Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers
On January 1, 2021, the board of directors (the "Board") of Ping Identity
Holding Corp. (the Company") increased in the size of the Board from nine to ten
directors and appointed Paul E. Martin as a member of the Board to fill the
resulting vacancy. Mr. Martin will serve as a Class II director until the
Company's 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until such time as his
successor is duly elected and qualified, or until his earlier death, resignation
or removal. Mr. Martin was also appointed to serve on the Audit Committee of the
Board.
Paul E. Martin, 62, served as senior vice president and chief information
officer for Baxter International Inc. from January 2011 to October 2020, where
he had global responsibility for information technology strategy, operations,
security, and processes. Previously, Mr. Martin served as chief information
officer for Rexam plc ("Rexam"), the U.K. based consumer packaging manufacturing
company. During Mr. Martin's 11 years with Rexam, Mr. Martin served in a variety
of key senior management positions, including head of information technology for
American National Can Group Inc. (which was acquired by Rexam). Prior to Rexam,
Mr. Martin held information technology leadership positions at the CIT Group
Inc., BNSF Railway Company and Frito-Lay, Inc. Mr. Martin was the recipient of
the 2020 Chicago CIO of the Year Leadership ORBIE Award. In 2017, he was named
to the CIO Hall of Fame by CIO Magazine for IT innovation and business
leadership and was recognized in Black Enterprise's 2017 Most Powerful
Executives in Corporate America. In 2014, Mr. Martin was named among the "100
Diverse Corporate Leaders in STEM" by STEMconnector and was previously
recognized as a Business Leader of Color by Chicago United. Mr. Martin received
a Bachelor's Degree in Management Information Systems from Western Kentucky
University.
In connection with Mr. Martin's appointment, the Company will enter into its
standard form of indemnification agreement with Mr. Martin, the form of which
was filed as Exhibit 10.8 to the Company's Registration Statement filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on Form S-1 on August 23, 2019.
Mr. Martin was nominated as a director pursuant to the Director Nomination
Agreement, dated as of September 23, 2019, by and among the Company, Vista
Equity Partners Fund VI, L.P., Vista Equity Partners Fund VI-A, L.P., VEPF VI
FAF, L.P. and VEP Group, LLC, which was filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's
Current Report filed with the SEC on Form 8-K on September 24, 2019. Mr. Martin
was not selected as a director pursuant to any other arrangements or
understandings with the Company or with any other person.
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