Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers' Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Appointment of Retired Lieutenant General Bruce Crawford and Srinivas
Tallapragada as Members of the Board of Directors
On June 28, 2021, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Avalara, Inc. (the
"Company"), increased the size of the Board from nine to eleven members and
filled the vacancies created by such increase as discussed below.
The Board appointed retired Lieutenant General Bruce Crawford effective July 1,
2021, to serve as a Class II director until the Company's 2022 annual meeting of
shareholders (the "2022 Annual Meeting") or until his successor is duly elected
and qualified. Mr. Crawford was also appointed to serve as a member of the
Board's Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, effective July 1, 2021.
The Board also appointed Srinivas Tallapragada, effective July 1, 2021, to serve
as a Class I director until the 2022 Annual Meeting or until his successor is
duly elected and qualified. Mr. Tallapragada was also appointed to serve as a
member of the Board's Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, effective
July 1, 2021.
Mssrs. Crawford's and Tallapragada's compensation as directors will be
consistent with that provided to all of the Company's non-employee directors,
the terms of which are included in Exhibit 10.5 to the Company's Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020. There is no arrangement or
understanding between Mr. Crawford or Mr. Tallapragada and any other person
pursuant to which such director was appointed as a director and neither
Mr. Crawford nor Mr. Tallapragada is a participant in any related party
transaction required to be reported pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
A copy of the Company's press release announcing the appointment of General
Crawford and Mr. Tallapragada is attached to this report as Exhibit 99.1.
Item 9.01 Financial Statement and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit Number Description
99.1 Press release issued by Avalara, Inc. on June 29, 2021
104 The cover page of this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in
inline XBRL
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