Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
Appointment of President
On October 11, 2021, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of International Baler
Corporation (the "Company") appointed D. Roger Griffin to serve as the Chief
Executive and President of the Company. Mr. Griffin replaces William E. Nielsen
who held the positions of Interim Chief Executive and Interim President since
September 24, 2021. Mr. Griffin will receive an annual salary of $200,000 per
year. Mr. Griffin will be an at-will employee and the Company did not enter into
an employment agreement with him.
Mr. Griffin, age 59, has extensive experience in the recycling industry. Mr.
Griffin previously served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the
Company from February 2008 to January 2017. He served as the Vice President of
Manufacturing for Avis Industrial Corporation ("Avis"), the Company's largest
stockholder (owning 81% of the Company's issued and outstanding common stock),
from January 2017 until his resignation on October 8, 2021. He also served as
the President of Pacific Forge, Inc. a forging company and wholly-owned
subsidiary of Avis, from January 2017 until his resignation on October 8, 2021.
Before his original role at the Company, Mr. Griffin served as Vice President of
Operations at Shaefer Interstate Railing and worked in management at Dana
Corporation from January 2007 until February 2008. Mr. Griffin will continue to
serve as a director of each of Pacific Forge, Inc. and James Steel & Tube Co.,
positions that he has held since June 2017 and March 2020, respectively.
There are no related party transactions between Mr. Griffin and the Company that
require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. The Company operates
independently from Avis and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. The Company sold two
closed door horizontal balers to Harris Waste Management Group, Inc., a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Avis, for $122,950 in its fiscal year ended October
31, 2019. Except for the foregoing, there were no purchases or sales between the
Company and Avis and its subsidiaries during the Company's last two fiscal
years. There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Griffin and any
other person pursuant to which he was appointed as our Chief Executive Officer
and President.
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