UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): March 19, 2024
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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 March 19, 2024, James Zhu, age 62, was appointed to the position of Chief Accounting Officer of Array Technologies, Inc. (the “Company” or “Array”) by the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”). Concurrent with his appointment as Chief Accounting Officer, Mr. Zhu was deemed the Company’s principal accounting officer and designated as an “officer” as such term is used within the meaning of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Mr. Zhu previously served as the Company’s Senior Vice President of Finance and Accounting, having joined Array in December 2023. Prior to joining Array, Mr. Zhu served as the Chief Financial Officer of Nutcracker Therapeutics, Inc. from June 2020 to August 2023 and Chief Financial Officer of VoloAgri Group, Inc. from July 2012 to January 2020. Mr. Zhu also served as Chief Accounting Officer of First Solar, Inc. from 2009 to 2012, having joined First Solar as Vice President, Corporate Controller in 2007, and before which time he held the Corporate Controller role at Salesforce, Inc. Mr. Zhu worked at Chiron Corporation prior to joining Salesforce, Inc. and started his career in KPMG’s Assurances Practice. Mr. Zhu holds a BA in Political Economics from Guangxi University and an MBA from Golden Gate University.
In connection with his appointment, Mr. Zhu also entered into an indemnification agreement with the Company in the form previously used with the Company’s executive officers. Mr. Zhu does not have any family relationships with any director, executive officer, or any person nominated to become a director or executive officer of the Company and there are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Zhu and any other person pursuant to which Mr. Zhu was appointed as Chief Accounting Officer of the Company. There are no transactions in which Mr. Zhu had or will have an interest that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act.
SIGNATURE
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.
| Array Technologies, Inc. | ||||||||||||||
| Date: March 22, 2024 | By: | /s/ Tyson Hottinger | ||||||||||||
| Name: Tyson Hottinger | ||||||||||||||
| Title: Chief Legal Officer | ||||||||||||||