SPARTAN MOTORS, INC. (NASDAQ:SPAR) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain OfficersItem 9.01
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
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Appointment of Director |
On July 17, 2018, Spartan Motors, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that its Board of Directors has increased the size of the current Board to nine members and appointed Jeri L. Isbell to the Board, effective July 13, 2018. Ms. Isbell will serve as a member of the Human Resources and Compensation Committee. From 2003 until her retirement in December 2016, Ms. Isbell served as Chief Human Resources Officer for Lexmark International, Inc. Prior to that Ms. Isbell served in various leadership positions at Lexmark from 1991 to 2003, including: Vice President, Compensation and Benefits; Vice President, Finance and Division Chief Financial Officer; and U.S. Controller. Ms. Isbell also served in several finance leadership roles at IBM Corporation from 1983 to 1991. Ms. Isbell currently serves on the boards of SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc., a wholesale distributor of commercial and residential landscape supplies and Atkore International Group, Inc., a manufacturer of electrical and mechanical products for the non-residential construction, renovation and industrial markets. She also serves on the Board of Trustees of The Nature Conservancy (Kentucky Chapter) and the Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science (GEM). Ms. Isbell holds a Master of Business Administration from Xavier University and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from Eastern Kentucky University and, is a Certified Public Accountant. She is a 2018 inductee into the Hall of Distinguished Alumni of Eastern Kentucky University.
Ms. Isbell will be a nominee for reelection at the Company’s annual meeting of shareholders to be held in 2020. There are no arrangements or understandings between Ms. Isbell and any other person to which she was selected as a director, nor are there any transactions in which Ms. Isbell has an interest requiring disclosures under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. Ms. Isbell will receive the standard compensation arrangements for the Company’s non-employee directors, including an annual retainer and share-based compensation.
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Financial Statements and Exhibits |
SPARTAN MOTORS INC ExhibitEX-99.1 2 ex_117896.htm EXHIBIT 99.1 ex_117896.htm Exhibit 99.1 Spartan Motors Announces Addition of Jeri Isbell to its Board of Directors New Independent Director Further Strengthens Spartan’s Board CHARLOTTE,…To view the full exhibit click here
About SPARTAN MOTORS, INC. (NASDAQ:SPAR)
Spartan Motors, Inc. is an engineer and manufacturer in the heavy-duty, custom vehicles marketplace. The Company operates through three segments: Emergency Response Vehicles, Delivery and Service Vehicles, and Specialty Chassis and Vehicles. The Company’s Emergency Response Vehicles segment engineers and manufactures emergency response chassis, emergency response bodies and aerial equipment. The Delivery and Service Vehicles segment manufactures delivery and service vehicles through the Company’s subsidiary, Utilimaster Corporation (Utilimaster). The Company’s Specialty Chassis and Vehicles segment consists of the operations of Spartan Motors Chassis, Inc. (Spartan Chassis) that engineer and manufacture motor home chassis, defense vehicles and other specialty chassis, and distribute related aftermarket parts and assemblies. The Company markets its products under brands, such as Spartan ERV, Aeromaster, Trademaster, Metromaster and Utilivan.