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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) December 14, 2018

 

LOOP INDUSTRIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Nevada

 

000-54786

 

27-2094706

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

480 Fernand-Poitras

Terrebonne, Quebec, Canada, J6Y 1Y4

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

(450) 951-8555

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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):

 

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter). Emerging growth company ¨

 

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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 December 14, 2018, the board of directors (the “Board”) of Loop Industries, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), elected Sidney M. Horn as a member of the Board.

 

In connection with his election, Mr. Horn was granted 10,205 restricted stock units under the Company’s 2017 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), representing a pro-rated portion of the Company’s standard non-executive director annual equity grant under the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Outside Director Compensation Policy (the “Compensation Policy”). This award will fully vest on June 28, 2019, subject to continued service through the vesting date.

 

Mr. Horn also executed the Company’s standard form of indemnification agreement, a copy of which has been previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 30, 2017 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. Horn and any other person pursuant to which Mr. Horn was selected as a director of the Company. Mr. Horn is also not a party to any transaction that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

 

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On December 17, 2018, the Company issued a press release announcing the election of Mr. Horn. A copy of this press release is furnished hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

 

The information in this Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto is intended to be furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit Number

 

Description

10.1* 

 

Form of Indemnification Agreement 

99.1

 

Press Release, dated December 17, 2018

_________

*Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 30, 2017.

 

 

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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.

 

 

LOOP INDUSTRIES, INC.

 

Date: December 17, 2018

By:

/s/ Antonella Penta

 

Antonella Penta

 

General Counsel

 

 

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