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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.
Appointment of Jason Sausto
On May 15, 2022, the board of directors (the “Board”) of Evo Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), appointed Jason Sausto as Managing Director of the Company, effective May 15, 2022.
Since May, 2021, Mr. Sausto has served as a Managing Director of Evolution Capital Management LLC (“ECM”), an investment manager that is an affiliate of our sponsor, where he leads and supports various projects related to the business. Prior to joining ECM in 2021, Mr. Sausto held distribution rights to Onkyo and Pioneer products in the Americas. Before that, from January, 2008 to September, 2017, he spent nearly a decade running various businesses for Onkyo Corporation, a Japanese consumer electronics manufacturer, in Asia and served on its Board of Directors. Mr. Sausto holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Media Communications from the University of Missouri Columbia, a Master of Business Administration from INSEAD and a Master of Arts in International Relations and Affairs from Johns Hopkins University's Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).
No family relationships exist between Mr. Sausto and any other directors or executive officers of the Company. There are no arrangements between Mr. Sausto and any other person pursuant to which Mr. Sausto was appointed as an officer of the Company. There are no transactions to which the Company is or was a participant and in which Mr. Sausto has a material interest subject to disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
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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.
Dated: May 17, 2022
| EVO ACQUISITION CORP. | |||
| By: | /s/ Richard Chisholm | ||
| Name: | Richard Chisholm | ||
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | ||
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