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): | December 6, 2016 |
ITC Holdings Corp.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Michigan | 001-32576 | 32-0058047 |
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of incorporation) | File Number) | Identification No.) |
27175 Energy Way, Novi, Michigan | 48377 | |
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Registrants telephone number, including area code: | 248-946-3000 |
Not Applicable
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Former name or former address, if changed since last report
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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.
Appointment of Directors
On December 6, 2016 the shareholders of ITC Holdings Corp. (the "Company") approved the Board of Directors’ (the "Board") recommendation to expand the size of the Board from four to nine directors and appointed Linda H. Blair, Albert Ernst, Sandra E. Pierce, Kevin L. Prust and Thomas G. Stephens as directors of the Company. There are no understandings or arrangements between Mses. Blair or Pierce nor Messrs. Ernst, Prust, or Stephens and any other person pursuant to which Mses. Blair or Pierce nor Messrs. Ernst, Prust, or Stephens was selected as a director of the Company. None of the new appointees to the Board has any family relationship with any director or executive officer of the Company. Ms. Blair currently serves as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer. It has not yet been determined on which committees of the Board the new appointees will serve. The appointment of the new directors will be effective on January 1, 2017.
In connection with their service as directors, each appointee, except for Ms. Blair, will receive the Company’s standard non-employee director cash and equity compensation. Specifically, Ms. Pierce and Messrs. Ernst, Prust and Stephens each will receive a $125,000 annual cash retainer (payable in equal quarterly installments), as well as an annual cash payment if he/she serves as chair of any committee or as chairman of the board of directors.
SIGNATURES
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.
ITC Holdings Corp. | ||||
December 12, 2016 | By: |
/s/ Christine Mason Soneral
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Name: Christine Mason Soneral | ||||
Title: Senior Vice President and General Counsel |