ECOSPHERE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (OTCMKTS:ESPH) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
Item 5.02.

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

On February 19, 2017, the Company appointed Dean Becker as a director of the Company. Mr. Becker previously served as a director of the Company from January 1, 2013 to May 4, 2016. Mr. Becker has served as Chairman of the Board of Ecor Rouge Venture Laboratory since November 2016. Mr. Becker has served as Chairman of the Board for Equitable IP Holdings since November 2015. Mr. Becker has also been a co-founder of Human Health Organization since January 2015. From June 2011 through November 2013, Mr. Becker served as the Chief Executive Officer of ICAP Media, a leader in selling intellectual property. Mr. Becker is a frequent global speaker on intellectual property rights and the use of patents to include or exclude competition through licensing and enforcement of government issued rights. Mr. Becker was selected as a director because he is one of the world’s leading experts on monetizing intellectual property.

About ECOSPHERE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (OTCMKTS:ESPH)

Ecosphere Technologies, Inc. is a technology development and intellectual property licensing company that develops solutions for global water, agriculture, energy and industrial markets. The Company has a portfolio of technologies, such as Ozonix, Ecos PowerCube and Ecos GrowCube. The Company’s Ozonix is a water treatment technology that offers customers a chemical-free alternative to water disinfection and recycling for a range of industries and applications ranging from the oil and natural gas industry and mining to agriculture and municipal wastewater treatment. The Company’s Ecos PowerCube is a mobile, solar-powered generator. The Company’s Ecos GrowCube is an automated hydroponic growing system for cultivating crops. Sea of Green Systems, Inc. is the subsidiary of the Company that monetizes its Ecos GrowCube technology and Ozonix product lines in the Precision-Agriculture markets.

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