UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
__________________________
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
| Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 2, 2020 | ||
Oglethorpe Power Corporation
(An Electric Membership Corporation)
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
GEORGIA (State of incorporation) | 333-192954 (Commission File Number) | 58-1211925 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||||||
2100 East Exchange Place Tucker, Georgia (Address of principal executive offices) | 30084-5336 (Zip Code) | |||||||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code | (770) 270-7600 | ||||
None
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Securities registered pursuant to section 12(b) of the Act:
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On April 2, 2020, our members provided unanimous written consent to nominate and re-elect the following persons to our board of directors: Bobby C. Smith, Jr. as an at-large director; James I. White as a director for member group 1; Danny L. Nichols as a director for member group 2; Marshall S. Millwood as a director for member group 3 and Ernest A. “Chip” Jakins III as a director for member group 5. Each director was elected to a term that will expire in March 2023.
For additional information regarding our board of directors and election procedures, see “DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE” in our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019.
SIGNATURE
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.
| OGLETHORPE POWER CORPORATION | ||||||||||||||
| (AN ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION) | ||||||||||||||
| Date: | April 6, 2020 | By: | /s/ Michael L. Smith | |||||||||||
| Michael L. Smith | ||||||||||||||
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||||||||||||