ORMAT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. — Board/Management Information 2018

Jun 28, 2018

8-K 1 ora20180627_8k.htm 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): June 27, 2018 (June 25, 2018)

Ormat Technologies, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

001- 32347 Commission File Number

88-0326081 (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

89511-1136 (Zip Code)

6225 Neil Road, Reno, Nevada

(Address of principal executive offices)

(775) 356-9029

(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 Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

As part of Ormat Technologies, Inc.'s (the "Company") compensation process, on June 25, 2018, the Company granted equity awards (the "Awards") pursuant to the Ormat Technologies, Inc. 2018 Incentive Compensation Plan to employees and officers of the Company, including the following named executive officers (the "NEOs"): (a) Zvi Krieger, Executive Vice President of Electricity Segment, (b) Shlomi Argas, Executive Vice President, Product Segment and Operations, and (c) Bob Sullivan, Executive Vice President, Business Development, Sales and Marketing. Each of these NEOs received two-thirds (2/3) of their Award in the form of stock appreciation rights ("SARs") and one-third (1/3) of their Award in the form of restricted stock units ("RSUs").

Name	SARs (#)	RSUs (#)	Grant Date Fair Value of Awards (\$)
Zvi Krieger	30,833	4,320	675,250
Shlomi Argas	30,833	4,320	675,250
Bob Sullivan	26,667	3,736	584,000

The SARs and RSUs vest over four years with one-half (1/2) vesting on the second anniversary of the date of grant and one-quarter (1/4) vesting on each of the third and fourth anniversaries of the date of grant.

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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.

ORMAT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

By: /s/ Isaac Angel

Name: Isaac Angel Title: Chief Executive Officer

Date: June 27 2018

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