Current Report Filing (8-k)
August 22 2016 - 7:21AM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
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):
August 19, 2016
Appliance Recycling Centers of America,
Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in
its charter)
Minnesota
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000-19621
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41-1454591
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(State or other jurisdiction
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(Commission
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(IRS Employer
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of incorporation)
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File Number)
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Identification No.)
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175 Jackson Avenue North, Suite 102, Minneapolis, MN
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55343-4565
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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(Zip Code)
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Registrant’s telephone number, including
area code:
(952) 930-9000
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:
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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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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(d)
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On August 19, 2016, the Board of Directors of Appliance Recycling Centers of America, Inc. (the “Company”), upon
the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, appointed Timothy M. Matula to serve as a director of
the Company. His term of office will continue until the next annual meeting of shareholders. The appointment of Mr. Matula increases
the size of the Board to four members. Mr. Matula was also appointed to the Audit Committee. He is considered an independent director
and an audit committee financial expert.
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Mr. Matula, age 56, is an independent consultant and
advises a number of different companies. He joined Shearson Lehman Brothers as a financial consultant in 1992. In 1994 he joined
Prudential Securities and when he left Prudential in 1997, he was Associate Vice President, Investments, Quantum Portfolio Manager.
Mr. Matula has extensive experience in SEC and Sarbannes-Oxley compliance matters and accounting matters. He also has over 15 years’
experience working in Asia with privately held and publicly-held traded companies. He has a broad range of business experience,
investors’ relations and finance. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from California State
University.
As a non-employee director, Mr. Matula will receive
an annual fee of $15,000 for his service as a director and an attendance fee of $1,000 per Board meeting. As a member the Audit
Committee, he will receive an additional annual fee of $5,000. As a non-employee director, Mr. Matula will also be granted a stock
option for 10,000 shares of common stock under our 2011 Stock Compensation Plan at the date of his appointment to the Board. The
stock option will become exercisable in full six months after the date of grant and expire ten years after the date of grant.
There are no arrangements or understandings between
Mr. Matula and any other persons pursuant to which Mr. Matula was elected a director. Mr. Matula is not related to any member of
the Company’s management or any of the other directors. There are no transactions in which Mr. Matula has an interest requiring
disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
SIGNATURE
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.
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Appliance Recycling Centers of America, Inc.
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Date: August 22, 2016
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/s/ Tony Isaac
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Tony Isaac, Chief Executive Officer
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