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 16, 2022
SunPower Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
(Commission File Number)
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||||
(Address of principal executive offices, with zip code)
(408 ) 240-5500
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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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 16, 2022, Bernadette Baudier notified SunPower Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), of her intent to resign as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) in April 2022, in connection with her retirement. Ms. Baudier has served as a designee of TotalEnergies Solar INTL SAS (“TotalEnergies Solar,” an affiliate of TotalEnergies SE or “TotalEnergies”), pursuant to the Affiliation Agreement (the “Affiliation Agreement”), dated April 28, 2011, as amended, between TotalEnergies Solar, TotalEnergies Gaz & Electricité Holdings SAS (“TotalEnergies Gaz”), and the Company, and her replacement as TotalEnergies Solar’s designee on the Board will be selected at a later date. Due to her upcoming retirement, Ms. Baudier will not stand for re-election at the Company’s 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
In addition, on March 16, 2022, Vinayak Hegde, who previously served as a Class III director, with a term expiring at the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, resigned as a Class III director, and was re-appointed on the same day as a Class I director, with a term expiring at the Company’s 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. This action was taken to even the classes in connection with restructuring of the Board pursuant to its reduction to nine members, effective March 31, 2022, in connection with the previously announced resignations of Franck Trochet and Patrick Wood III, pursuant to Amendment No. 6 to the Affiliation Agreement, dated as of October 29, 2021, by and among the Company, TotalEnergies Solar, and TotalEnergies Gaz.
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.
| SUNPOWER CORPORATION | ||||||||
| March 22, 2022 | By: | /S/ REGAN J. MACPHERSON | ||||||
| Name: | Regan J. MacPherson | |||||||
| Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer | |||||||