Current Report Filing (8-k)
May 09 2018 - 4:02PM
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
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Date
of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 3, 2018
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SPHERIX
INCORPORATED
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(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
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Delaware
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0-5576
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52-0849320
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(State
or other jurisdiction
of
incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS
Employer Identification No.)
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One
Rockefeller Plaza, 11
th
Floor
New
York, NY
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10020
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code: (703) 992-9260
(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check
the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant
under any of the following provisions:
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communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
☐ Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
☐ Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
☐ Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item
5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements
of Certain Officers
Appointment
of Gregory James Blattner as a Director
On
May 3, 2018, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Spherix Incorporated (the “Company”) approved an
increase in the size of the Board from four members to five, and in order to fill the vacancy created by such increase, the Board
appointed Gregory James Blattner as a director of the Company.
Mr.
Blattner, 40, has nearly five years of experience in the alternative investment technology industry. Since January 2014, he has
served as the Director of Business Development at Agio, a progressive managed information technology and cybersecurity services
provider, where he is responsible for sales and account management of enterprise accounts. Prior to Agio, from May 2013
to December 2013, Mr. Blattner was a business development manager for the Eikon platform at Thomson Reuters. From 2010 to 2013,
Mr. Blattner was a sales manager at American Express for its foreign exchange business. From 2005 to 2009, Mr. Blattner held various
positions at JPMorgan, first in the operational risk management arm of the investment bank and later in Foreign Exchange product
sales for its treasury services business. From 2000 to 2004, Mr. Blattner was an Associate at Morgan Stanley’s corporate
treasury funding desk. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Iona College. The Company believes Mr. Blattner’s
extensive experience in technology and operations solutions make him a qualified appointee as director.
In
connection with his appointment as a director, Mr. Blattner was granted options to purchase 50,000 shares of the Company’s
common stock, at an exercise price of $1.04 per share, which options vested 50% at May 3, 2018 with the remaining 50% vesting
at November 3, 2018.
No
family relationships exist between Mr. Blattner and any of the Company’s other directors or executive officers. There are
no arrangements between Mr. Blattner and any other person pursuant to which Mr. Blattner was nominated as a director. There are
no transactions to which the Company is or was a participant and in which Mr. Blattner has a material interest subject to disclosure
under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. Mr. Blattner is not a party to any material plan or arrangement in connection with his
appointment as a director.
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.
Date: May
9, 2018
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SPHERIX INCORPORATED
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By:
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/s/ Anthony
Hayes
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Name: Anthony Hayes
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Title: Chief Executive Officer
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