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| Item 1.01. | Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On August 3, 2022, Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) and Carl C. Icahn and the persons and entities listed therein (collectively, the “Icahn Group”) entered into a letter agreement (the “Agreement”) amending certain provisions of the Cooperation Agreement, dated as of May 6, 2022. The Agreement amends the Cooperation Agreement in order to (i) extend the date by which the Icahn Group has to name a replacement director for Jose A. Cárdenas to August 12, 2022 and (ii) allow the Icahn Group to appoint a director other than H. Russell Frisby. Mr. Cárdenas will remain on the Company’s board of directors until such replacement director is appointed at which point Mr. Cárdenas’ resignation will become effective as described in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 10, 2022.
The foregoing description of the Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.
| Item 5.02. | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On August 2, 2022, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) approved an Amended and Restated Centuri Group, Inc. Award Agreement (the “Amended Award Agreement”) under the Centuri Group, Inc. (“Centuri”) Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Centuri LTIP”) for Paul Daily, a named executive officer (as such term is defined in Item 402 of Regulation S-K) of the Company and President and Chief Executive Officer of Centuri. Under the terms of the Amended Award Agreement and Mr. Daily’s Employment Agreement, shares of Company common stock granted to Mr. Daily under the Centuri LTIP will be fully vested in the case of Mr. Daily’s termination within twenty-four months of a “Change in Control” (as defined in the Centuri LTIP). If Mr. Daily is terminated without cause more than twenty-four months after a Change in Control, then vesting of the award granted under the Centuri LTIP will be prorated accordingly. The terms of Mr. Daily’s prior award agreement otherwise remain unchanged. The Amended Award Agreement will be effective for grants made under the Centuri LTIP in 2022.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
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| 10.1 | Letter Agreement by and among Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. and the Icahn Group, dated August 3, 2022 | |
| 104 | Cover Page formatted in Inline XBRL | |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| SOUTHWEST GAS HOLDINGS, INC. | ||||||
| /s/ Thomas E. Moran | ||||||
| Date: August 5, 2022 | Thomas E. Moran Vice President/General Counsel/Corporate Secretary | |||||