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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. |
Departure of Renee Noto as a Director
On March 2, 2022, Renee Noto, a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of QualTek Services Inc. (the “Company”), notified the Company that she was resigning from the Board effective immediately. Ms. Noto’s resignation is not the result of any disagreement with the Company relating to its operations, policies or practices or with its Board or management.
A copy of Ms. Noto’s resignation letter is attached hereto as Exhibit 17.1.
Election of Daniel Lafond as a Director
On March 2, 2022, at the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, the Board elected Daniel Lafond as an independent director of the Company, effective immediately, to fill the vacancy created by Ms. Noto’s resignation, with a term expiring at our annual meeting of stockholders in 2024 or until his successor is duly elected and qualified or until his earlier resignation, removal or death. The Board also appointed Mr. Lafond to serve as a member of the Audit Committee.
Mr. Lafond will be compensated similarly to the other non-employee directors of the Company, as described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 24, 2022.
Mr. Lafond joins the Board with more than 20 years of experience in the telecommunications and technology industries, including in many senior leadership roles at AT&T Inc., Comcast Corporation (“Comcast”) and QuadGen Wireless Solutions Inc. Most recently, Mr. Lafond served seven years as Senior Vice President of Sales at Comcast. In this role, Mr. Lafond led the transformation strategy for Xfinity sales channels and operations. Mr. Lafond helped drive customer growth by investing in sales channel to better serve the customer, as well as creating a more centralized sales operations function to help support the employee serving the customers of Xfinity. Mr. Lafond graduate from LaSalle University with a B.S. in Accounting.
Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure |
On March 7, 2022, QualTek issued a press release announcing the appointment of Mr. Lafond to the Board. The press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
The information in this Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
Exhibit |
Description | |
17.1 | Director Resignation Letter of Renee Noto, dated March 2, 2022 | |
99.1 | Press release, dated March 7, 2022 | |
104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
SIGNATURE
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.
QUALTEK SERVICES INC. | ||
Date: March 7, 2022 | By: | /s/ Christopher S. Hisey |
Name: | Christopher S. Hisey | |
Title: | Chief Executive Officer |