Item 5.02. | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On April 13, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Clover Health Investments, Corp. (the “Company”) appointed Demetrios L. Kouzoukas, a former Director of the Center for Medicare and Principal Deputy Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, to serve as a Class II director of the Board and as a member of the Audit Committee of the Board. In connection with the election of Mr. Kouzoukas, the Board voted to increase the size of the Board to seven directors.
Following the appointment of Mr. Kouzoukas, effective as of April 13, 2021, the committees of the Board are comprised of the following Board members: Audit Committee: Lee Shapiro (Chair), William G. Robinson, Jr., and Demetrios L. Kouzoukas; Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee: Lee Shapiro (Chair) and Chelsea Clinton; and Talent and Compensation Committee: William G. Robinson, Jr. (Chair) and Chelsea Clinton.
In connection with his service as a director, Mr. Kouzoukas will receive the Company’s standard non-employee director cash and equity compensation. Mr. Kouzoukas will receive a pro rata portion of the $60,000 annual retainer for his service. Mr. Kouzoukas will also be granted a restricted stock unit (“RSU”) award under the Company’s 2020 Equity Incentive Plan covering shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock having an RSU value of $200,000 pursuant to and in accordance with the Company’s Director Compensation Policy.
In connection with his appointment, Mr. Kouzoukas entered into the Company’s standard form of indemnification agreement for its directors, which requires the Company to, among other things, indemnify its directors against liabilities that may arise by reason of their status or service. The agreement also requires the Company to advance all expenses incurred by directors in investigating or defending any action, suit or proceeding. The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the form of indemnification agreement, which was filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (No. 001-39252) filed on January 12, 2021 and is incorporated by reference herein.
There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Kouzoukas and any other persons pursuant to which he was selected as a director. Mr. Kouzoukas has no family relationships with any of the Company’s directors or executive officers and he has no direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.