bsqr-8k_20190430.htm

 

 

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): April 26, 2019

 

BSQUARE CORPORATION

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Washington

 

000-27687

 

91-1650880

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

110 110th Ave NE, Suite 300

Bellevue, WA 98004

425-519-5900

(Address and Telephone Number of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

 

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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 26, 2019, Scott B. Caldwell, the Vice President of Sales and Alliances of BSQUARE Corporation (the “Company”), has stepped down.  Pursuant to the terms of his employment agreement and a separation and release agreement between the Company and Mr. Caldwell, Mr. Caldwell will receive severance equal to six months of his current annual base salary, paid in accordance with the Company’s regular payroll schedule, and the Company will subsidize Mr. Caldwell’s COBRA premiums for six months.  In addition, Mr. Caldwell will receive accelerated vesting in full of his retention bonus comprised of an aggregate of 14,286 restricted stock units.

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

BSQUARE CORPORATION

 

 

Date: April 30, 2019

By:

 

/s/ Peter J. Biere

 

 

 

Peter J. Biere

 

 

 

Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer