Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On February 23, 2023, Mario Longhi resigned as a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Harsco Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). At the time of Mr. Longhi’s resignation, he was an independent director and member of the Audit Committee and Management Development & Compensation Committee. Mr. Longhi’s resignation was due to other time commitments and not due to any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to its operations, policies or practices.
On February 25, 2023, the Board appointed Timothy M. Laurion to the Board. Mr. Laurion’s initial term as a director will expire at the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Mr. Laurion will serve on the Audit Committee and the Governance Committee of the Board.
Mr. Laurion retired in November 2022 after spending his 41 year career at Bank of America and predecessor organizations with the last several decades covering the Environmental Services industry as a Managing Director and Senior Corporate Banker in the bank’s Global Corporate & Investment Banking division. He has particular expertise in the Environmental Services sector having developed and maintained lead bank relationships as a C-suite trusted advisor with most of the nation’s top environmental and waste firms during his decades long career supporting this industry. He has broad experience with capital markets, acquisition finance, and the bank market having structured over $100 billion of credit facilities across dozens of transactions to support the growth initiatives of the Bank’s clients. Mr. Laurion has a BA from Bowdoin College, and an MBA from Suffolk University. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst.
As a non-employee director, Mr. Laurion will receive compensation in the same manner as the Company’s other non-employee directors, which compensation the Company previously disclosed in its Proxy Statement for the Company’s 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 10, 2022. In addition, as with all non-employee directors, Mr. Laurion will enter into an Indemnification Agreement with the Company, the form of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 attached hereto.
A copy of the press release, dated February 28, 2023, is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits