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):  February 17, 2010

TECH/OPS SEVCON, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	001-9789 (Commission File Number)	04-2985631 (IRS Employer Identification No.)
155 Northboro Road Southborough, MA 01772 (Address of principal executive offices and zip code)
(508) 281-5510 (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
N/A (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 February 17, 2010, the Board of Directors of the Registrant, upon the recommendation of the Board’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, elected Fred Wang to the Board, effective immediately. Mr. Wang will serve for a term that expires at the Registrant’s 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Mr. Wang has also been named to the Board’s Compensation Committee. The Board has determined that Mr. Wang meets the standards of independence for directors set forth under the listing standards of the NASDAQ Capital Market.

Mr. Wang will receive the same compensation for his service on the Board as the Registrant’s other non-employee directors, including an annual cash retainer and restricted stock grant, as more fully described in the Registrant’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 17, 2009.

A copy of the press release announcing the election of Mr. Wang to the Board is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)           Exhibits

99.1         Press Release of the Registrant, dated February 17, 2010.

SIGNATURE

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.

	TECH/OPS SEVCON, INC.
Dated:  February 17, 2010	By:  /s/ Raymond J. Thibault Jr. Raymond J. Thibault Jr. Assistant Treasurer

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number	Description
99.1	Press Release of the Registrant, dated February 17, 2010.

 

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

 Tech/Ops Sevcon Inc.

                                                                                                                                            0;       155 Northboro Road

Southborough, MA 01772

 Telephone (508) 281 5510

News Release

For release: Immediately

For further information contact: Matt Boyle (Matt.Boyle@sevcon.com)

MR. FREDERICK (FRED) WANG’S APPOINTMENT TO THE TECH/OPS SEVCON, INC.’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Southborough, Mass. January 26, 2010..... Tech/Ops Sevcon, Inc. (NASDAQ symbol TO) is pleased to announce that, at a meeting on February 17th, 2010, the Board of Directors voted to elect Fred Wang a director with a term expiring at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders in 2012.

Mr. Wang has over 35 years experience in high tech development companies, including as Head of R&D, product marketing and sales and service operations at Wang Laboratories, Inc. Mr. Wang has a B.Sc. in Applied Mathematics from Brown University and a Masters Degree in Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Mr. Wang is a Director and Trustee of the Wang Foundation.

Tech/Ops Sevcon, Inc. is a world leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of microprocessor based controls for zero emission electric vehicles. The controls are used to vary the speed and movement of vehicles, to integrate specialized functions, and to optimize the energy consumption of the vehicles’ power source. Sevcon supplies customers throughout the world from its operations in the United Kingdom, the USA, France, and the Far East, and through an international dealer network. The Company's customers are manufacturers of on and off road vehicles including cars, trucks, buses, motorcycles, fork lift trucks, aerial lifts, mining vehicles, airport tractors, sweepers, and other electrically powered vehicles.