Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update, 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.
Expansion of Board of Directors and Election of New Director
On January 5, 2025, the Board elected Dana Armstrong as a director, effective immediately. Also on January 5, 2025, the Board increased the size of the Board from six to seven members. At this time, the Company has not made a determination regarding any Board committee assignments for Ms. Armstrong.
Since 2020, Ms. Armstrong has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Excelerate Energy, Inc. (NYSE:EE), the world’s leading provider of floating storage and regasification units and downstream Liquified Natural Gas infrastructure. Previously, Ms. Armstrong served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Scientific Drilling International, a global energy services provider and manufacturer specializing in high accuracy wellbore placement and drilling solutions from 2015 - 2020; and held various financial positions from 2007 - 2015, including Vice President and Global Treasurer at Ion Geophysical Corporation, provider of geophysical technology, services, and solutions to the global oil and gas industry.
Ms. Armstrong holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Master’s degree in Finance from the University of Houston, C.T. Bauer College of Business. Ms. Armstrong is also a licensed Certified Public Accountant in the State of Texas.
Ms. Armstrong will receive the standard compensation payable to non-employee directors of the Company, which is an annual retainer of $160,000, payable quarterly in arrears and generally payable 50% in cash and 50% in grants of fully vested shares of the Company's common stock at the end of each fiscal quarter.
There are no arrangements or understandings between Ms. Armstrong and any other person pursuant to which Ms. Armstrong was selected as a director of the Company. Neither Ms. Armstrong nor any of her immediate family members have been a party to any transaction or current proposed transaction with the Company that is reportable under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
EXHIBIT INDEX
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99.1 Press Release of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation dated January 8, 2025.
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)
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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.
GREAT LAKES DREDGE & DOCK CORPORATION |
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/s/Vivienne R. Schiffer |
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Vivienne R. Schiffer |
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Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary |
Date: January 8, 2025