---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000084839-24-000028"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ROL"
cik: "0000084839"
company_name: "ROLLINS INC"
filed_at: "2024-02-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T23:39:54.615995+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rollins announces retirement of Lead Director Jerry Nix; nominates Dale Jones to board

## Summary
- Jerry Nix to retire from Board at 2024 Annual Meeting; he joined in 2020 and served as Lead Director since 2021.
- Dale Jones nominated for election to Board at the Annual Meeting; currently CEO of MagnaVista Partners.
- Jones formerly CEO of Diversified Search Group (2013-2023), tripled revenue; earlier VP at Heidrick & Struggles.
- Jones also serves on boards of Chick-fil-A, Outset Medical (Nasdaq: OM), Special Olympics, Morehouse College.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000084839-24-000028
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ROL
- cik: 0000084839
- company_name: ROLLINS INC
- filed_at: 2024-02-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/84839/000008483924000028/0000084839-24-000028-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/84839/000008483924000028/rol-20240220.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000084839-24-000028
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000084839-24-000028.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000084839-24-000028.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jerry Nix retired as Lead Director at ROLLINS INC.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Lead Director
  source text: Jerry Nix informed the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Rollins, Inc. (the “Company”) that he will retire from the Board as of the Company’s 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/84839/000008483924000028/0000084839-24-000028-index.htm
- Executive change
  Dale Jones was appointed as Director at ROLLINS INC.
  - Action: nominated
  - Role: Director
  source text: Dale Jones has been nominated as a director nominee for election to the Board at the Annual Meeting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/84839/000008483924000028/0000084839-24-000028-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.