Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On June 11, 2020, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. (“FIS”) fixed the size of the Board at eleven members and appointed Jeffrey A. Goldstein to the Board to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders of the Company, or until his earlier resignation or removal. In connection with his appointment, the Board determined that Mr. Goldstein is an independent director pursuant to the rules of the New York Stock Exchange Listing Standards and that Mr. Goldstein is qualified as an Audit Committee Financial Expert. The Board assigned Mr. Goldstein to serve on the Audit Committee and Compensation Committee of the Board.
Mr. Goldstein is a Senior Advisor to Canapi Ventures, a venture capital firm, and Advisor Emeritus at Hellman & Friedman LLC, a private equity firm. He was the Chief Executive Officer of SpringHarbor Financial Group LLC from December 2016 through 2018. Mr. Goldstein was a Managing Director at Hellman & Friedman from 2004 to 2009 and from 2011 to 2016 and a Senior Advisor from 2016 to 2019. He was Under Secretary of the Treasury for Domestic Finance and Counselor to the Secretary of the Treasury from 2009 to 2011.
From 1984 to 1999, Mr. Goldstein worked at James D. Wolfensohn Inc. and successor firms. When Wolfensohn & Co. was purchased by Bankers Trust in 1996, he served as co-chairman of BT Wolfensohn and as a member of Bankers Trust’s management committee. In 1999, Mr. Goldstein became a managing director of the World Bank. He also served as its Chief Financial Officer beginning in 2003.
Mr. Goldstein has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and government and financial regulation.
Mr. Goldstein has served on the Board of Directors of Bank of New York Mellon Corp. since 2014. He also serves on the Vassar College Board of Trustees and the Central Synagogue Board of Trustees.
Additional information about Mr. Goldstein is included in the Company’s press release issued on June 12, 2020, which is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
In connection with joining FIS’ Board of Directors, Mr. Goldstein will receive a one-time grant of equity valued at $150,000 in the form of time-based restricted stock units, vesting one year from the date of grant. Mr. Goldstein will also participate in the compensation program for non-management directors as described in the Director Compensation section of FIS’ Proxy Statement for its Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 28, 2020, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 17, 2020.