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): April 1, 2019

 

Patriot Scientific Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   0-22182   84-1070278

(State of other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

  (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

2038 Corte Del Nogal, Suite 141

Carlsbad, CA 92011-1478

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(760) 795-8517

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

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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.

 

Effective April 1, 2019, Mr. Carlton M. Johnson Jr. was appointed as Interim Chief Executive Officer of Patriot Scientific Corporation (the “Company”) and Mr. Cliff Flowers was relieved from such position. Mr. Cliff Flowers remains Chief Financial Officer of the Company.

 

Mr. Johnson has served as a director of the Company since 2001. From June 1996 through March 2013, Mr. Johnson served as in-house legal counsel for Roswell Capital Partners, LLC and related entities. Mr. Johnson has been admitted to the practice of law in Alabama since 1986, Florida since 1988 and Georgia since 1997. He has been a shareholder in the Pensacola, Florida AV- rated law firm of Smith, Sauer, DeMaria Johnson and was President-Elect of the 500 member Escambia-Santa Rosa Bar Association. He also served on the Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division Board of Governors. Mr. Johnson earned a degree in History/Political Science at Auburn University and a Juris Doctor at Samford University - Cumberland School of Law. Mr. Johnson served on the board of directors of Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a publicly held emerging bio-tech company from 1999 through November 2017. From May 2009 to March 2012, Mr. Johnson served on the board of directors of Cryoport, Inc., a publicly held company providing cost-efficient frozen shipping to biopharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. Mr. Johnson served as chairman of Cryoport’s compensation committee and as a member of its audit committee and nomination and governance committee. From November 2009 to December 2011, Mr. Johnson served on the board of directors of ECOtality, Inc., a leader in clean electric transportation and storage technologies. Mr. Johnson served on the audit committee and nominating committee of ECOtality.

 

Mr. Johnson does not have any family relationships with any of the directors, executive officers, or any people nominated or chosen by the Company to become a director or executive officer. Mr. Johnson is not a party to any transactions listed in Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

 

In connection with his appointment as Interim Chief Executive Officer of the Company, Mr. Johnson’s cash compensation remains unchanged, but as an employee he will qualify for employee and dependent medical coverage subsidized by the Company at fifty percent of the total premium cost, with such total subsidy not to exceed $826 per month.

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

  Patriot Scientific Corporation
   
   
   
Date: April 5, 2019 By: /s/ Clifford L. Flowers                           
  Clifford L. Flowers
  Chief Financial Officer