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): November 29, 2011

PROSPECT GLOBAL RESOURCES INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

         
Nevada   000-54438   26-3024783
(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)   (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)
     
600 17th Street
Suite 2800 South
Denver, CO
  80202
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (303) 634-2239

 
 
(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; Compensation Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Appointment of Director

The Company’s board of directors appointed Mr. Zhi Zhong Qiu, age 56, to the board of directors effective November 29, 2011. Mr. Qui received fully vested options to acquire 200,000 shares of the Company’s common stock with an exercise price of $4.25 per share issued pursuant to the Company’s 2011 Director and Consultant Equity Incentive Plan. Mr. Qiu will hold office until the next annual meeting of the shareholders and until his successor has been elected or until his earlier resignation or removal. 

Mr. Qiu is the Vice Chairman of Asia Pacific and Chairman of Greater China of Barclays Capital, responsible for the Bank’s senior relationship with corporate clients, institutions and governments, and has served in this role since 2009. Before joining Barclays Capital, Mr. Qiu was the Chairman of China and Vice Chairman of Asia of ABN AMRO bank, responsible for all the Bank’s activities and business related to China from 2006 to 2009. Mr. Zhi Zhong Qiu is also the Chairman of DragonTech Ventures Fund and its management company and has served in this capacity since 2004. Mr. Qiu holds a number of directorship positions in the investment companies of DragonTech Ventures Fund, including the NYSE listed Suntech Power Holdings (Ticker: STP). Prior to 2002, Mr. Qiu was the Chairman of Greater China Region of Credit Suisse First Boston (“CSFB”), responsible for CSFB’s overall business in the Greater China region (including Taiwan and Hong Kong). Prior to his appointment as the Chairman in 1998 at CSFB, Mr. Qiu was a Managing Director in charge of all derivatives activities for Credit Suisse Financial Products (“CSFP”), the financial derivatives subsidiary of CSFB, in the Great China region. Mr. Qiu joined CSFB in 1991 and became a Managing Director in 1995. He built the CSFP and CSFB’s derivatives and investment banking business in the Greater China region. Mr. Qiu was elected as one of the world’s “50 Most Wanted in Finance” by Global Finance magazine in 1994, and named as one of the 50 world “Derivatives Superstars” by the same magazine in 1995. Prior to joining CSFB, Mr. Qiu held positions in Booz Allen & Hamilton, providing consulting services to major banks and financial institutions in North America and Asia.

Mr. Qiu received his B.S. (magna cum laude) in Computer Science from New York University, his B.E. (summa cum laude) in Electrical Engineering from Cooper Union, his M.S. degree in Electrical Power Engineering from Ohio State University, and his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

 

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

         
    PROSPECT GLOBAL RESOURCES INC.
 
       
 
  By:   /s/ Wayne Rich  
 
       
Date:  December 5, 2011
      Chief Financial Officer 

 

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