Item
5.02. Departure
of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of
Principal Officers.
On
June
3, 2008, the Board of Directors of Neonode Inc. (the “Company”) appointed
Kenneth E. Olson to the Company’s Board of Directors. In addition to joining the
Board, Mr. Olson was appointed to the Company's Audit and Compensation
Committees and by virtue of his experience and expertise, is deemed to be a
"Financial Expert" by the Board for purposes of his services on the Audit
Committee and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance. He was also appointed Chairman
of
the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee.
Consistent
with the Company’s director compensation policy, as an independent director, Mr.
Olson will receive an annual fee of $24,000 paid in 12 equal monthly
installments of $2,000.
Upon
appointment to the Board, Mr. Olson received an option to purchase 40,000 shares
of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.60, equal to the
closing market price of the Company’s common stock on the day of Mr. Olson’s
appointment to the Board. In addition, on the first business of each year of
he
serves on the Board, Mr. Olson will receive an option to purchase 40,000 shares
of the Company’s common stock with an exercise price determined by the closing
price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant. The stock option
grants will be made under the Company’s 2006 Equity Incentive Stock Option Plan,
vest one year from the date of grant with a five-year term. Mr. Olson will
also
be entitled to reimbursement for all expenses incurred in connection with
attending the Company’s Board and Committee meetings.
Mr.
Olson
is an electrical engineer and holds an MBA from Pepperdine University. In
addition he has published numerous articles and has participated in numerous
lectures and panel discussions regarding corporate governance.
Over
his
career, Mr. Olson has served on the boards of directors for twenty-seven
companies, including eight NASDAQ listed companies, and he currently serves
on
the board of directors of the following companies:
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Digirad
Corporation, (NASDAQ - DRAD), (solid-state radionuclide camera systems
for
detection of coronary artery disease; nuclear medicine imaging services);
director since 4/96;, former Audit Committee chair, currently Governance
Committee chair and Audit Committee
member
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Troxel
Helmets (equestrian helmet design, marketing, and distribution);
advisory
director since 1996
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Santrio,
Inc. (Web-based
systems software for sales representatives and managers); director
since
2005
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WD-40
Company (NASDAQ - WDFC), (consumer products); director since 6/00,
former
Chairman of Corporate Governance Committee, currently member of Corporate
Governance and Audit committees
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Express
Ventures (venture capital fund); director since
2005
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EcoLayers,
Inc. (environmental
software), director and chairman since
2007
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Mr.
Olson
began his career as a project engineer with Power Instrument Corporation working
with power conversion units. From 1961 through 1998, he served as the Chairman
of the Board, CEO or CFO for various companies including Proxima Corporation
(optical/electronic imaging systems), Megahaus Corporation (desktop publishing
software), ADC (power conversion peripherals for minicomputers and mainframe
computers) and its successor companies Topaz, Inc. and Square D
Company.
A
press
release regarding Mr. Olson’s appointment is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this
Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item
9.01 Financial
Statements and Exhibits.
(c)
Exhibits.
99.1
Press release dated June 9, 2008.
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, thereunto
duly authorized.
Dated:
June 9, 2008
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NEONODE
Inc.
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By:
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/s/
David Brunton
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David
Brunton
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Chief
Financial Officer
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Exhibit
Index
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Exhibit
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Description
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99.1
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Press
Release dated June 5, 2008
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