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UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
DC 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, 2022
BLINK
CHARGING CO. |
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter) |
Nevada |
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001-38392 |
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03-0608147 |
(State
or other jurisdiction
of incorporation) |
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(Commission
File Number) |
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(IRS
Employer
Identification No.) |
605
Lincoln Road, 5th
Floor
Miami
Beach, Florida |
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33139 |
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices) |
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(Zip
Code) |
Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code: (305) 521-0200 |
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N/A |
(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report.) |
Securities registered
pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title
of Each Class |
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Trading
Symbol(s) |
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Name
of Each Exchange on Which Registered |
Common
Stock |
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BLNK |
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The
Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
Common
Stock Purchase Warrants |
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BLNKW |
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The
Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
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):
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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 ☐
If
an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying
with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
CURRENT
REPORT ON FORM 8-K
Blink
Charging Co. (the “Company”)
November 29, 2022
Item
5.02. | Departure
of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers;
Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On
November 29, 2022, Mark Pastrone, the current Chief Operating Officer of the Company’s SemaConnect LLC subsidiary, was appointed
by the Company’s Board of Directors to assume the position and elevated duties of the Chief Operating Officer of the Company. In
June 2022, Mr. Pastrone joined the Company as part of the Company’s acquisition of SemaConnect Inc., where Mr. Pastrone had been
SemaConnect’s Chief Operating Officer and held other executive level positions since October 2010.
Mr.
Pastrone has more than 25 years of experience building high-tech companies. He led the market launch of SemaConnect’s EV
charging solution in the first years of the industry in 2011. As a member of the executive team, Mr. Pastrone played a key role
in building the company’s sales, service, technology and production capabilities. In doing so, he helped establish
SemaConnect as a stand-out leader in the EV charging space across the multifamily, workplace, public and retail EV charging
markets.
Prior to SemaConnect Inc.,
he led the development of several commercial start-ups in the aerospace industry. Mr. Pastrone earned a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering
and a Masters in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. He also holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
During
the last two years, other than customary arrangements in connection with serving as the Chief Operating Officer of SemaConnect LLC, there
have been no transactions or proposed transactions by the Company in which Mr. Pastrone has had or is to have a direct or indirect material
interest, and there are no family relationships between Mr. Pastrone and any of the Company’s executive officers or directors.
In
connection with Mr. Pastrone’s appointment as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, the Company assumed the employment offer
letter, dated June 15, 2022, between SemaConnect LLC and Mr. Pastrone. The term of his employment letter extends until June 14, 2023,
with automatic successive one year renewals thereafter unless notice of nonrenewal is provided by the Company. The assumed employment
letter provides that Mr. Pastrone receives an annual base salary of $275,000, payable on our regular scheduled payday. Mr. Pastrone
is eligible for an annual performance cash bonus of up to 40% of his annual base salary based on meeting pre-determined periodic
key performance indicators. Mr. Pastrone is also eligible to receive aggregate annual equity awards under the Company’s
incentive compensation plan equal to 40% of his annual base salary. Such awards will be comprised of restricted common stock. The restricted
common stock granted will vest in equal one-third increments on each anniversary of the grant date, in each instance subject to satisfying
key performance indicators and other performance criteria and his continued employment with us on the applicable vesting date.
If
Mr. Pastrone’s employment is terminated by the Company other than for Cause (which includes willful material misconduct and willful
failure to materially perform his responsibilities to the Company), he is entitled to receive severance equal to the number of months
of his actual employment under the employment letter prior to the termination capped at a maximum payment of 12 months of his base salary.
Mr.
Pastrone previously entered into the Company’s standard Employee Confidentiality and Assignment of Inventions Agreement prohibiting
Mr. Pastrone from disclosure of confidential and/or proprietary information relating to the operations, products and services of the
Company and its clients and acknowledging that all intellectual property developed by Mr. Pastrone relating to the Company’s business
constitutes its exclusive property.
Item
9.01. | Financial
Statements and Exhibits. |
(c)
Exhibits. The exhibits listed in the following Exhibit Index are filed as part of this current report.
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.
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BLINK
CHARGING CO. |
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Dated:
December 5, 2022 |
By: |
/s/
Michael D. Farkas |
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Name: |
Michael
D. Farkas |
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Title: |
Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer |
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