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): February 15, 2016

POWERSECURE INTERNATIONAL, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (919) 556-3056

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the Registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(c) On February 15, 2016, PowerSecure International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), entered into an Amended and Restated Employment and Non-Competition Agreement (the “Employment Agreement”) with Ronnie Brannen, who was appointed as the President of Utility Infrastructure and Chief Utility Officer of PowerSecure, Inc. (“PowerSecure Subsidiary”), a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company on January 15, 2016.

Under the Employment Agreement, Mr. Brannen will receive an annual base salary of $475,000, subject to increase on an annual basis in the discretion of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Compensation Committee”), along with health, life and disability insurance and participation in other employee benefit plans on a similar basis as other Company executives. The Employment Agreement also provides that Mr. Brannen is eligible to receive an annual incentive bonus and to participate in the Company’s employee benefit plans and receive other similar benefits for management employees. In the event Mr. Brannen’s employment is terminated by the Company without cause, then he will receive a cash severance in the amount of $500,000. In the event Mr. Brannen terminates terminated his employment, then he will be required to pay the Company liquidated damages in the amount of $500,000. In addition, under the Employment Agreement, Mr. Brannen has entered into a covenant not to compete with the business of the Company for a period of three years after the termination of his employment for any reason, and also is subject to certain restrictions on his disclosure of our confidential information and his use of our inventions and other intellectual property. The term of the Employment Agreement expires September 30, 2021, unless extended or earlier terminated by mutual written consent. The Employment Agreement was approved by the Compensation Committee on February 15, 2016.

The foregoing description of Mr. Brannen’s Employment Agreement is a summary only and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Employment Agreement, which is Exhibit 10.1 to this Report and is incorporated by reference in its entirety.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

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SIGNATURES

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.

Dated: February 19, 2016

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