ITC HOLDINGS CORP. (NYSE:ITC) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain OfficersItem 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Appointment of Directors
On December 31, 2016 the shareholder of ITC Holdings Corp. (the “Company”) approved the Board of Directors’ (the “Board”) recommendation to expand the size of the Board from nine to ten directors and appointed Robert A. Elliott as a director of the Company. There are no understandings or arrangements between Mr. Elliott and any other person to which Mr. Elliott was selected as a director of the Company. Mr. Elliott does not have any familial relationship with any director or executive officer of the Company. It has not yet been determined on which committees of the Board Mr. Elliott will serve. The appointment of Mr. Elliott as a new director was effective on January 1, 2017.
In connection with his service as director, Mr. Elliott will receive the Company’s standard non-employee director cash compensation. Specifically, Mr. Elliott will receive a $125,000 annual cash retainer (payable in equal quarterly installments), as well as an annual cash payment if he serves as chair of any committee or as chairman of the board of directors.