, TX – Feb. 8, 2023– Rackspace Technology® (NASDAQ: RXT), a leading end-to-end hybrid, multicloud technology solutions company, today announced the appointment of Mark Gross to its Board of Directors. Gross is an experienced and dynamic leader with over 25 years of broad-based experience, financial expertise, and deep insight into leading business transformations. Gross succeeds Thomas Cole, who unexpectedly passed away over the recent holiday season.
“We were fortunate to find Mark, a seasoned executive with financial expertise and broad business experience to complement our current Board. We look forward to his guidance, helping to further solidify our market position as the leading hybrid multicloud solutions company,” said Amar Maletira, Chief Executive Officer Rackspace Technology. “We were devastated by Tom’s unexpected passing. He was a member of our Board for a short time; however, his impact was profound. We will miss his contributions and extend our sincerest condolences to his family.”
“I’m thrilled to join the Rackspace Technology Board and have the opportunity to work together with its strong and seasoned leadership team,” said Gross. “Rackspace has exciting opportunities ahead as we seek to create value for customers and all business stakeholders.”
Gross is an experienced board member and currently serves as a board member and governance committee chair at Diebold-Nixdorf, a global provider of banking and retail technology systems. He is also executive chairman of Southeastern Grocers, an $8 billion-plus annual revenue grocery retailer, co-chairman of $7 billion-plus grocery retailer Northeast Grocery Inc., and a board member and audit committee chair at Acosta, a leading full-service sales and marketing agency. He previously served as president, chief executive officer and director of Supervalu, a grocery wholesaler. Prior to Supervalu, Gross led Surry Investment Advisors, a firm he founded. Mr. Gross also served in various leadership roles at C&S Wholesale Grocers, including co-president, chief financial officer, and general counsel, as well as a member of the board. In addition, Gross spent seven years as an attorney with the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, where he worked on complex restructuring deals, finance transactions and mergers and acquisitions. Gross earned his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Arts from Dartmouth College.
About Rackspace Technology
Rackspace Technology is a leading end-to-end hybrid, multicloud technology services company. We can design, build, and operate our customers’ cloud environments across all major technology platforms, irrespective of technology stack or deployment model. We partner with our customers at every stage of their cloud journey, enabling them to modernize applications, build new products, and adopt innovative technologies.
Media Contact: Natalie Silva, publicrelations@rackspace.com