UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
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FORM 8-K
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
As an update to the Form 8-K filed by Sempra Energy (the “Company”) on August 26, 2019, the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) requested on November 15, 2019 that Joseph A. Householder (64), and Mr. Householder agreed to, extend his service as President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company for an additional month and now retire effective January 1, 2020. Also on November 15, 2019, the Board appointed George W. Bilicic (56) as President and Chief Legal Officer of the Company effective January 1, 2020. Mr. Bilicic will also serve as Chief Compliance Officer of the Company.
Mr. Bilicic served as Group President of the Company since June 2019. For more than the last five years prior to joining the Company, he worked for Lazard, Ltd, a New York based investment banking firm (“Lazard”), most recently as its Vice Chairman of Investment Banking. The Company engages Lazard from time to time for investment banking services and since the beginning of 2018, has paid Lazard approximately $18.4 million in fees.
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.
| SEMPRA ENERGY, | |||||
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| Date: November 18, 2019 | By: /s/ Trevor I. Mihalik | ||||
| Trevor I. Mihalik Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |||||