SECTION 5. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT.
Item 5.02. | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On October 13, 2023, FedEx Corporation (“FedEx” or the “Company”) filed a Current Report on Form 8-K disclosing that Guy M. Erwin II had been appointed to serve as Interim Principal Accounting Officer of FedEx beginning on October 21, 2023.
On April 26, 2024, the Board of Directors of FedEx appointed Mr. Erwin to serve as the Company’s Corporate Vice President – Chief Accounting Officer, effective May 1, 2024.
Mr. Erwin, 47, has served as Interim Principal Accounting Officer of the Company since October 21, 2023 and Staff Vice President and Corporate Controller of the Company since September 2021. He was Director – Accounting of FedEx Corporate Services, Inc. from 2017 to 2021. Prior to that, he held various positions in the finance organization at FedEx from 2001 through 2017, including Staff Director – Financial Reporting from 2013 to 2017.
There are no transactions since the beginning of the Company’s last fiscal year in which the Company is a participant and in which Mr. Erwin or any members of his immediate family have any interest that are required to be reported under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. No family relationships exist between Mr. Erwin and any of the Company’s directors or executive officers. The appointment of Mr. Erwin was not pursuant to any arrangement or understanding between him and any person, other than a director or executive officer of FedEx acting in his or her official capacity.
In connection with his appointment as the Company’s Corporate Vice President – Chief Accounting Officer, Mr. Erwin will receive a promotional bonus, continue receiving a base salary, and be eligible to participate in the Company’s annual incentive compensation plans and long-term incentive plans and receive stock options and restricted stock awards under the FedEx Corporation 2019 Omnibus Incentive Stock Plan, at levels commensurate with other similarly situated persons at the Company. Additional details regarding the Company’s annual incentive compensation plans and long-term incentive plans are described beginning on page 48 of the Company’s 2023 Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 10, 2023.