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8051 E. Maplewood Avenue, Suite 210, Greenwood Village, CO						80111
(Address of principal executive offices)						(Zip Code)

 

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Item 5.02						Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.

(b) Effective April 1, 2021, Chris Bellino, the Company's current Chief Accounting Officer, will retire from the Company. The position of Chief Accounting Officer will be eliminated upon Ms. Bellino's retirement.

(c) On February 25, 2021, the Company's board of directors approved the creation of the Vice President of Accounting position and appointment of Morgan Fields to such position effective March 1, 2021. Effective April 1, 2021, upon the retirement of Ms. Bellino, Ms. Fields will assume the role of Principal Financial Officer.

In connection with her appointment as Vice President of Accounting, on February 26, 2021 Ms. Fields and the Company entered into an employment agreement (the "Agreement") with a one-year term, subject to renewal. Pursuant to the Agreement, Ms. Fields is paid a salary of $215,000, per annum, and is eligible for a bonus under the Company’s Short-Term Incentive Plan with a target of 40% of her base salary, prorated to match her time with the Company. Additionally, Ms. Fields will be granted 14,828 shares of Company stock under a restricted stock agreement with a 3-year vesting schedule. The Agreement may be terminated by the Company for cause or by Ms. Fields upon 30 days’ written notice to the Company. There will be no severance pay obligation upon termination of the Agreement. A copy of the Agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this report

Ms. Fields has over 15 years of accounting and consulting experience serving a variety of companies and industries. Ms. Fields has consulted with the Company on various projects since 2019, including assisting with system implementations and oversight of internal control over financial reporting framework. Prior to working with the Company, Ms. Fields career included being the Director of Accounting for Cerapedics, Inc. from 2018 to 2019 and the Chief Accounting Officer for Rezolute, Inc. (RZLT) from 2014 to 2018. Before that, she held various other accounting and finance roles, including Assurance Director, with RSM US LLP. Ms. Fields received her Bachelor’s degree in accounting as well as her Masters in Accounting from the University of Northern Iowa.

Ms. Fields was also designated an officer of the Company for purposes of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act").

Ms. Fields does not have any family relationship with any director or executive officer of the Company nor is she a party to a related party transaction under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Exchange Act.

*Certain competitively sensitive information, exhibits and schedules have been omitted and the Company agrees to furnish supplementally to the Securities and Exchange Commission a copy of any omitted exhibits and schedules upon request.