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EX-99.1 - PRESS RELEASE SEPT 27 2011 HOLCOMBE - NUMEREX CORP /PA/ | ex99.htm |
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): September 27, 2011
NUMEREX CORP.
(Exact Name of Issuer as Specified in Charter)
Pennsylvania | 0-22920 | 11-2948749 | ||
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of incorporation) | Identifiction No.) |
1600 Parkwood Circle
Suite 500
Atlanta, Georgia
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(Address of principal executive offices)
30339
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(Zip code)
(770) 693-5950
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(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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Item 5.02.
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Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain
Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
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On September 27, 2011, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Numerex Corp. (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board from six persons to seven persons and, upon the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, appointed Mr. Tony Holcombe as a new director, effective October 1, 2011. Mr. Holcombe was appointed to fill the vacancy created by the increase in the size of the Board and will serve as director with a term expiring at the Company’s 2012 annual meeting of stockholders. The Board appointed Mr. Holcombe to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
Mr. Holcombe will receive an initial grant of 5,711 shares of restricted stock valued at $31,753.16 and will be eligible to receive the standard director compensation previously established by the Board’s Compensation Committee and provided to other non-employee directors. Additional information regarding such compensatory arrangements may be found under the caption “Director Compensation” in the Company’s definitive proxy statement, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 8, 2011. Other than being eligible to receive such director compensation, Mr. Holcombe did not enter into any material plan, contract, or arrangement in connection with his election as director.
There are no arrangements or understandings with any other person pursuant to which Mr. Holcombe was elected as a director. There are no transactions between Mr. Holcombe and the Company that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
On September 27, the Company issued a press release regarding Mr. Holcombe’s election. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
99.1
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Press Release dated September 27, 2011
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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.
NUMEREX CORP.
Date: October 3, 2011 /s/ Alan B. Catherall
Alan B. Catherall
Chief Financial Officer
Exhibit Index
99.1
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Press Release dated September 27, 2011
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