Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers |
On April 4, 2019, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of WageWorks, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Carol Goode as a Class II director and a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and the Compensation Committee of the Board, effective immediately. Ms. Goode’s term of office will expire at the Company’s 2020 annual meeting of stockholders or until her successor has been elected and qualified.
Previously, Ms. Goode served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer of Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (“Brocade”), a technology company specializing in data and storage networking products, from May 2013 to through January 2018. Prior to joining Brocade, Ms. Goode served as a business consultant and advisor to various companies both in Silicon Valley and nationally since 1987. From 1997 to 2001, Ms. Goode served as the Vice President of Human Resources to Bay Networks, Inc., which was acquired by Nortel Networks Corp in 1998 where Ms. Goode continued in her role. Ms. Goode holds an M.B.A. from Duquesne University and a B.S. from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
Ms. Goode will receive the standard compensation for the Company’snon-employee directors, as described in more detail under the heading “Standard Compensation Arrangements forNon-Employee Directors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 18, 2019. She has also entered into the Company’s standard form of indemnification agreement pursuant to which the Company will indemnify her for certain actions she takes in her capacity as a director.
The Board has affirmatively determined that Ms. Goode is independent under the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and the listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange.
There is no arrangement or understanding between Ms. Goode and any other persons pursuant to which Ms. Goode was appointed as a director. Furthermore, there are no transactions between Ms. Goode and the Company that would be required to be reported under Item 404(a) of RegulationS-K.