Alta Equipment Group Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update, Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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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.
On September 1, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Alta Equipment Group Inc. (the “Company”) elected Colin Wilson to join the Board of the Company, effective immediately, filling a vacancy. Mr. Wilson was elected to the class of directors whose term expires at the Company’s annual meeting of shareholders in 2026.
Mr. Wilson, age 70, has over 40 years of experience in the materials handling industry. He began his career in 1970 with Coles Cranes in Sunderland, England, where he worked in production engineering, marketing, product management and overseas licensing. After time with a compressor company and a European lift truck competitor, Mr. Wilson joined Hyster-Yale Group (formerly NACCO Materials Handling Group), a global company whose primary business is lift trucks with annual revenues over $4 billion, in 1988 as European Sales and Marketing Director for the Yale brand and had roles of increasing responsibility culminating in his role as the President and Chief Executive Officer in September 2014. Mr. Wilson held the President and Chief Executive Officer role at Hyster-Yale Group until January 2020, when he retired. Mr. Wilson graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Sunderland Polytechnic (now the University of Sunderland). Mr. Wilson served on the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of the Industrial Truck Association of America (ITA), is the past chairman and board member of the Materials Handling Institute of America (MHI) and has also served as a member of the Material Handling Equipment Distributors Association’s Board of Advisors (MHEDA) and as President of the British Industrial Truck Association (BITA).
As a non-employee director, Mr. Wilson will receive cash compensation and an equity award for his Board service, in accordance with the Company’s non-employee director compensation program, as amended from time to time. There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Wilson and any other persons pursuant to which Mr. Wilson was selected to serve as director. Mr. Wilson is not related to any officer or other director of the Company and there are no transactions or relationships between Mr. Wilson and the Company that require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
On September 4, 2024, the Company issued a press release announcing the election of Mr. Wilson, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1. The information in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit No. Description
99.1 Press Release, dated September 4, 2024, of Alta Equipment Group Inc.
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).
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.
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ALTA EQUIPMENT GROUP INC. |
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September 4, 2024 |
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/s/ Ryan Greenawalt |
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Name: Ryan Greenawalt Title: Chief Executive Officer |