UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) August 6, 2020
GREEN THUMB INDUSTRIES INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter}
| British Columbia | 000-56132 | 98-1437430 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
425 West Huron Street, Suite 412
Chicago, Illinois 60654
(Address of principal executive offices including zip code)
(312) 563-5600
(Registrant’s telephone number including area code)
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Trading Symbol |
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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. |
On August 6, 2020, the Board of Directors of Green Thumb Industries Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Mathew Faulkner, age 47, as its first Chief Accounting Officer. Mr. Faulkner joined the Company on May 7, 2018 as the Senior Vice President of Accounting. Prior to joining the Company, he was with Walgreens Boots Alliance Corporation, most recently serving as its Senior Director of Retail and Finance Transformation beginning in 2016, and its Retail Accounting Controller from 2012 to 2016. In the role of Chief Accounting officer, Mr. Faulkner will continue to be employed on an at-will basis, reporting to Anthony Georgiadis, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, and receive compensation and benefits commensurate with other executives at the same level within the Company.
There are no family relationships existing between Mr. Faulkner and any director or executive officer of the Company. There have been no transactions, and no transactions are currently proposed, in which the Company was or is to be a participant and in which Mr. Faulkner or any member of his immediate family had or will have any interest, that are required to be disclosed by Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
SIGNATURE
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.
| GREEN THUMB INDUSTRIES INC. | ||||
| Date: August 10, 2020 | /s/ Anthony Georgiadis | |||
| Anthony Georgiadis | ||||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||||