Goosehead Insurance Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update, Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
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Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): April 16, 2025
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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 April 16, 2025, Bill Wade was appointed to Goosehead Insurance, Inc.’s (the “Company”) Board of Directors (the “Board”). The Board has determined that Mr. Wade is independent in accordance with applicable NASDAQ Global Select Market rules and the Company's corporate governance guidelines.
Mr. Wade has over 25 years of experience as a senior partner and consultant at Bain & Company, and brings deep expertise in leveraging emerging technologies, particularly artificial intelligence (AI), to fuel innovation, operational efficiency, and transformational growth. Mr. Wade holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar and Siebel Scholar, and bachelor’s and master’s degrees in accounting from Brigham Young University.
There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Wade and any other person pursuant to which Mr. Wade was selected as a director, nor are there any transactions to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party and in which Mr. Wade has any direct or indirect material interest subject to disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
Mr. Wade will also enter into the Company’s standard indemnification and restrictive covenant agreements for directors and executive officers.
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
On April 17, 2025, the Company issued a press release announcing the appointment of Mr. Wade to the Board. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
The information contained in this Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit No. | Description | |||||||
Press Release issued by Goosehead Insurance, Inc. dated April 17, 2025 | ||||||||
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (Formatted as Inline XBRL) | |||||||
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 hereunto duly authorized.
GOOSEHEAD INSURANCE, INC. | ||||||||
By: | /s/ Mark K. Miller | |||||||
Mark K. Miller President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||||||