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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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CURRENT REPORT
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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 March 16, 2022, Power REIT (“Power REIT” or the “Trust”), through its Board of Trustees acting pursuant to its bylaws, appointed Dionisio D’Aguilar, age 57, to the Board of Trustees effective immediately. Mr. D’Aguilar will serve on the Nominating Committee and Special Committee-Related Party Transactions of the Board of Trustees.
Mr. D’Aguilar has more than 30 years of accounting, finance, and government experience. From March 1993 through May 2017 and from September 2021 to present, Mr. D’Aguilar served as the President and CEO of Superwash Limited, which is the largest chain of self-service laundries in the Bahamas. From May 2017 through September 2021, Mr. D’Aguilar, having been elected to the Bahamian Parliament, served in the Cabinet of The Government of The Bahamas as the Minister of Tourism and Aviation. Mr. D’Aguilar also served as President of The Bahamas Chamber of Commerce from 2007 – 2009 and the Honorary Consul for the Kingdom of The Netherlands in The Bahamas from June 2009 to May 2017. Mr. D’Aguilar has significant board experience having served as Chairman of the Board of AML Foods Limited from 2009 – 2017, Chairman of the Board of Insurance Company of the Bahamas from 2008 – 2017, Director of J.S. Johnson Insurance Agents & Brokers from 2008 – 2017, Director of Millennium Investment & Acquisition Company from 2013 – 2017, and Director of Bahamar from 2011 – 2015. Mr. D’Aguilar qualified as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the State of New York during his time at KPMG US.
Mr. D’Aguilar holds both a Bachelor of Science (Hotel Administration) and a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) from Cornell University.
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.
| Date: March 17, 2022 | POWER REIT | |
| By | /s/ David H. Lesser | |
| David H. Lesser | ||
| Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer | ||
