Avinger,Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGR) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

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Avinger,Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGR) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

Avinger,Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGR) 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 August22, 2018, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Avinger,Inc. (the “Company”) adopted an Officer and Director Share Purchase Plan (the “Purchase Plan”). In connection with the adoption of the Purchase Plan, the Board reserved a total of 200,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock for issuance under the Purchase Plan. The Purchase Plan provides for the optional purchase of shares of Common Stock by the Company’s directors and executive officers, in accordance with their regular pay schedule. Purchases under the Purchase Plan will be funded using payroll deductions, which deductions will be used to purchase shares of fully vested Common Stock on the payment date when the cash compensation deducted would otherwise have been paid. The foregoing description of the Purchase Plan is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Purchase Plan, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit10.1 to this Current Report on Form8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits.


Avinger Inc Exhibit
EX-10.1 2 a18-17861_2ex10d1.htm EX-10.1 Exhibit 10.1     AVINGER,…
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About Avinger,Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGR)

Avinger, Inc. is a commercial-stage medical device company. The Company designs, manufactures and sells image-guided, catheter-based systems that are used by physicians to treat patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD). The Company focuses on introducing products based on its lumivascular platform, which is an intravascular image-guided system. The Company manufactures and sells a suite of products in the United States and certain European markets. The Company’s products include Lightbox imaging console, as well as its Wildcat, Kittycat and the Ocelot family of catheters, which are designed to allow physicians to penetrate a total blockage in an artery, known as a chronic total occlusion (CTO). The lumivascular platform offers real-time visualization of the inside of the artery during PAD treatment. The lumivascular platform consists of a capital component Lightbox and a range of disposable catheter products, including Ocelot, Ocelot PIXL, Ocelot MVRX and Pantheris.