Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. On May 27, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Fortress Value Acquisition Corp. V (the “Company”) appointed Karen Park to serve as a director of the Company, effective immediately. The Board also appointed Ms. Park to serve as a member of the Audit Committee and Compensation Committee, having previously determined that Ms. Park satisfied all applicable requirements to serve on each such committee, including without limitation the applicable independence requirements of the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Following the appointment of Ms. Park, the Company’s Audit Committee and Compensation Committee each consists of Tripp Jones and Karen Park. Ms. Park, age 52, is an attorney at Zukerman Gore Brandeis & Crossman, LLP, a law firm based in New York where she serves as partner and advises companies, private equity firms, and investment funds in complex restructuring and M&A transactions. Ms. Park has over 16 years of experience in finance and investments across private equity, funds and liquidating portfolio companies. Ms. Park received her B.A. from the University of Waterloo, J.D. from the University of Toronto and M.B.A. from Columbia Business School. Previously, she founded her own law firm that focused on serving entrepreneurs, founders and investors in matters related to corporate bankruptcy, debt/equity restructuring and operational wind down. Ms. Park is well-qualified to serve as a member of the Board due to her significant experience in finance and investing. There are no arrangements or understandings between Ms. Park and any other person pursuant to which she was elected as a director of the Company, and there are no family relationships between Ms. Park and any of the Company’s other directors or executive officers. In connection with Ms. Park’s appointment, she and the Company entered into (i) an indemnification agreement and (ii) a joinder to each of the letter agreement and the registration rights agreement, each dated as of February 25, 2026, entered into by the Company with its directors (and the other parties thereto) in connection with the Company’s initial public offering. Each of the director indemnification agreement, the letter agreement and the registration rights agreement was described in, and the forms of which were filed as exhibits to, the Company’s registration statement relating to the Company’s initial public offering (File No. 333- 293340). In connection with her appointment as a director of the Company, Ms. Park will receive 30,000 founder shares from the Company’s sponsor, Fortress Value Acquisition Sponsor V LLC. 1
FVAV Fortress Value Acquisition Corp. V - 8-K
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Item 5.02 - Departure/Election of Directors or Certain Officers
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