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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

 

November 15, 2023
Date of Report
(Date of earliest event reported)

 

The RMR Group Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Maryland

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

001-37616 8742 47-4122583
(Commission File Number) (Primary Standard Industrial  (IRS Employer
  Classification Code Number) Identification Number)

 

Two Newton Place, 255 Washington Street, Suite 300, Newton, MA, 02458-1634
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

(617) 796-8230

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions.

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title Of Each Class   Trading Symbol   Name Of Each Exchange On
Which Registered
Class A common stock, $0.001 par value per share   RMR   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
(Nasdaq Capital Market)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

¨     Emerging growth company

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

 

 

 

 

 

In this Current Report on Form 8-K, the terms “the Company” or “its” refer to The RMR Group Inc.

 

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

The Company’s majority owned subsidiary, The RMR Group LLC (“RMR LLC”), entered into a letter agreement (the “Retirement Agreement”), dated November 15, 2023, with Jennifer Francis, an Executive Vice President of RMR LLC. Ms. Francis also currently serves as president and chief executive officer and a managing trustee of Diversified Healthcare Trust (“DHC”), a client of RMR LLC. Ms. Francis will continue to serve in her current roles as an officer of RMR LLC and as an officer of DHC until December 31, 2023, and will continue to serve as a managing trustee of DHC until the earlier of (i) the DHC 2024 annual meeting of shareholders, (ii) July 1, 2024 or (iii) as requested by RMR LLC or the board of trustees of DHC. In addition, Ms. Francis will continue to serve as an employee of RMR LLC until July 1, 2024 (the “Retirement Date”).

 

Under the Retirement Agreement, RMR LLC agreed to pay Ms. Francis her current cash salary compensation until December 31, 2023 and $10,000 per month from January 1, 2024 until the Retirement Date. In addition, subject to her execution of a customary release on or before each payment date, RMR LLC agreed to pay Ms. Francis a combined cash payment in the amount of $2,250,000 with half of that amount expected to be paid on or about January 31, 2024 and the other half expected to be paid on or about August 1, 2024. Pursuant to the Retirement Agreement, RMR LLC agreed to recommend that the Company’s Compensation Committee approve the acceleration of vesting of Ms. Francis’ unvested shares of the Company, effective as of the Retirement Date. The Retirement Agreement contains other customary terms and conditions, including confidentiality, non-solicitation, and other covenants and a waiver and release. The foregoing summary of the material terms of the Retirement Agreement does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the Retirement Agreement, a copy of which will be filed with the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ending December 31, 2023.

 

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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.

 

  THE RMR GROUP INC.
   
Date: November 20, 2023 By: /s/ Matthew P. Jordan
    Matthew P. Jordan
    Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

 

 

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