Lindblad Expeditions Holdings Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update, Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Statements and Exhibits

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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 10, 2024

 

 

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number including area code: (212) 261-9000

 

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On December 10, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), appointed of Natalya Leahy to serve as Chief Executive Officer, effective January 1, 2025, and Frederick (Rick) Goldberg as Chief Financial Officer, effective December 31, 2024. Ms. Leahy will report to the Board and succeeds Lindblad Expeditions’ Founder and CEO, Sven-Olof Lindblad, who will serve as Founder and Co-Chair of the Board, alongside Mark Ein, who will continue to serve as Co-Chair and Lead Independent Director of the Board. Mr. Goldberg succeeds L. Dyson Dryden, who has served as interim Chief Financial Officer since June 2024. Mr. Dryden will retain his long-standing position as a Board Director.

 

Ms. Leahy most recently served as President of Seabourn, where she was responsible for all aspects of the luxury cruise line’s business and operations, leading a global team of more than 4,000 shoreside and seagoing employees. Prior to taking on the role of President, Ms. Leahy served as Chief Operations Officer and Chief Financial Officer for Holland America Group, respectively. Before joining Holland America Group, Ms. Leahy spent 10 years in multiple leadership roles at Procter & Gamble, as well as positions in Finance and Operations at the United Nations, Coca Cola, and Le Meriden Uzbekistan.

 

Mr. Goldberg previously served as Chief Financial Officer of Founders Table Restaurant Group, where he led all aspects of the high-growth, fast-casual restaurant company’s finance, real estate and development, franchising, and customer insights, since 2021. Mr. Goldberg has also served as Chief Financial Officer of Jackson Hewitt, one of the largest providers of assisted tax preparation services in the United States, and co-founded and served as the COO of City Wine Tours from 2011 to 2017. Mr. Goldberg has a BA from Harvard College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

 

 

Item 7.01              Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

The Company’s press release announcing Ms. Leahy and Mr. Goldberg’s appointment described in Item 5.02 above is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein.

 

 

Item 9.01              Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.