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
August 5, 2009
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
NATURALLY ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
British Columbia | 000-50367 | 98-0359306 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
Suite 402, 1008 Homer Street, Vancouver, B.C., Canada | V6B 2X1 | |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
(604) 683-8582
Registrant's telephone number, including area code
Not applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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SECTION 5 - CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Effective on August 5, 2009, Naturally Advanced Technologies Inc. (the "Company") appointed Jeremy K. Jones to its board of directors. With the addition, the Company's board has eight members. Also, management confirmed that all proposals presented at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held on August 6, 2009 were approved.
Jones, 54, was Vice President of Koch Genesis, the venture arm of Koch Industries, the largest private company in the United States from 2007 through 2009. At Koch he was responsible for deal sourcing, diligence and structuring in areas such as renewable fuels, biopolymers, medical textiles and advanced fibers for Koch's operating businesses INVISTA, Georgia-Pacific and Flint Hills Resources. Prior to Koch, Jones was in leadership and corporate officer roles in Fortune 500 companies such as Polaroid, Motorola and Cabot Microelectronics, where he built several businesses in optical and electronic materials, as well as in start-ups such as Crosslink, a St. Louis company commercializing conductive polymer materials. Jones has a Master of Science in Materials Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and an MBA from Babson College.
As a consequence of the appointment of Mr. Jones, the Board of Directors and Executive Officers of the Company are now comprised of the following:
Name | Position |
Kenneth C. Barker | Chief Executive Officer and a Director |
Guy Prevost | Chief Financial Officer and a Director |
Jason Finnis | President, Chief Operating Officer and a Director |
Larisa Harrison | Chief Administration Officer, Secretary, Treasurer and a Director |
Miljenko Horvat | Chairman of the Board and a Director |
Robert Edmunds | Director |
Peter Moore | Director |
Jeremy K. Jones | Director |
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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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