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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 September 7, 2020, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of DaVita Inc. (the “Company”) adopted resolutions expanding the size of the Board from nine to ten members, and appointed Shawn M. Guertin as a member of the Board, to fill the newly created vacancy on the Board, in each case effective as of September 15, 2020. The Board also appointed Mr. Guertin to serve as a member of the Audit Committee of the Board effective as of September 15, 2020.
Mr. Guertin will receive the standard compensation and indemnification applicable to all other non-employee directors. We have described our Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy in our Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on April 27, 2020. The form of indemnification agreement we entered into with Mr. Guertin is an exhibit to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 20, 2006.
No arrangement or understanding exists between Mr. Guertin and any other person or persons pursuant to which he was selected as a director. The Company has not been a participant in any transaction since the beginning of its last fiscal year, and is not a participant in any currently proposed transaction, in which Mr. Guertin, or any member of his immediate family, had or will have a direct or indirect material interest.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| DAVITA INC. | ||||||||
| Date: September 8, 2020 | By: | /s/ Kathleen A. Waters | ||||||
| Kathleen A. Waters | ||||||||
| Chief Legal Officer | ||||||||