Vivint Solar, Inc. announced that on March 9, 2020, the Board of Directors of the company appointed Ellen S. Smith to serve as a Class III member of the Board in order to fill an existing vacancy, effective March 12, 2020. As a Class III member of the Board, the term of Ms. Smith’s appointment will expire at the annual meeting of stockholders of the company to be held in 2020. The Board also appointed Ms. Smith to serve on the Board’s audit committee (the Audit Committee). Ms. Smith is a senior managing director, corporate finance, power and utilities at FTI Consulting, Inc., a global consultancy firm, which she joined in 2013. Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Inc., Ms. Smith was Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer at National Grid, PLC, a multinational power, gas and electricity generation company, from 2009 to 2013. Before that, she worked for Hess Corp, Pratt & Whitney and General Electric Power Systems. Ms. Smith currently serves on the board of directors of Union College, and she previously served on the board of directors of National Grid USA from 2009 to 2013 and Granite Services from 1994 to 1996.