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FORM
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| Item 5.02. | Departure of Directors of Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
Effective on October 3, 2022, our Board of Directors appointed Chad White as our interim Chief Financial Officer.
As previously disclosed, Mr. Jerry Dvonch will resign as our Chief Financial Officer in connection with the closure of our office in Woodstock, Georgia. Mr. Dvonch agreed to assist us with transitioning the Company’s operations to our office in Boulder, Colorado on or before December 31, 2022. We accepted the resignation of Mr. Dvonch as Chief Financial Officer effective November 18, 2022. Effective November 18, 2022, Mr. White will serve as Chief Financial Officer of the Company.
Mr. White, age 49, joins us from Global Web Horizons LLC (dba Slumber Cloud), a direct-to-consumer retailer, where he served as Chief Financial Officer from April 2019 through October 2022 and was responsible for accounting, treasury, and strategy development. Prior to Slumber Cloud, Mr. White served as Chief Financial Officer of various Coors family portfolio businesses, including Outlast Technologies LLC, a global contract manufacturer of textile products from April 2012 until October 2020, where he directed the global finance function and all financial reporting requirements. Mr. White began his career as an auditor by spending five years with Ernst & Young. Mr. White is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in Ohio. He holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of North Carolina and a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting from Michigan State University.
Mr. White will be employed at-will. We agreed to compensate Mr. White $230,000 per year. Mr. White is eligible for a bonus up to 50% of his annual salary, prorated the first year based on a fiscal year end of March 31 and dependent upon meeting specified performance goals. Upon commencement of his employment, Mr. White received options to purchase up to 5,000 shares of our common stock. The options will vest in three tranches over three years and vesting will accelerate in the event of a change of control. He is also eligible for additional equity grants within the normal employee equity programs and for benefits, such as vacation, and our medical, dental, vision and retirement plans.
We thank Mr. Dvonch for his service and wish him the best in his future endeavors.
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| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| Exhibit No. | Description |
| 10.1 | Offer letter to Chad White dated September 8, 2022. |
| 104 | The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL. |
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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.
| Sonoma Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | ||
| Registrant | ||
| Date: October 7, 2022 | By: | /s/ Amy Trombly |
| Name: Amy Trombly Title: Chief Executive Officer | ||
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