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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.
On June 1, 2021, DZS Inc. (the “Company”) and Charlie Vogt, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, entered into an amendment (the “Vogt Amendment”) to Mr. Vogt’s employment agreement (the “Vogt Employment Agreement”) with the Company. Pursuant to the Vogt Amendment, effective July 1, 2021, Mr. Vogt’s base salary will be increased to $600,000 per year. In addition, Mr. Vogt’s target quarterly bonus at full accomplishment of the Company’s goals will be increased to $150,000 per quarter.
In addition, the Company appointed Karen Leopardi as the Company’s Treasurer, reporting to Thomas Cancro, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. In connection with such appointment, on June 1, 2021, the Company and Mr. Cancro entered into an amendment (the “Cancro Third Amendment”) to Mr. Cancro’s employment agreement (as previously amended the “Cancro Employment Agreement”) with the Company. Pursuant to the Cancro Third Amendment, Mr. Cancro’s duties as the Treasurer of the Company were removed.
The foregoing descriptions of the Vogt Employment Agreement, the Vogt Amendment, the Cancro Employment Agreement and the Cancro Third Amendment do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirely by reference to the full text of (i) the Vogt Employment Agreement, previously filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q dated November 6, 2020, (ii) the Vogt Amendment, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, (iii) the Cancro Employment Agreement, previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 25, 2019, (iv) the Amendment to the Cancro Employment Agreement, previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 4, 2020, (v) the Second Amendment to the Cancro Employment Agreement, previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 13, 2021, and (vi) the Cancro Third Amendment, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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Description |
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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.
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Date: June 4, 2021 |
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DZS Inc. |
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/s/ Justin Ferguson |
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Justin Ferguson |
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Chief Legal Officer |