On April 1, 2016, Armstrong World Industries, Inc. completed the previously announced plan to separate its Resilient Flooring and Wood Flooring segments into a separate and independent public company, Armstrong Flooring, Inc., through the distribution of all of the then outstanding shares of AFI common stock to AWI's shareholders. On March 30, 2016, in connection with the separation and distribution, Matthew J. Espe, Michael F. Johnston, Jeffrey Liaw and Richard E. Wenz each resigned as a director of AWI, effective as of the completion of the distribution. As a result, the board of directors determined to decrease the size of the board from twelve to ten members, and Victor D. Grizzle and Cherryl Thomas were elected as directors of AWI, each effective as of as of the completion of the distribution.

In connection with the resignations, the committees of AWI's board of directors were reconstituted, effective as of the completion of the distribution. John J. Roberts, Tao Huang and Cherryl Thomas have been appointed as members of the Audit Committee of the board of directors, and Mr. Roberts has been appointed as the Chair of the Audit Committee. Stan A. Askren, James J. Gaffney, Larry S. McWilliams, James C. Melville and Gregory P. Spivy have been appointed as members of the Management Development and Compensation Committee of the board of directors, and Mr. Askren has been appointed as the Chair of the Management Development and Compensation Committee.

James J. Gaffney, James C. Melville, James J. O'Connor and John J. Roberts have been appointed as members of the Nominating and Governance Committee of the board of directors, and Mr. Gaffney has been appointed as the Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee. On March 30, 2016, James J. Gaffney notified AWI's board of directors that he will not stand for reelection at AWI's 2016 annual meeting of shareholders. As a result, the board determined to decrease the size of the board from ten to nine members, effective as of Mr. Gaffney's resignation from the board of directors at the 2016 annual meeting of shareholders.

In connection with the separation and distribution, each of Matthew J. Espe (President and Chief Executive Officer), Donald R. Maier (Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of Armstrong Floor Products) and David S. Schulz (Chief Financial Officer) resigned from their respective officer positions at AWI, effective as of March 30, 2016. On March 30, 2016, the following persons were designated as officers of AWI, effective as of March 30, 2016: Victor D. Grizzle as President and Chief Executive Officer - Brian L. MacNeal as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer - Mark A. Hershey as Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer - Stephen F. McNamara as Vice President and Controller - Ellen R. Romano as Senior Vice President, Human Resources - David S. Cookson as Senior Vice President, Americas and Charlie Chiappone as Senior Vice President, Ceilings Solutions.