apph-20220207

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Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share

APPH

The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share

APPHW

The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

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On February 7, 2022, Robert J. Laikin notified the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of AppHarvest, Inc. (the “Company”) of his resignation from the Board and all committees thereof effective immediately. Mr. Laikin’s decision to leave the Board was not the result of any disagreement between the Company and Mr. Laikin on any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies, or practices.

On February 9, 2022, the Board appointed J. Kevin Willis to serve as a director of the Company, effective as of February 19, 2022. The Board also appointed Mr. Willis to serve as chair of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board, effective as of February 19, 2022.

There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. Willis and any other person pursuant to which he was selected as a director of the Company, and there is no family relationship between Mr. Willis and any of the Company’s other directors or executive officers. The Company is not aware of any transaction involving Mr. Willis requiring disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

J. Kevin Willis, age 56, currently serves as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Ashland Global Holdings Inc., a public company, a position he has held since September 2016. Mr. Willis held the same positions at Ashland Inc. and served in such capacities since May 2013. He earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Eastern Kentucky University and an MBA from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Mr. Willis will be entitled to receive a $75,000 annual retainer for service as director. At each annual stockholder meeting following which his respective term as a director continues, Mr. Willis will be entitled to receive a restricted stock unit award having a value of $100,000 which will vest in full on the date of the following year’s annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders (or the date the date immediately preceding the date of the following year’s annual meeting if his service as a director ends at such meeting as a result of his failure to be re-elected or not standing for re-election), subject to continuous service as of such date and subject further to acceleration of vesting upon a change in control. Mr. Willis have also entered into the Company’s standard form of indemnification agreement.

On February 9, 2022, the Company issued a press release (the “Press Release”) announcing the appointment of Mr. Willis to the Board. A copy of the Press Release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

The information in this Item 7.01 of the Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, is furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing made by the Company under the Securities Act, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

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.


	AppHarvest, Inc.

Dated: February 9, 2022
	By:	/s/ Loren Eggleton
		Loren Eggleton
		Chief Financial Officer
		(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)


Delaware	001-39288	82-5042965
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)


500 Appalachian Way Morehead, KY			40351
(Address of principal executive offices)			(Zip Code)


Exhibit No.						Description
99.1						Press Release, dated February 9, 2022.
104						Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).