8-K 1 d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 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): October 6, 2006

 


StockerYale, Inc

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 


 

Massachusetts   000-27372   04-2114473

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

  (Commission File No.)  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

32 Hampshire Road

Salem, New Hampshire

  03079
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(603) 893-8778

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

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

 


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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.

On October 6, 2006, the Board of Directors of StockerYale, Inc. (the “Company”), following a recommendation of the Governance, Nominating and Compensation Committee of the Board (the “GNC”), increased the Board size to seven members and elected Ben S. Levitan to the Board of Directors. Mr. Levitan has also been elected to the Audit Committee, replacing Dietmar Klenner who will continue to serve on the Board and the GNC. There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Levitan and any other persons pursuant to which Mr. Levitan was selected as a director, and there have been no transactions and are no currently proposed transactions to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries was or is a party in which Mr. Levitan has a material interest, which are required to be disclosed under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

A press release dated October 10, 2006 announcing Mr. Levitan’s election to the Board of Directors is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this current report and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

99.1    Press Release of the Registrant, dated October 10, 2006.


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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

  StockerYale, Inc.
Date: October 13, 2006    
  By:  

/s/ Marianne Molleur

    Marianne Molleur
   

Senior Vice President and Chief

Financial Officer


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.  

Description

99.1   Press Release of the Registrant, dated October 10, 2006.