Company: ATLN
Filing Date: 2025-01-23
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001213900-25-006032
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Company: ATLANTIC INTERNATIONAL CORP.
Filing Date: 2025-01-23
Form: S-4/A
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 of Staffing 360. Ms. Barker has served as a director on the Staffing 360 board of directors since April 2018 and as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Staffing 360 since July 2018. Ms. Barker brings over two decades of extensive human resources, communication and operational expertise to her role. From July 2016 to July 2018, she served as principal and owner of Act II Consulting, providing human resources consulting and professional coaching services to individuals and corporations. From May 2014 to May 2016, Ms. Barker served as senior vice president, Human Resources at Barker, a full -serviceadvertising agency where she led talent procurement and executive development. She also previously served on the executive team as vice president, Human Resources at Hudson North America, a global talent solutions company, as vice president, Human Resources, at Grey Group, a global advertising and marketing agency, and before that, as Human Resources Director at Icon/Nicholson, which designs, develops, and produces prepackaged computer software. Over the past several years, Ms. Barker has held positions on not -for-profitboards in her local community. Ms. Barker was also solicited to be the Campaign Manager for the Mayoral Campaign in the town of Westfield, New Jersey during the 2018 election. Ms. Barker’s educational background includes a major in Communications, a SHRM -CPCertification in HR and a Professional Coaching Certification. Ms. Barker’s extensive human resources expertise qualifies her to be a director on the Staffing 360 board of directors. Ms. Barker has served on the Staffing 360 Mergers and Acquisitions Committee since its inception in October 2021. Independence of the Board of Directors The Nasdaq Marketplace Rules require a majority of a listed company’s board of directors to be comprised of independent directors within one year of listing. In addition, the Nasdaq Marketplace Rules require that, subject to specified exceptions, each member of a listed company’s audit, compensation and nominating and corporate governance committees be independent and that audit committee members also satisfy independence criteria set forth in Rule 10A -3under the Exchange Act. Under Rule 5605(a)(2) of the Nasdaq Marketplace Rules, a director will only qualify as an “independent director” if, in the opinion of our board of directors, that person does not have a relationship that would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director. In order to be considered independent for