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

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 14, 2018

 

RE/MAX Holdings, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

001-36101

 

80-0937145

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

5075 South Syracuse Street
Denver, Colorado 80237
(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip code)

 

(303) 770-5531
(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:

 

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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 o

 

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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 February 14, 2018, RE/MAX Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that it has completed the transition of CEO responsibilities from Co-Founder David Liniger to Adam Contos, who has been named Chief Executive Officer by the Company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Contos became the sole CEO and principal executive officer of the Company effective February 14, 2018.  Mr. Liniger continues to serve on the Board of Directors of the Company in the role of non-executive Chairman.

 

Item 7.01    Regulation FD Disclosure. *

 

RE/MAX Holdings, Inc. issued a press release on February 14, 2018 regarding the transfer of the duties of Chief Executive Officer to Mr. Contos. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

Item 8.01.  Other Events.

 

As previously reported in November 2017, the Company has been conducting an investigation (the “Investigation”) by a special committee of independent directors (the “Special Committee”).  The Special Committee has made substantial progress in moving toward completion of its work and the Company anticipates being in a position to provide further information to investors in the near term regarding the outcome of the Investigation.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits. *

 

Exhibit
No.

 

Description

99.1

 

Press Release dated February 14, 2018

 


 *   The information contained in Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 of Item 9.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is being “furnished” and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposed of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other filings of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be set forth by specific reference in such filing.

 

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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.

 

 

 

RE/MAX HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: February 14, 2018

 

By:

/s/ Adam Lindquist Scoville

 

 

 

Adam Lindquist Scoville

 

 

 

Vice President and General Counsel

 

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