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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
Effective March 31, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Vontier Corporation (the “Company”) increased the size of the Company’s Board from seven to eight members and appointed Ms. Maryrose Sylvester to the Board as a Class III director. In accordance with the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as a Class III director, the term for Ms. Sylvester will expire on the date of the Company’s 2023 annual meeting of stockholders, or upon the director’s earlier death, resignation or removal.
As a non-employee director, Ms. Sylvester will receive the same compensation paid to other non-employee directors as disclosed in Exhibit 10.24 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 10, filed on September 21, 2020 (the “Form 10”), which is incorporated by reference herein. Ms. Sylvester has also entered into an indemnification agreement with the Company, the Form of which is disclosed as Exhibit 10.27 to the Form 10 and is incorporated by reference herein.
In connection with the appointment of Ms. Sylvester, the Board also determined that Ms. Sylvester is independent within the meaning of the listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange.
There is no arrangement or understanding between Ms. Sylvester and any other person pursuant to which she was selected as a director of the Company.
There are no transactions involving Ms. Sylveter that would be required to be reported under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
SIGNATURES
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.
| VONTIER CORPORATION | ||||||
| Date: March 31, 2021 | By: | /s/ Courtney Kamlet | ||||
| Name: Courtney Kamlet | ||||||
| Title: Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | ||||||