0001181431-11-016795.txt : 20110309 0001181431-11-016795.hdr.sgml : 20110309 20110309160914 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001181431-11-016795 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110309 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20110309 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110309 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: IDENTIVE GROUP, INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001036044 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: COMPUTER PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT, NEC [3577] IRS NUMBER: 770444317 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-29440 FILM NUMBER: 11675174 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 466 KATO TERRACE CITY: FREMONT STATE: CA ZIP: 94539 BUSINESS PHONE: 949-250-8888 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1900 CARNEGIE AVENUE STREET 2: BUILDING B CITY: SANTA ANA STATE: CA ZIP: 92705 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SCM MICROSYSTEMS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19970319 8-K 1 rrd304818.htm BERNARD BAILEY APPOINTMENT TO BOARD Prepared By R.R. Donnelley Financial -- Form 8-K
 
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):  03/09/2011
 
Identive Group, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Commission File Number:  000-29440
 
Delaware
  
77-0444317
(State or other jurisdiction of
  
(IRS Employer
incorporation)
  
Identification No.)
 
1900-B Carnegie Avenue
Santa Ana, CA 92705
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
 
949-250-8888
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
(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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Item 5.02.    Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
 
On March 9, 2011, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Identive Group, Inc. (the "Company") elected Bernard C. Bailey as a director of the Company, effective immediately. Mr. Bailey will serve as a Class III director, filling the vacancy created by Felix Marx who resigned in December 2010, with a term expiring at the Company's 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The Company's Board has not yet determined on which committees Mr. Bailey will serve.

In connection with his election, Mr. Bailey will receive an option to acquire 20,000 shares of the Company's common stock pursuant to the 2007 Stock Option Plan, as amended, and will be entitled to receive the same compensation paid to the Company's other non-employee directors.

A press release announcing Mr. Bailey's appointment is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by this reference.

 
 
Item 9.01.    Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
(d)        Exhibits
Exhibit        Description

99.1        Press release issued by Identive Group, Inc. on March 9, 2011 announcing the appointment of Bernard C. Bailey to the Board of Directors

 

 

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.
 
           
Identive Group, Inc.
 
 
Date: March 09, 2011
     
By:
 
/s/    Melvin Denton-Thompson
               
Melvin Denton-Thompson
               
Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
 
 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit No.
  
Description
EX-99.1
  
Press release issued by Identive Group, Inc. on March 9, 2011 announcing the appointment of Bernard C. Bailey to the Board of Directors
EX-99.1 2 rrd304818_34416.htm PRESS RELEASE ISSUED BY IDENTIVE GROUP, INC. ON MARCH 9, 2011 ANNOUNCING THE APPOINTMENT OF BERNARD C. BAILEY TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DC10313.pdf -- Converted by SEC Publisher 4.2, created by BCL Technologies Inc., for SEC Filing

IDENTIVE GROUP APPOINTS BERNARD C. BAILEY TO ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS

SANTA ANA, Calif. and ISMANING, Germany, March 9, 2011 – Identive Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVE; Frankfurt: INV), a provider of products, services and solutions for the security, identification and RFID industries, today announced that Bernard C. Bailey has been appointed to its Board of Directors, effective immediately. Mr. Bailey is President and Chief Executive Officer, as well as the founder of Paraquis Solutions, LLC, which provides governance, strategy and organizational consulting to companies in the technology, federal government and security industries

“I am very pleased to welcome Bernard to Identive’s board,” said Ayman S. Ashour, Chairman and CEO of Identive Group. “His experience and interests are very relevant to the Company; in particular his extensive background in the security and ID markets, his solid understanding of technology program management in the U.S. government sector, his public company board experience and his commitment to excellence in corporate governance. Bernard brings valuable insight to Identive as we continue to pursue our aim of becoming a signature company in secure identification technologies.”

Commented Mr. Bailey, “I have followed Identive for some time now and am impressed with the market vision of the company and its methodical approach to building revenue, scale and a framework for sustained profit. I look forward to working with the other members of Identive’s board and with management to help leverage the company’s strengths and effectively execute its growth strategy.”

Prior to founding Paraquis in 2006, Mr. Bailey was President and Chief Executive Officer of L-1 Identity Solutions, Inc., formerly Viisage Technology, Inc., a developer of advanced technology identity solutions for governments, law enforcement agencies and corporations. Previously he also served as Chief Operating Officer of Art Technology Group, a publicly-traded developer and marketer of e-commerce software solutions that is now part of Oracle Corporation. Prior to that, Mr. Bailey had a 17-year career at IBM, where he served in a variety of finance, sales, marketing and operations positions and held executive roles in the development of IBM Global Services’ systems integration and consulting business lines.

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Mr. Bailey has served on the boards of seven publicly-traded U.S. companies and currently is a director of Analogic Corporation (NASDAQ: ALOG), a leading provider of medical imaging and aviation security technology; Telos Corporation (OTC: TLSRP.PK), a defense security solutions firm; and Spectrum Control, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPEC), a designer and manufacturer of electromagnetic interference (EMI) suppression products. Until its acquisition in January 2011 by ASSA ABLOY (Stockholm: ASSA-B.ST), Mr. Bailey also served as Chairman of the Board of Lasercard Corporation, a provider of secure ID solutions.

A graduate of the United States Naval Academy, Mr. Bailey also holds graduate degrees in engineering and business from the University of California, Berkeley, the University of Southern California and the George Washington University

About Identive Group

Identive Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVE; Frankfurt: INV) is an international technology company focused on building the world’s signature group in secure identification-based technologies. The businesses within Identive Group have deep industry expertise and are well-known global brands in their individual markets, providing leading-edge products and solutions in the areas of physical and logical access control, identity management and RFID systems to governments, commercial and industrial enterprises and consumers. Identive’s growth model is based on a combination of strong technology-driven organic growth from the businesses within the group and disciplined acquisitive development. For additional info visit: www.identive-group.com.

Contacts:     
Darby Dye    Annika Oelsner 
+1 949 553-4251    +49 89 9595 5220 
ddye@identive-group.com    aoelsner@identive-group.com 

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