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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.
Effective December 12, 2023, Maria Seferian, age 51, was appointed to the board of directors of IAC Inc. (the “Registrant”). Ms. Seferian has served as General Counsel of Hillspire, LLC, an integrated, single-family management firm (“Hillspire”), since 2014. In her role, Ms. Seferian oversees the firm’s legal, tax, special investments and initiatives, trusts & estates, strategic planning, grants management and compliance functions.
Prior to joining Hillspire, Ms. Seferian worked (most recently as a partner) at Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, a law firm with a national and international practice, from 2001, where she specialized in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, capital markets and general corporate transactions, representing private and public clients across diverse industries from private equity to entertainment. From 2013 to 2014, Ms. Seferian also served as Interim Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles (“MOCA”), where she led the institution through a financial turn-around, securing its long-term stability.
Ms. Seferian holds a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy and Master of Arts from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a J.D. with honors from Harvard Law School. Following law school and before entering private practice, Ms. Seferian served as a judicial clerk for the Honorable Justice James L. Oakes in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. In addition to her for-profit affiliations, Ms. Seferian serves as Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of MOCA and as a director of the Schmidt Family Foundation.
In connection with her election, the board of directors of the Registrant: (i) approved an increase of its size from eleven to twelve directors and (ii) determined that Ms. Seferian is an “independent director’ as contemplated by Section 5605(a)(2) of the Nasdaq Marketplace Rules.
Lastly, a description of the compensation payable to Ms. Seferian for her services as a member of the board of directors of the Registrant is set forth under the caption “Director Compensation” in the definitive proxy statement dated as of May 2, 2023, which was filed by the Registrant with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 1, 2023 and is incorporated by reference herein.
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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.
IAC Inc. | ||
By: | /s/ Kendall Handler | |
Name: | Kendall Handler | |
Title: | Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Secretary |
Date: December 14, 2023
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