Item
5.02 Departure of Directors
or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers;
Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On June
19, 2008, RemoteMDx, Inc., a Utah corporation (the “Company”), announced
that it had hired three new executive officers. The Company announced
that John L. Hastings III had been hired as the President of RemoteMDx, Inc.,
and SecureAlert, Inc., a subsidiary of the Company; Blake T. Rigby had been
hired as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operations Officer of Remote MDx,
Inc.; and Bernadette Suckel had been hired as the VP/Managing Director, Offender
Management Programs of RemoteMDx, Inc.
In
connection with the announcement of the new officers, James Dalton resigned as
the President of RemoteMDx, Inc. And Michael Acton resigned as the
Chief Financial Officer of RemoteMDx, Inc. Both Mr. Dalton and Mr.
Acton have agreed to work with the new management to ensure a smooth
transition. Additionally, Mr. Acton will continue to serve as the
Company’s corporate secretary..
Mr.
Hastings, 44, has 23 years of progressive general management,
consultative sales, business and product/services development, field sales
experience; business-to-business (B2B) and business-to consumer (B2C)
experience; and strategic planning experience. Mr. Hastings has
worked for top tier companies such as Nestle/Stouffer’s, Kraft/General Foods,
Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp., NCR/Teradata, Unisys Corp. and VNU/AC Nielsen
during his career. He has also served on the boards of other small
entrepreneurial companies. From 1998 through 2006, Mr. Hastings
worked with VNU – AC Nielsen in several progressive executive posts, last
serving as its Senior Vice President and General Manager of Global Business
Intelligence, reporting directly to the company’s Chief Executive
Officer. Upon acquistion and privatization of VNU in 2006, and until
his appointment as President of RemoteMDx, Mr. Hastings served as the “interim”
President & CEO of Klever Marketing, Inc., a Utah-based retail marketing
company. Mr. Hastings possesses a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Cal
State University, Fullerton CA (1985) and an MBA from Pepperdine University,
Malibu CA (1987). The Company has agreed to pay Mr. Hastings an
annual salary of $325,000. As of the date of this report, the
Company’s Board of Directors was negotiating with Mr Hasting relating to stock
incentive compensation.
Mr.
Rigby, 51, is a seasoned veteran with 26 years of effective management,
start-up, emerging growth, turnaround expert, finance, treasury, operations,
corporate development strategist, business development, strategic growth
positioning and marketing, and performance & increased shareholder value
experience. Mr. Rigby has worked for companies such as KPMG Peat
Marwick/Arthur Andersen, Armstrong Electric, Gastronomy, Inc., Network Business
Systems, Challenger Schools, Feature Films for Families, O’Currance
Teleservices, and NWB Shoshone Economic Development Corp. From June
2007 through June 2008, Mr. Rigby served as the Chief Financial Officer of
Northwest Band of Shoshone Economic Development Corporation. From
July 2005 through June 2007, he served as the President of Ocurrance
Teleservices, Inc., and from July 2003 through July 2005, he was the Chief
Financial Officer of Occurrance Teleservices, Inc. Mr. Rigby received
his BS Accounting from University of Utah and did course work toward an MBA
degree at James Madison University and is a Certified Public Accountant,
although his license is not current. The Company has agreed to pay
Mr. Rigby an annual salary of $150,000 plus a one-time grant of 100,000 options
at an exercise price of $1.55 per share. These options will vest at
25,000 every six months and will fully vest over a two year period.
Ms.
Suckel, 52, brings with her 29 years of sales and marketing experience as a
senior manager of sales and marketing teams, strategic partnerships and
alliances, and identifying emerging markets and developing offerings to meet
those needs. From January 2000 through April 2008, Ms. Suckel served
as the VP/Solution and Client Principal, for The Nielsen
Company/ACNielsen. From November 2006 through April 2008, she also
consulted on a part-time basis to Klever Marketing, Inc. to focus on cost
reduction strategies. In addition, Ms. Suckel has worked for
Cogit.com and NCR/AT&T GIS/Teradata. Ms. Suckel received a BS in
Business Administration, Marketing Option, California State University,
Fresno. She has a proven ability to transform strategic vision and
plans into tactical implementation and action. The Company has agreed
to pay Ms. Suckel an annual salary of $132,000 plus a one-time grant of 100,000
options at an exercise price of $1.55 per share. These options will
vest at 25,000 every six months and will fully vest over a two year
period.
As of the
date of this Report, the Company did not have employment agreements with Mr.
Hastings, Mr. Rigby, or Ms. Suckel.
Item
7.01. Regulation FD
Disclosure.
On June
19, 2008, the Company issued a press release announcing the Purchase Agreement,
together with the subsequent acquisitions of certain additional
companies. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit
99.1 to this Report.
In
accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in this
section of this Report shall not be deemed filed for the purpose of Section 18
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall it be deemed
incorporated by reference in any filing.
Item
9.01 Financial Statements
and Exhibits.
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Exhibits.
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99.1
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Press
Release issued by RemoteMDx, Inc. on June 19,
2008.
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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.
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REMOTEMDX,
INC.
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By: _________________________________
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Michael
G. Acton, Chief Financial Officer
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Date:
June ___, 2008