Item 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
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Item 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
PPL Corporation
Additional information for this item will be set forth in the sections entitled "Nominees for Directors" and "Board Committees - Board Committee Membership" in PPL's 2021 Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement, which will be filed with the SEC not later than 120 days after December 31, 2020, and which information is incorporated herein by reference. There have been no changes to the procedures by which shareowners may recommend nominees to PPL's board of directors since the filing with the SEC of PPL's 2020 Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement.
PPL has adopted a code of ethics entitled "Standards of Integrity" that applies to all directors, managers, trustees, officers (including the principal executive officers, principal financial officers and principal accounting officers (each, a "principal officer")), employees and agents of PPL and PPL's subsidiaries for which it has operating control (PPL Electric, LKE, LG&E and KU). The "Standards of Integrity" are posted on PPL's Internet website: www.pplweb.com/governance. A description of any amendment to the "Standards of Integrity" (other than a technical, administrative or other non-substantive amendment) will be posted on PPL's Internet website within four business days following the date of the amendment. In addition, if a waiver constituting a material departure from a provision of the "Standards of Integrity" is granted to one of the principal officers, a description of the nature of the waiver, the name of the person to whom the waiver was granted and the date of the waiver will be posted on PPL's Internet website within four business days following the date of the waiver.
PPL also has adopted its "Guidelines for Corporate Governance," which address, among other things, director qualification standards and director and board committee responsibilities. These guidelines, and the charters of each of the committees of PPL's board of directors, are posted on PPL's Internet website: www.pplweb.com/governance.
PPL Electric Utilities Corporation, LG&E and KU Energy LLC, Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company
Item 10 is omitted as PPL Electric, LKE, LG&E and KU meet the conditions set forth in General Instruction (I)(1)(a) and (b) of Form 10-K.
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANTS
Officers of the Registrants are elected annually by their Boards of Directors to serve at the pleasure of the respective Boards. There are no family relationships among any of the executive officers, nor is there any arrangement or understanding between any executive officer and any other person pursuant to which the officer was selected.
There have been no events under any bankruptcy act, no criminal proceedings and no judgments or injunctions material to the evaluation of the ability and integrity of any executive officer during the past five years.
Listed below are the executive officers at December 31, 2020.
PPL Corporation
| Name | Age | Positions Held During the Past Five Years | Dates | |||||||||||||||||
| Vincent Sorgi | 49 | President and Chief Executive Officer | June 2020 - present | |||||||||||||||||
| President and Chief Operating Officer | July 2019 - May 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | January 2019 - June 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | June 2014 - January 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Joanne H. Raphael | 61 | Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | January 2019 - present | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | June 2015 - January 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph P. Bergstein, Jr. | 50 | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | July 2019 - present | |||||||||||||||||
| Vice President-Investor Relations and Corporate Development & Planning | January 2018 - June 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Vice President-Investor Relations and Treasurer | January 2016 - December 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Gregory N. Dudkin (a) | 63 | President-PPL Electric | March 2012 - present | |||||||||||||||||
| Paul W. Thompson (a) | 63 | President and Chief Executive Officer - LKE | July 2020 - present | |||||||||||||||||
| Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President-LKE | March 2018 - July 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||
| President and Chief Operating Officer | January 2017 - March 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Chief Operating Officer | February 2013 - December 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Philip Swift (a) | 53 | Chief Executive-WPD | November 2018 - present | |||||||||||||||||
| Operations Director | July 2013 - November 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Marlene C. Beers | 49 | Vice President and Controller | March 2019 - present | |||||||||||||||||
| Vice President-Finance and Regulatory Affairs and Controller-PPL Electric | August 2018 - February 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Controller-PPL Electric | February 2016 - July 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tadd J. Henninger | 45 | Vice President-Finance and Treasurer | July 2019 - present | |||||||||||||||||
| Vice President and Treasurer | January 2018 - July 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Assistant Treasurer | December 2015 - December 2017 |
(a)Designated an executive officer of PPL by virtue of their respective positions at a PPL subsidiary.
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