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): March 28, 2019
ENERGOUS CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
| Delaware | 001-36379 | 46-1318953 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
3590 North First Street, Suite 210
San Jose, California 95134
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (408) 963-0200
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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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 March 28, 2019, the Board of Directors (“Board”) of Energous Corporation (“Energous” or “Company”) elected Dan Fairfax as a member of the Board, to serve until the 2019 annual meeting of stockholders or until such time as a successor is duly elected.
Daniel W. Fairfax, 63, is the former Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Brocade Communication Systems, a networking solutions company (“Brocade”) from 2011 until December 2017. Brocade was acquired by Broadcom in November 2017. Mr. Fairfax also served as Brocade’s vice president of Global Service and Support from 2009 until 2011, following Brocade’s acquisition of Foundry Networks, a networking equipment company, where Mr. Fairfax served as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Foundry Networks, Mr. Fairfax served as the Chief Financial Officer of technology companies, including GoRemote Internet Communications, Ironside Technologies, Inc., Acta Technology, and NeoVista Software. Earlier in his career he held senior financial management and operations positions at Siemens and Spectra-Physics. He began his career as a consultant with the National Telecommunications Practice Group of Ernst & Young. Mr. Fairfax holds a B.A. from Whitman College and a MBA from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Mr. Fairfax will be compensated pursuant to the Company’s standard director compensation arrangement, and has entered into its standard indemnification agreement for directors. There are no arrangements or understandings between him and any other persons pursuant to which he was elected as a director. There are no transactions between him and Energous that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
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SIGNATURES
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.
| ENERGOUS CORPORATION | ||||||
| Date: April 3, 2019 | By: | /s/ Brian Sereda | ||||
| Brian Sereda | ||||||
| Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||||||
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