Current Report Filing (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): November 2, 2020

WESTELL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter) 

Delaware		0-27266		36-3154957
(State of other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)
750 North Commons Drive, Aurora, Illinois				60504
(Address of principal executive offices)				(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code [phone]

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report) 

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None	N/A	N/A

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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 November 2, 2020, Westell Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) has named Jeniffer L. Jaynes, 48, as Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary of the Company. Ms. Jaynes has served as the Company’s interim CFO since August 24, 2019. She previously served as the Company’s Vice President and Corporate Controller from 2018 and Assistant Vice President of Financial Reporting from 2016 until 2018, and as Director of SEC Reporting from 2007 to 2016. Ms. Jaynes initially joined the Company in 1996 and held various accounting positions with the Company through 2000. Prior to rejoining the Company in 2007, Ms. Jaynes served as the Director of SEC Reporting at Infinity Property and Casualty Corporation and as the Manager of Financial Reporting at Pemco Aviation Group, Inc. (subsequently known as Alabama Aircraft Industries, Inc.). Ms. Jaynes is a Certified Public Accountant and began her career as an auditor with Arthur Andersen LLP.

Ms. Jaynes’ will receive an annual base salary of $245,000 and is eligible for a bonus target of $73,500 that will be based on the Company's actual financial results compared to established performance criteria. Ms. Jaynes previously entered into a severance agreement with the Company. Pursuant to the severance agreement, in the event of a termination without cause or for good reason (as defined in the severance agreement), Ms. Jaynes is entitled severance pay equal to 12 months of base salary and certain other benefits. The foregoing description of the severance agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the severance agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

For a description of the programs and other benefits available to the Company’s executive officers, please see the Company’s definitive proxy statement for its 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 11, 2020.

There are no arrangements or understandings between Ms. Jaynes and any other person pursuant to which she was selected as an officer. Ms. Jaynes does not have any familial relationship with any director or other executive officer of the Company, and there are no transactions in which Ms. Jaynes has an interest requiring disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Item 9.01	Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

10.1			Severance Agreement for Jeniffer Jaynes, dated February 12, 2018 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 28, 2019).
99.1			Press release dated November 5, 2020.

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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.

			WESTELL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Date:	November 5, 2020	By:	/s/ Timothy L. Duitsman
			Timothy L. Duitsman
			President and Chief Executive Officer