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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.
Effective March 9, 2021, the Board of Directors of Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Bruce Lowthers as the Company’s President. Gary Norcross, previously President of the Company, shall retain the positions of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company.
Mr. Lowthers, age 56, has served as President, Banking and Merchant Solutions of the Company since February 2020. Prior to that, Mr. Lowthers served as President of Banking Solutions of the Company since August 2019 and was Corporate Executive Vice President and Co- Chief Operating Officer of the former Integrated Financial Solutions segment of the Company since January 2018. Previously, he also served as Executive Vice President of the Global Payments Division from January 2015 until January 2018, Executive Vice President of Retail Payments from January 2013 until January 2015 and head of product sales and global sales operations from September 2008 until January 2013.
Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Lowthers held the position of Senior Vice President of Community Markets for eFunds, where he was responsible for all payment and risk products. Mr. Lowthers also held executive officer positions at four start-up companies prior to joining eFunds.
There are no arrangements or undertakings pursuant to which Mr. Lowthers was selected as President. There are no family relationships among any of the Company’s directors or executive officers and Mr. Lowthers. There are no related party transactions between the Company and Mr. Lowthers.
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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 thereunto duly authorized.
| Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. | |||||||||||
| Date: March 9, 2021 | By: | /s/ Marc M. Mayo | |||||||||
| Name: | Marc M. Mayo | ||||||||||
| Title: | Corporate Executive Vice President | ||||||||||
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