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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 January 3, 2022, the board of directors (the “Board”) of Athena Consumer Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), appointed Jane Park, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, as a Class III director of the Company, and Sarah Kauss as a Class II director of the Company.
Ms. Kauss is the Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chairwoman of S’well, a reusable, insulated products manufacturer, wholesaler and retailer. She has held such positions since 2010. Previously, Ms. Kauss worked as a CPA for Ernst & Young. Ms. Kauss is a consumer products leader with a track record in launching companies, building multi-million dollar successful brands, and assembling high performance senior leadership teams. Ms. Kauss is a successful global entrepreneur, product design expert and has deep experience in partnering with multinational corporations to become more sustainable and meet environmental goals. Ms. Kauss received a bachelor's in accounting from the University of Colorado Boulder and a MBA from Harvard Business School.
In connection with her appointment as a director of the Company, the Company entered into both an indemnity agreement and a letter agreement with Ms. Kauss. Both the Indemnity Agreement and the letter agreement are substantially similar to those agreements entered into by the Company’s other officers and directors in relation to the Company’s initial public offering.
No family relationships exist between Ms. Kauss or Ms. Park and any other directors or executive officers of the Company. There are no arrangements between Ms. Kauss or Ms. Park and any other person pursuant to which Ms. Kauss or Ms. Park was nominated as a director of the Company. There are no transactions to which the Company is or was a participant and in which Ms. Kauss or Ms. Park have 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.
| ATHENA CONSUMER ACQUISITION CORP. | |||
| By: | /s/ Jane Park | ||
| Name: | Jane Park | ||
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | ||
| Dated: January 4, 2022 | |||
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