RPM 2020 Proxy Statement
PROPOSAL ONE (CONTINUED) DIRECTORS WHOSE TERMS OF OFFICE WILL CONTINUE AFTER THE ANNUAL MEETING Kirkland B. Andrews , age 52 – Director since 2018 Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG) since 2011. Since March 2020, Mr. Andrews has been a director of Evergy, Inc., a regulated utility holding company serving 1.6 million customers in Kansas and Missouri (NYSE: EVRG), where he is a member of the audit committee, the power delivery and safety committee, and the strategic review and operations committee. Mr. Andrews was a director of NRG Yield, Inc. from 2012 until 2018 (when NRG Yield, Inc. became Clearway Energy, Inc.), and also served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of NRG Yield, Inc. from 2012 to 2016. Mr. Andrews has also served as Chief Financial Officer of GenOn Energy, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of NRG, which filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in 2017. Prior to joining NRG, he served as Managing Director and Co-Head Investment Banking, Power and Utilities – Americas at Deutsche Bank Securities from 2009 to 2011. Prior to this, he served in several capacities at Citigroup Global Markets Inc., including Managing Director, Group Head, North American Power from 2007 to 2009, and Head of Power M&A, Mergers and Acquisitions from 2005 to 2007. In his banking career, Mr. Andrews led multiple large and innovative strategic, debt, equity and commodities transactions. Mr. Andrews was initially appointed as a Director pursuant to the Cooperation Agreement, dated June 27, 2018, among the Company and Elliott Associates, L.P., Elliott International, L.P. and Elliott International Capital Advisors Inc. (the “Cooperation Agreement”) related to, among other things, appointment of additional Directors to the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors has determined that Mr. Andrews should serve as a Director because of his extensive executive management experience at NRG and his considerable financial background as NRG’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. At NRG, Mr. Andrews deals with many of the major issues, such as financial, strategic, technology, management development, acquisitions and capital allocation, that the Company deals with today. Also, with his extensive financial background, Mr. Andrews is a financial expert for the Company’s Audit Committee. Shares of Common Stock beneficially owned: 5,900 Director in Class I (term expiring in 2022) David A. Daberko , age 75 – Director since 2007 Retired Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, National City Corporation, now a part of PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Mr. Daberko earned a bachelor’s degree from Denison University and a M.B.A. degree from the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University. He joined National City Bank in 1968. Mr. Daberko was elected Deputy Chairman of National City Corporation and President of National City Bank in Cleveland in 1987. He served as President and Chief Operating Officer of National City Corporation from 1993 until 1995. From 1995 until his retirement in 2007, Mr. Daberko served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of National City Corporation. Mr. Daberko retired in 2018 as lead director of Marathon Petroleum Corporation and as a director of MPLX GP LLC. He was formerly a director of Williams Partners L.P. The Board of Directors has determined that Mr. Daberko should serve as a Director because of his extensive executive management experience, including 12 years as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of National City Corporation. In that position, Mr. Daberko dealt with many of the major issues, such as financial, strategic, technology, compensation, management development, acquisitions, capital allocation, government and stockholder relations, that the Company deals with today. His service on other boards of directors has given him exposure to different industries and approaches to governance and other key issues. Shares of Common Stock beneficially owned: 18,181 Director in Class I (term expiring in 2022) 13
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