UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 8, 2021

Univar Solutions Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 
					
Delaware	 	001-37443	 	26-1251958	
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)	 	(Commission
File Number)	 	(I.R.S Employer
Identification No.)	
3075 Highland Parkway, Suite 200
Downers Grove, IL 60515
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (331) 777-6000
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	 	Trading
symbol(s)	 	Name of each exchange
on which registered	
Common Stock ($0.01 par value)	 	UNVR	 	New York Stock Exchange	
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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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 January 8, 2021, Univar Solutions Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Kelly O’Hanlon, Vice President, Finance of the Company, as the Company’s Principal Accounting Officer, replacing Nicholas W. Alexos in that role. Mr. Alexos remains the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
Ms. O’Hanlon, age 48, has held various finance positions of increasing responsibility since joining the Company in May 2002 and was appointed to her current position of Vice President, Finance of the Company in November 2018. Ms. O’Hanlon previously served as the Company’s VP and Controller from July 2015 to November 2018 and VP Finance, Oil, Gas & Mining from June 2014 to July 2015.
In accordance with Instruction 2 of Item 5.02 of Form 8-K, if the Company changes Ms. O’Hanlon’s compensation in connection with her appointment as the Company’s Principal Accounting Officer, the Company will file an amendment to this Current Report on Form 8-K after such information is determined or becomes available.
Ms. O’Hanlon has no direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K, and there are no arrangements or understandings between Ms. O’Hanlon and any other person pursuant to which Ms. O’Hanlon was selected as an officer of the Company. Ms. O’Hanlon has no familial relationships with any director or executive officer of the Company.

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: January 8, 2021	 		 	Univar Solutions Inc.	
				
	 		 	By:	 	/s/ Noelle J. Perkins	
	 		 	Name:	 	Noelle J. Perkins	
	 		 	Title:	 	Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary