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) December 9, 2021
FUEL TECH, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation) | | 001-33059
(Commission
File Number) | | 20-5657551
(IRS Employer
Identification No.) |
Fuel Tech, Inc.
27601 Bella Vista Parkway
Warrenville, IL 60555-1617
630-845-4500
(Address and telephone number of principal executive offices)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered |
| Common Stock | FTEK | NASDAQ Capital Market |
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ITEM 5.02 | Officer Sales Commission Plans |
On December 9, 2021, the Compensation Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors of Fuel Tech, Inc. (“Fuel Tech” or the “Company”) took the following actions:
| 1. | The Committee adopted Fuel Tech’s 2022 APC and National Sales Manager Commission Plan (the “APC Plan”) and 2022 FUEL CHEM® Officer Sales Commission Plan (the “FUEL CHEM” Plan). Each of the APC Plan and the FUEL CHEM Plan provide for sales commission payments to be made to Fuel Tech’s Senior Vice President, Sales (William E. Cummings, Jr.). |
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| | Under the APC Plan, Fuel Tech will pay to its Senior Vice President, Sales a commission equal to a specified percentage of the as-sold contract value of all sales of products and services in Fuel Tech’s APC product line in the United States and Canada. The FUEL CHEM Plan provides for sales commission payments to be made to Fuel Tech’s Senior Vice President, Sales. Under the FUEL CHEM Plan, Fuel Tech will pay to such officer a commission equal to a specified percentage of all net revenue realized for customer units located in the United States and Canada. |
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| | Copies of the APC Plan and the FUEL CHEM Plan are attached as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 to this Report on Form 8-K. |
ITEM 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
| Exhibit No. | Description |
| | |
| 99.1 | |
| 99.2 | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101) |
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.
| | Fuel Tech, Inc.
(Registrant)
| |
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| | By: | /s/ Bradley W. Johnson | |
| | | Bradley W. Johnson | |
| Date: December 14, 2021 | | Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | |
