SunPower Corporation filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update, Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 8-K
Current Report
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 17, 2024
SunPower Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
(Commission File Number)
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(Address of principal executive offices, with zip code)
(408 ) 240-5500
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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 July 17, 2024, Vincent Stoquart resigned as a member of the board of directors (the “Board”) of SunPower Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and on July 23, 2024, the Board appointed Marc-Antoine Pignon to serve as a member of the Board. Mr. Stoquart had served as a designee of Sol Holding, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Sol Holding”), pursuant to the Amended and Restated Affiliation Agreement, dated February 14, 2024, by and between the Company and Sol Holding, and Mr. Pignon is replacing Mr. Stoquart as a designee of Sol Holding on the Board. Mr. Stoquart’s resignation is not the result of any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies, or practices.
Mr. Pignon serves as the Managing Director of TotalEnergies Renewables USA. He joined TotalEnergies in 2006 as an economist for upstream operations in Congo and the Middle East. Between 2008 and 2016, he was appointed Business Development Economist at Total E&P Norge, EPC Manager at Total E&P Nigeria, and Head of Development & Long-Term Planning at Total E&P Australia. In 2016, he became Head of Total Solar in France before being named Vice President of Development at SunPower. In 2021, he was named as the Managing Director of US Renewables for TotalEnergies. Mr. Pignon is a Science and Executive Engineering graduate from Mines ParisTech.
Mr. Pignon serves as a Class II director.
The information required by Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K regarding the Company’s agreements with Sol Holding and its respective affiliates is set forth under Item 1.01 in the Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed by the Company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on February 15, 2024 and June 3, 2024 and incorporated herein by reference.
The Company and Mr. Pignon expect to enter into the Company’s standard form of indemnification agreement for directors and officers, in substantially the form filed as Exhibit 10.24 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2016 filed with the SEC on February 19, 2016.
SIGNATURE
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.
| SUNPOWER CORPORATION | ||||||||
| July 23, 2024 | By: | /S/ ELIZABETH EBY | ||||||
| Name: | Elizabeth Eby | |||||||
| Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |||||||