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) October 21, 2020
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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 October 21, 2020, the Board of Directors of Hawkins, Inc. appointed Yi “Faith” Tang to fill a newly created vacancy on its Board of Directors. The Board has determined that Ms. Tang is an “independent director” as that term is defined under the applicable listing standards of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC and has appointed her to the Company’s Compensation Committee.
Ms. Tang has been Global Chief Information Officer of H.B. Fuller Company since March 2017. She previously served at H.B. Fuller Company as Director of Global Information Technology, Governance and Project Management Oversight from January 2013 to February 2017 and as Director of Asia Pacific Information Technology from 2010 to 2012. She previously worked at Baxter, Johnson & Johnson and Eli Lilly. Tang holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Software from Shanghai University of China and an M.B.A. from Renmin University of China.
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.
| HAWKINS, INC. | ||||||||||||||
| Date: October 22, 2020 | By: | /s/ Richard G. Erstad | ||||||||||||
| Richard G. Erstad | ||||||||||||||
| Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | ||||||||||||||