Item
5.02 |
Departure
of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On
April 18, 2022, Greenwave Technology Solutions, Inc. (“Greenwave” or the “Company”) increased the number of directors
comprising its Board of Directors (“Board”) from one to three members and appointed Cheryl Lanthorn and John Wood as members
of the Board and as members of the Audit, Compensation and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees (collectively, the “Committees”),
effective immediately.
On
April 19, 2022, the Board increased the number of directors comprising its Board from three to four members and appointed J. Bryan Plumlee
as a member of the Board and Committees, effective immediately. Concurrently, the Board elected Mr. Plumlee as the Chairman of the Compensation
and Nomination and Corporate Governance Committees, effective immediately. Subsequently, the Audit Committee elected Mr. Plumlee its
Chairman, effective immediately.
Messrs.
Plumlee and Wood, and Mrs. Lanthorn, are deemed “independent” directors as such term is defined by the rules of The Nasdaq
Stock Market LLC. There are no family relationships between Messrs. Plumlee and Wood, and Mrs. Lanthorn, and any of our other officers
and directors. Messrs. Plumlee and Wood, and Mrs. Lanthorn, will serve until the Company’s 2022 Annual Meeting of stockholders
or until his successor has been duly elected and qualified.
Mr.
Plumlee will be compensated $7,500 quarterly, and Mr. Wood and Mrs. Lanthorn, $6,250 each, quarterly, commencing upon the Company’s
stock being listed on a national stock exchange.
Mr.
J. Bryan Plumlee - Mr. Plumlee is a Co-Managing Shareholder of Poole Brooke Plumlee PC, where he serves as Chairman of the firm’s
Litigation Department and manages its Court Collection Department. His practice focuses on civil litigation with an emphasis on business,
land use, environmental law and product liability, including aviation litigation. As part of a vibrant land use practice, Mr. Plumlee
heads a team within the firm specializing in environmental remediation projects. Mr. Plumlee has been an attorney with Poole Brooke Plumlee
PC (formerly Huff Poole Mahoney, PC) since August 1999.
Mr.
Plumlee’s clients include multiple regional businesses, professionals, insurance companies as well as municipalities. Mr. Plumlee
has been repeatedly elected by his peers to be included in Virginia Business magazine’s Legal Elite and Virginia Super Lawyers
in the categories of Civil Litigation Defense and Environmental Litigation. Mr. Plumlee has an AV Preeminent® rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
Mrs.
Cheryl Lanthorn - Mrs. Lanthorn began her career as a Personal Administrator at Welton, Duke & Hawks before rising to an Accounting
Administrator due to her work-ethic, extensive accounting knowledge, and attention to detail. For the next 14 years, Mrs. Lanthorn was
a Software Trainer and Content Developer for Applied Systems, Inc., where she created webinars and instructional documentation to teach
employees how to best utilize TAM, Vision, Epic, and other scalable software programs. Since December 2015, Mrs. Lanthorn has served
as an Account Executive at Brown & Brown Insurance, where she manages one of the company’s largest books of business, manages
employees and their books, trains new employees, and performs various other administrative duties.
Mr.
John Wood – Since 1998, Mr. Wood has served as a licensed real estate agent in Virginia. Since 2010, He has served as the Principal
Broker of John E. Wood Realty, Inc., based in Chesapeake, Virginia, where through his extensive relationships with business and community
leaders, he has become one of the region’s most active real Residential, Commercial and Property Management Brokers. He is also
the Virginia Principal Broker for two other companies, which rank in the top 10 in the nation. In July 2018, he launched American Contracting
Services, LLC, which has successfully completed hundreds of Commercial and Residential construction projects.