UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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) March 9, 2016

   

 

 

Net Element, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware

  

001-34887

  

90-1025599

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)		   (Commission File
Number)		  

(IRS Employer
Identification No.) 

 

  3363 NE 163rd Street, Suite 705, North Miami Beach, FL 33160  
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)  

 

 

(305) 507-8808

  
  (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)  
     
 

Not Applicable

  
  (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:

 

oWritten communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

oSoliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

oPre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

oPre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

  

   

 

 

Item 5.02Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

As part of preparation for the upcoming annual shareholders meeting of Net Element, Inc. (the “Company”), on March 9, 2016, David P. Kelley II has informed the Nominating And Governance Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) that, at the end of his current term as a Director of the Company, he will no longer stand for reelection as Director of the Company (and consequently as chairman of each of the Audit Committee, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and the Compensation Committee of the Board) due to personal reasons and not over any disagreement with the Board of or the Company’s management.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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.

 

Dated:  March 9, 2016

 

  NET ELEMENT, INC.
     
     
  By: /s/  Jonathan New
  Name: Jonathan New
  Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

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