UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

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FORM 8-K

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CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 8, 2021

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HIREQUEST, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its Charter)

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Delaware

 

000-53088

 

91-2079472

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

111 Springhall Drive, Goose Creek, SC

 

29445

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(843) 723-7400

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

 

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

 

Title of Each Class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered

Common Stock, $0.001 par value

HQI

The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

 

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 ☐

 

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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 December 8, 2021, Payne Brown, a member of the Board of Directors of HireQuest, Inc. (the “Company”), notified the Company of his resignation as director of the Company, effective immediately, as a result of a policy at his place of employment that does not allow him to serve as director for public companies. Mr. Brown’s resignation was not the result of any disagreement on any matter with the Company, management, Board of Directors, or any committee of the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

Effective upon Mr. Brown’s resignation as a director, the size of the Company’s Board of Directors was reduced from seven directors to six until such time as an appropriate replacement, if any, is located.

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

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.

 

HIREQUEST, INC.

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

 

Date: December 13, 2021

 

/s/ John McAnnar

 

 

John McAnnar

 

 

Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, and Secretary