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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 August 12, 2022, each of Mr. J. Michael Dodson and Mr. David Roberson was appointed as a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Energous Corporation (the “Company”) and as a member of the audit committee of the Board, each to serve until the 2023 annual meeting of stockholders and his successor is duly elected and qualified or until his earlier death, resignation or removal.
Each of Mr. Dodson and Mr. Roberson will be compensated pursuant to the Company’s standard director compensation arrangement, including an initial equity award of 50,000 restricted stock units vesting over three years. Mr. Dodson and Mr. Roberson have also entered into the Company’s standard indemnification agreement for directors. There are no arrangements or understandings between either of Mr. Dodson and Mr. Roberson and any other person pursuant to which he was elected as a director. There are no transactions between the Company and either of Mr. Dodson and Mr. Roberson that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
On August 15, 2022, the Company issued a press release regarding Mr. Dodson and Mr. Roberson’s appointments, which is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K. The information in Exhibit 99.1 is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. The information in Exhibit 99.1 shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
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| 99.1 | Press Release, dated August 15, 2022, issued by Energous Corporation, furnished herewith. | |
| 104 | The cover page on this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL | |
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: August 16, 2022 | By: | /s/ William Mannina | ||||
| William Mannina | ||||||
| Acting Chief Financial Officer | ||||||