Umami Sustainable Seafood Appoints Timothy Fitzpatrick as Chief Executive Officer and Board Director
August 16 2013 - 5:37PM
Business Wire
On August 16, 2013, Umami Sustainable Seafood Inc. (the
“Company”) appointed Timothy
Fitzpatrick to serve as Chief Executive Officer of the Company,
effective immediately. In connection with his appointment as Chief
Executive Officer, Mr. Fitzpatrick will step down from his position
as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective August 16,
2013.
Also on August 16, 2013, the Company’s Board of Directors (the
“Board”) appointed Mr. Fitzpatrick to
serve as a director of the Board, effective immediately.
Mr. Fitzpatrick, 46, served as the Company’s Chief Financial
Officer since January 5, 2012. He was general counsel of Mindray
Medical International Limited, a medical device company, from
September 2006 to June 2011. Prior to joining Mindray, Mr.
Fitzpatrick worked as an attorney in the United States and Hong
Kong. Mr. Fitzpatrick received his M.B.A. from the Kellogg-HKUST
Executive MBA Program in Hong Kong, his J.D. from the University of
California, Los Angeles, his M.A. from the University of
California, San Diego, and his B.A. from Hamilton College.
The terms of Mr. Fitzpatrick’s employment agreement (the
“Employment Agreement”) entered into
in connection with his appointment as Chief Financial Officer of
the Company will continue to govern his employment with the Company
as Chief Executive Officer. The terms of the Employment Agreement
are described in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on January 6, 2012. In
connection with Mr. Fitzpatrick’s appointment as Chief Executive
Officer, the Company entered into a Non-Plan Stock Unit Award
Agreement (the “Award Agreement”),
dated August 16, 2013, with Mr. Fitzpatrick, pursuant to which Mr.
Fitzpatrick was granted 2,000,000 restricted stock units (the
“RSUs”). The RSUs will vest in equal
twenty-five percent installments on each of the first four
six-month anniversaries of the award date, subject to Mr.
Fitzpatrick’s continued employment with the Company. The foregoing
description of the Award Agreement is qualified in its entirety by
reference to the text of the Award Agreement, which is attached as
Exhibit 10.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
There was no agreement or arrangement entered into between the
Company and Mr. Fitzpatrick in connection with Mr. Fitzpatrick’s
appointment to the Company’s Board.
There was no arrangement or understanding between Mr.
Fitzpatrick and any other person pursuant to which Mr. Fitzpatrick
was appointed Chief Executive Officer or as a director of the
Company. There are no family relationships between Mr. Fitzpatrick
and any director or executive officer of the Company, and Mr.
Fitzpatrick has no direct or indirect material interest in any
transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of
Regulation S-K.
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