Item 5.02   Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.  

On December 19, 2017, Michael Nahass, 52, was appointed President and Chief Operating Officer of Terra Tech Corp. (the “Company”). Mr. Nahass will continue to serve as Secretary and Treasurer and as a Director of the Company. Mr. Nahass has served as a Director since January 26, 2012, and as Secretary and Treasurer since July 20, 2015. Previously, Mr. Nahass served as President, Secretary and Treasurer from January 26, 2012 until February 9, 2012. Since August 2011, Mr. Nahass has served as Managing Director of Arque Capital, Ltd., of Irvine, California. From September 2009 until August 2011, Mr. Nahass was a Partner, and served as Managing Director/Chief Operating Office of NMS Capital Asset Management, Inc. (“NMS Capital”). Additionally, while at NMS Capital, Mr. Nahass served as Chief Portfolio Manager of the NMS Platinum Funds, LLC. From February 1995 until April 2007, Mr. Nahass was employed in various positions at Morgan Stanley, where his last position was Senior Vice President and Complex Manager, where he directly managed over 200 financial advisors with approximately $20 billion in assets under management. With over 20 years of financial services experience, Mr. Nahass has been and is responsible for private client services, business development, regulatory compliance and strategic development. Mr. Nahass holds a B.S. in Business Administration (1988) from Fairleigh Dickenson University. In addition, he also held NASD Series 3 (National Commodity Futures), Series 7 (General Securities Representative), Series 8 (Supervisory), Series 31 (Managed Futures) and Series 65 (Investment Advisor Representative) licenses. Mr. Nahass’ background in investment banking led to the Company’s conclusion that he should serve as Director in light of the Company’s business and structure.

On December 19, 2017, Kenneth Vande Vrede resigned as Chief Operating Officer of the Company and was appointed as Chief Agricultural Officer of the Company. Mr. Vande Vrede will continue to serve as a Director.

On December 19, 2017, Derek Peterson resigned as President of the Company. Mr. Peterson will continue to serve as Chief Executive Officer and as Chairman of the Board of Directors.