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| (1) | On January 3, 2025, The Real Good Food Company, Inc. received a notice from The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) indicating that the Nasdaq Hearings Panel has determined to delist the common stock of the Company from Nasdaq. Trading in the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, was suspended effective January 6, 2025. |
| Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On January 26, 2025, the Company appointed Niki Gwaltney Rutter as the Company’s CFO, effective February 10, 2025. Ms. Rutter, age 47, is an experienced finance executive with over 20 years of experience in both the food manufacturing and packaged goods industry. She most recently served as Vice President of Accounting for Mountaire Farms from September 2020 through January 2025, after working as Vice President of Finance for Purdue from October 2016 through September 2020. Prior to that, Ms. Rutter served in various capacities in accounting and finance with Smithfield Farmland from November 2003 through. September 2016. Ms. Rutter holds a B.A. in Business Administration and Management from Salem College, and an MBA in accounting and business management from William & Mary University.
The terms of Ms. Rutter’s employment agreement provides for a base salary of $450,000 per year and allows for a performance bonus of up to 100% of Ms. Rutter’s annual salary subject to achieving certain performance targets. Additionally, per the terms of the agreement, Ms. Rutter will receive a sign-on bonus of $100,000, to be paid in equal installments over a 12 month period from the date of hire. All other terms of the agreement are consistent with those offered to each of the Company’s full-time employees.
There is no arrangement or understanding between Ms. Rutter and any other person pursuant to which she was selected as Chief Financial Officer, and there are no family relationships between her and any director, executive officer or person nominated or chosen by the Company to become a director or executive officer. There are no transactions involving Ms. Rutter to be reported pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
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| 10.4 | Executive Employment Agreement by and between The Real Good Food Company, Inc. and Niki Gwaltney Rutter, dated January 26, 2025. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the inline XRBL document). | |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| THE REAL GOOD FOOD COMPANY, INC. | ||||||
| Date: January 30, 2025 | By: | /s/ Tim Zimmer | ||||
| Tim Zimmer | ||||||
| Chief Executive Officer | ||||||