North European Oil Royality Trust filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update, Financial Statements and Exhibits
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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FORM 8-K
NORTH EUROPEAN OIL
ROYALTY TRUST
Delaware 1-8245 22-2084119
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Item 5.02(b). Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On September 16, 2024, the Trustees of North European Oil Royalty Trust (the "Trust") appointed Richard P. Howard and Andrew S. Borodach as Trustees of the Trust effective October 1, 2024. Neither Mr. Howard nor Mr. Borodach have been appointed to serve on any committee of the Trustees at this time.
Richard P. Howard, [78], is a Chartered Financial Analyst and an active investor with more than 47 years of experience in the energy industry. Mr. Howard's professional career included analytical and portfolio management positions with CIGNA, Fidelity Investments, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and Prospector Partners Asset Management, LLC. He was a 50-year charter member of the National Association of Petroleum Investment Analysts. He holds B.S. degrees in welding engineering and industrial engineering from Millikin University and an M.B.A from Harvard Business School.
With more than twenty-five years of experience, Andrew S. Borodach, [55], is a transactional lawyer, with a strong financial services and insurance background and a focus of cross-border M&A activity. Mr. Borodach is currently Vice President, Head of the Transactional Law Group & Chief Counsel M&A at Prudential Financial, Inc. He began his career as an associate at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP and spent nearly fifteen years at American International Group, Inc. in several legal and business roles of increasing responsibility. He holds a J.D. from Harvard University Law School and a B.A. from Brown University.
There are no arrangements or understandings between either Mr. Howard or Mr. Borodach and any person pursuant to which Mr. Howard or Mr. Borodach were selected as Trustees, and there are no actual or proposed transactions between either Mr. Howard or Mr. Borodach and the Trust that would require disclosure under Item 404 (a) of Regulation S-K. In addition, there are no family relationships between either Mr. Howard or Mr. Borodach and any other Trustee.
Mr. Howard and Mr. Borodach will be compensated in accordance with the Trust's standard compensation policies and practices for Trustees, which are disclosed in the Trust's Proxy Statement for its 2023 Annual Meeting of Unit Owners dated January 2, 2024.
Except as set forth above, there is no other material Trust plan, contract or arrangement in which either Mr. Howard or Mr. Borodach will participate in connection with his appointment.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(c) Exhibits
The following exhibit is filed herewith:
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.
(Registrant)
John R. Van Kirk
Managing Director
September 17, 2024