Current Report Filing (8-k)
23 August 2016 - 5:23AM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
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
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August 22, 2016 (August 16, 2016)
Commission
File Number 0-20734
e.Digital Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other
jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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33-0591385
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
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16870 W. Bernardo Drive, Suite 120
San Diego, California 92127
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(858) 304-3016
(Registrant’s telephone number, including
area code)
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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 August 16, 2016, the Board of Directors
of eDigital Corporation (“eDigital” or the “Company”) appointed Russell H. Packer as a director to serve
until the 2017 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders. Mr. Packer will also serve on the Audit Committee of the Board.
With the appointment of Mr. Packer, the number of directors increased from four to five. The current Board chairman, Allen Cocumelli,
will no longer serve on the Audit Committee, effective concurrently with Mr. Packer’s appointment.
Mr. Packer has been employed as the Chief
Financial Officer of GeoOptics, Inc., a company engaged in the collection and sale of Environmental Earth Observation data
for use in operational monitoring and forecasting applications, since 2011. Formerly, he was the CFO of Geometric Results
Incorporated (“GRI”), a Ford Motor Company business and technology services subsidiary. Mr. Packer previously
spent five years as a financial executive with Coca-Cola, including work on the IPO of Coca-Cola Enterprises, and ten years
in investment banking with Shoreline Partners and Delphos Group. He holds a B.S. in Business Administration and an MBA from
USC.
A copy of the Press Release announcing the
changes to the Company’s Board of Directors is attached hereto as exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein in its
entirety.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits:
Exhibit No.
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Description
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99.1
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Press Released issued by the Company
and dated August 22, 2016
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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.
Date: August 22, 2016
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EDIGITAL CORPORATION
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By:
/s/ ALFRED H. FALK
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Alfred H. Falk, President and Chief Executive
Officer
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(Principal Executive Officer and duly authorized
to sign
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on behalf of registrant)
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