Item 3. Legal Proceedings
ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
For a description of certain pending legal proceedings, see Note 15, "Contingencies and Off-Balance Sheet Commitments," in Part II, Item 8 of this 2025 Annual Report.
ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
Not applicable.
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The table below sets forth, as of February 19, 2026, the names, ages, and positions of our executive officers.
Name Age Position
W. Gil West 65 Chief Executive Officer
Scott M. Haralson 52 Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Sandeep Dube 50 Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer
Piero Bussani 60 Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer
Chris Berg 47 Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer
Mark Kosman 60 Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
Mr. West has served as Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") and as a director of the Company since April 2024. He was Chief Operating Officer of Cruise LLC (“Cruise”), a self-driving car company, from January 2021 to December 2023. Prior to that, from March 2014 to October 2020, Mr. West was Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Delta Air Lines, Inc. (“Delta”), a global airline company, and from March 2008 to March 2014, he was Senior Vice President of Delta. From 2006 to 2007, prior to joining Delta, Mr. West was President and CEO of Laidlaw Transit Services, Inc., a provider of transportation services. He has served on the board of Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPCE) since February 2021. In addition, he was a member of the board of Forward Air Corporation from October 2018 to May 2021, and then from February 2024 to June 2024. Mr. West also served on the board of Genesis Park Acquisition Corporation from October 2020 to September 2021.
Mr. Haralson has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer ("CFO") of the Company since June 2024. Prior to joining the Company, from February 2023 to June 2024, he was Executive Vice President and CFO of Spirit Airlines, Inc. (“Spirit”), an airline company. He served as Senior Vice President and CFO of Spirit from October 2018 to January 2023; as Vice President, Financial Planning and Analysis and Corporate Real Estate from August 2017 to October 2018; and as Vice President, Financial Planning and Analysis from August 2012 to July 2017. Prior to his tenure at Spirit, Mr. Haralson held key financial leadership roles at Dish Network, a television and service provider; Frontier Airlines, an airline company; Guardian Gaming, a tabletop gaming company; Swift Aviation, Inc., an aircraft maintenance and repair company; and U.S. Airways, Inc. (previously, America West Airlines), an airline company.
Mr. Dube has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer of the Company since July 2024. Prior to joining the Company, from June 2023 to July 2024, he was Chief Operating Officer of Intuit Mailchimp, a platform automation company. From September 2021 to June 2022, he served as Executive Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer of Activision Blizzard, Inc., a gaming company. From November 2020 to September 2021, Mr. Dube was Senior Vice President, Head of Revenue Management, of Delta. He also served, from September 2018 to November 2020, as Senior Vice President, Head of Digital, Loyalty, Lounges and Consumer Insights, and CEO of Delta Vacations, a subsidiary of Delta, and from January 2015 to August 2018, as Vice President, Customer Loyalty and Consumer Insights. In addition, Mr. Dube was Senior Vice President, Marketing of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a financial services company, from 2012 to 2015 and was Senior Vice President, Marketing Strategy and Analytics (Credit Cards) of HSBC USA Inc., a financial services company, from 2006 to 2012.
Mr. Bussani has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer since October 2025. From January 2023 to July 2025, Mr. Bussani was Chief Legal Officer at Homebound Inc., a privately held technology-enabled homebuilding platform. From August 2017 to January 2023, Mr. Bussani was Chief Legal Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Head of Global Legal for Blackstone Group’s real estate platform, Revantage Corporate Services. He previously served as Managing Director and Chief Legal Officer for Digital Bridge Holdings, LLC from 2015 to July 2017. Prior to serving in that role, Mr. Bussani was an executive with several Blackstone-owned real estate companies, including serving as Chief Legal Officer and Executive Vice President for Invitation Homes (NYSE: INVH) from 2013 through 2015, General Counsel and Executive Vice President of LXR Luxury Resorts & Hotels from 2004 through 2013 and General Counsel and Executive Vice President of Development for Extended Stay Hotels from 1996 through 2004. Mr. Bussani began his career as an attorney in the litigation and real estate
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practice groups of the Washington, D.C. law firm Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin & Kahn from 1991 to 1995. Mr. Bussani has served as a Trustee of CubeSmart (NYSE: CUBE) since February 2010, where he also serves as the Chair of the Governance & Nominating Committee and serves on the Compensation Committee. He also serves as a Trustee of Cleveland Clinic Weston.
Mr. Berg has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of the Company since January 2025. His responsibilities include global responsibility for Technology, Human Resources, Global Supplier Management, Real Estate, Facilities and Innovation. Prior to joining the Company, he spent over 20 years in various leadership roles at The Home Depot (NYSE: HD), a home improvement retailer, most recently serving as the company's President, Western Division from 2021 to 2024; Vice President, Pro Strategy and Enterprise-Wide Transformations from 2019 to 2021; Regional Vice President from 2016 to 2019; Vice President, Store Operations from 2012 to 2013; and other successive roles from 2001 to 2012.
Mr. Kosman has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of the Company since September 2025. Prior to joining the Company, he spent over 35 years at Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F), an automobile manufacturer, retiring in August 2025, where he served as Chief Accounting Officer from February 2024 to July 2025. He also served as Transformation Leader from 2022 to 2024; Director of Accounting/I-ERP and Internal Controls Transformation from August 2020 to January 2024; Regional CFO, North America, from 2018 to 2022; Regional CFO, APAC from 2012 to 2018; and various key finance positions from 1989 to 2012.
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