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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 6, 2020, the board of directors of nVent Electric plc (the “Company”) appointed Jacqueline Wright (“Wright”) as a director of the Company effective as of March 6, 2020. The board of directors of the Company also appointed Ms. Wright as a member of the Compensation and Governance Committees of the board of directors of the Company effective as of March 6, 2020.
Ms. Wright will participate in the Company’s standard non-employee director compensation arrangements described under “Director Compensation” in the Company’s proxy statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 26, 2019. Ms. Wright will enter into a Deed of Indemnification with the Company, as well as an Indemnification Agreement with nVent Management Company, a subsidiary of the Company, the forms of which were filed as Exhibits 10.4 and 10.5, respectively, to Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form 10 of the Company filed with the SEC on January 31, 2018.
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, thereunto duly authorized, on March 11, 2020.
| nVent Electric plc | ||
| Registrant | ||
| By: | /s/ Jon D. Lammers | |
| Jon D. Lammers | ||
| Executive Vice President, General Counsel | ||
| and Secretary | ||