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): July 22, 2022
Laser Photonics Corporation |
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) |
Delaware |
| 000-56166 |
| 84-3628771 |
(State of other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
| (Commission File Number) |
| (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
1101 N. Keller Rd. Suite G Orlando, FL |
| 32810 |
(Address of principal executive offices) |
| (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (407) 804-1000
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||
Common Stock | N/A | N/A |
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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 July 22, 2022, the Board of Directors of the registrant (“Laser Photonics”) appointed Timothy Schick, CFA, age 56, to be its Vice President of Finance. Mr. Schick also serves as the principal financial officer and principal accounting officer of Laser Photonics. From August 2019 to July 2022, Mr. Schick served as the Head of Finance at Jupiter Marine International in Bradenton, Florida, where he oversaw that company’s accounting and accounts payable staff, as well as managed financial planning and analysis. In addition, he was responsible for new model year cost and pricing, production scheduling, fixed asset accounting, work-in-process measurement and tracking, liability insurance administration, plant security, waste management planning and HAZMAT compliance. From June 2016 to August 2019 Mr. Schick was Director of Financial Planning & Analysis at Everglades Boats in Edgewater, Florida, where he installed and managed all new financial processes, including comprehensive planning, financial statement construction, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, analysis, key metric and performance dashboard design and development, work-in-process reporting and work order scheduling. From September 2013 to June 2016 Mr. Schick was Manager of Financial Planning & Analysis at Uni-Select/Auto Plus in Atlanta, Georgia performing similar functions as with Everglades Boats. Mr. Schick earned a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering from the United States Naval Academy, a Master of Science in Aeronautics & Astronautics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MBA from the University of North Florida.
In connection with his appointment as Vice President of Finance, Mr. Schick entered into an employment agreement under which he will receive an annual base salary of $80,000, an option under Laser Photonics’ 2019 Stock Incentive Plan to acquire 25,000 shares of Laser Photonics common stock that vests in equal amounts over a four-year period commencing with the anniversary date of his employment with accelerated vesting in the event of a change of control of Laser Photonics. The foregoing is a summary of the terms of the employment agreement with Mr. Schick and is qualified in its entirety by the Offer of Employment Agreement attached hereto and incorporated herein as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
Exhibits
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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 thereunto duly authorized.
LASER PHOTONICS CORPORATION | |||
Date: July 28, 2022 | By: | /s/ Wayne Tupuola | |
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| Wayne Tupuola | |
President and CEO | |||
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EXHIBIT 10.1