Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On February 8, 2022, upon the recommendation of the Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committee of the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Univar Solutions Inc. (the "Company"), the Board increased the size of the Board from ten directors to eleven directors and appointed Varun Laroyia as a director of the Company to fill the newly created vacancy, effective February 8, 2022. Mr. Laroyia will hold office for an initial term extending until the Company's annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2022. Mr. Laroyia was also appointed to serve on the Audit Committee of the Board.

As a non-employee director, Mr. Laroyia will be entitled to receive the standard cash and equity compensation for non-employee directors described under the caption "Compensation of Directors" in the Company's 2021 Proxy Statement, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on March 24, 2021. In addition to the indemnification provided for directors in the Company's Fourth Amended and Restated Bylaws, the Company entered into its standard form of Director Indemnification Agreement with Mr. Laroyia, previously filed as Exhibit 10.56 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 of the Company, filed with the SEC on June 8, 2015.

There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. Laroyia and any other person pursuant to which Mr. Laroyia was appointed as a director. Mr. Laroyia does not have a direct or indirect material interest in any other transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

On February 8, 2022, the Company issued a press release announcing the appointment of Mr. Laroyia to the Board. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

The information contained in Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, of this report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and it will not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits




(d) Exhibits



Exhibit
Number       Description

99.1           Press Release, dated February 8, 2022

104          Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

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