Current Report Filing (8-k)
April 05 2013 - 5:26PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
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 EARLIEST
EVENT REPORTED: April 1, 2013
AXION POWER INTERNATIONAL,
INC.
(Exact name of
Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware |
000-22573 |
65-0774638 |
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation) |
(Commission File
Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification
Number) |
3601 Clover Lane
New Castle, PA
16105
(Address of principal
executive offices)
(724) 654-9300
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
(Former name or
former address, if changed since last report)
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ITEM 1.01 Entry Into Material Definitive
Agreements
See Item 5.02(e) below.
ITEM 5.02(e) Compensatory Arrangements
with Named Executive Officers
Effective as of April 1, 2013, Axion
Power International, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into new three year employment agreements (“Agreement”
or “Agreements”) with each of Thomas Granville, Charles Trego, Phillip Baker and Vani Dantam, which expire on March
31, 2016. Each of the Agreements is identical to the prior employment agreements in effect with each of the officers,
except with respect to the new terms and as set forth below.
For each officer, there is a
new payment schedule, which calls for a stipend payment equal to 10% of base salary (which is the same as in the prior
Agreement and which remains unchanged during the term of said Agreement), in cash within 45 days from the date of
effectiveness of each Agreements, and then the same stipend payment is due on the first, second and third anniversaries of
the effective date of the Agreement so long as the executive is still employed by the Company on each said anniversary
date.
The following table sets forth the
stipend payment schedule:
Executive | |
Payment within 45 days of April 1, 2013 | | |
Payment on 1 year anniversary (1) | | |
Payment on 2 year anniversary (1) | | |
Payment on 3 year anniversary (1) | |
Thomas Granville | |
$ | 38,000 | | |
$ | 38,000 | | |
$ | 38,000 | | |
$ | 38,000 | |
Charles Trego | |
$ | 22,500 | | |
$ | 22,500 | | |
$ | 22,500 | | |
$ | 22,500 | |
Vani Dantam (2) | |
$ | 22,500 | | |
$ | 22,500 | | |
$ | 22,500 | | |
$ | 22,500 | |
Philip Baker | |
$ | 19,980 | | |
$ | 19,980 | | |
$ | 19,980 | | |
$ | 19,980 | |
| (1) | Payable only if executive is still employed by the Company
on the anniversary date. |
| (2) | Also has been given an automobile allowance of $500 per
month. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Axion Power International, Inc. has caused this report to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Dated: April 5,
2013
Axion Power International, Inc. |
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By: |
/s/ Charles R.Trego |
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Charles R.Trego |
Chief Financial Officer |
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