TECOGEN INC. — Board/Management Information 2014

Nov 3, 2014

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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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): November 3, 2014 (October 29, 2014)

TECOGEN INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

001-36103	04-3536131
(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
45 First Avenue
Waltham, Massachusetts	02451
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

(781) 622-1120

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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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 October 29, 2014, Tecogen Inc. (the “Company”) promoted Benjamin M. Locke, age 46, to Co-CEO, effective immediately. Mr. Locke will serve with current Company CEO, John N. Hatsopoulos.

Mr. Locke joined the Company in June 2013 as its director of corporate strategy and was later promoted to general manager in December 2013. Prior to joining the Company, from 2001 to 2013 Mr. Locke served as director of business development at Metabolix Inc.. There he was responsible for developing and executing strategic arrangements with businesses and governments for the commercialization of profitable new clean energy technologies.

A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

The registrant hereby files the following exhibit:

Exhibit 99.1 – Press Release announcing Benjamin Locke becoming co-CEO, dated October 29, 2014.

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.

Date: November 3, 2014

TECOGEN, Inc.

By: /s/ David A. Garrison

David A. Garrison

Chief Financial Officer