---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000084839-24-000071"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ROL"
cik: "0000084839"
company_name: "ROLLINS INC"
filed_at: "2024-04-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T08:54:58.412408+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rollins appoints Louise Sams Lead Independent Director; Jerry Nix retires

## Summary
- Louise S. Sams appointed Lead Independent Director and Chair of Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee.
- Gregory B. Morrison named Chair of Human Capital Management & Compensation Committee; Dale E. Jones added.
- Jerry W. Nix retired from Board effective April 23, 2024.
- Shareholders re-elected four Class II directors and ratified Deloitte & Touche as auditor for FY2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000084839-24-000071
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ROL
- cik: 0000084839
- company_name: ROLLINS INC
- filed_at: 2024-04-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/84839/000008483924000071/0000084839-24-000071-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/84839/000008483924000071/rol-20240423.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000084839-24-000071
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000084839-24-000071.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000084839-24-000071.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jerry W. Nix retired as Director at ROLLINS INC.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Director
  source text: in connection with Jerry’s Nix’s previously reported retirement from the Board of Directors
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/84839/000008483924000071/0000084839-24-000071-index.htm
- Executive change
  Louise S. Sams was appointed as Lead Independent Director and Chair of Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee at ROLLINS INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Lead Independent Director and Chair of Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
  source text: the Board appointed (1) Louise S. Sams as the Lead Independent Director of the Board and the Chairperson of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/84839/000008483924000071/0000084839-24-000071-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ROLLINS INC shareholders approved Election of four Class II director nominees to serve until the 2027 Annual Meeting at the 2024-04-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-23
  source text: Proposal 1 : At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s shareholders duly elected four director nominees as Class II directors, to serve until the Company’s 2027 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Vote results for each director nominee were as follows: Director Nominees For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Gary W. Rollins 399,491,767 44,505,989 14,893,382 Pamela R. Rollins 426,860,630 17,075,959 14,954,549 P. Russell Hardin 406,467,128 37,447,557 14,976,453 Dale E. Jones 440,624,542 3,786,582 14,480,014
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/84839/000008483924000071/0000084839-24-000071-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ROLLINS INC shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2024 at the 2024-04-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-23
  source text: Proposal 2 : At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s shareholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2024. Vote results were as follows: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 457,886,524 762,035 242,579 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/84839/000008483924000071/0000084839-24-000071-index.htm

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