FUEL TECH, INC. (NASDAQ:FTEK) 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 November 7, 2017 Fuel Tech, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed James M. Pach to serve in a temporary capacity as Acting Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer, with each such appointment effective immediately. These appointments were made in consideration of David S. Collins, who has served as the Company’s Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer since August 2010, taking a leave of absence for health reasons.

Since joining the Company in January 2016, Mr. Pach, age 37, has served as its Assistant Treasurer and Corporate Controller. Prior to that time, Mr. Pach served as Assistant Corporate Controller for Century Aluminum Company (CAC) since 2015, Senior Corporate Accounting Manager for CAC since 2013, Assurance Senior Manager for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) since 2012, and Assurance Manager for PwC since 2010.

Mr. Pach is a party to an employment agreement with the Company effective as of January 4, 2016. The agreement is for an indefinite term, for disclosure and assignment of inventions to the Company, protection of the Company’s proprietary data, covenants against certain competition and arbitration of disputes. The employment agreement is for a term of employment “at will” and does not provide for severance payments. In connection with his appointment as Acting Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer on November 7, 2017, Mr. Pach’s annualized salary on that date (prorated for the remainder of 2017), became $181,500.

NOTE REGARDING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

This filing contains “forward-looking statements” as defined in Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which are made to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and reflect Fuel Tech’s current expectations regarding future growth, results of operations, cash flows, performance and business prospects, and opportunities, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, our management. Fuel Tech has tried to identify forward-looking statements by using words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “plan,” “expect,” “estimate,” “intend,” “will,” and similar expressions, but these words are not the exclusive means of identifying forward-looking statements. These statements are based on information currently available to Fuel Tech and are subject to various risks, uncertainties, and other factors, including, but not limited to, those discussed in Fuel Tech’s Annual Report on Form 10-K in Item 1A under the caption “Risk Factors,” which could cause Fuel Tech’s actual growth, results of operations, financial condition, cash flows, performance and business prospects and opportunities to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, these statements. Fuel Tech undertakes no obligation to update such factors or to publicly announce the results of any of the forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect future events, developments, or changed circumstances or for any other reason. Investors are cautioned that all forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, including those detailed in Fuel Tech’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

About FUEL TECH, INC. (NASDAQ:FTEK)

Fuel Tech, Inc. is a technology company. The Company is engaged in the development, commercialization and application of technologies for air pollution control, process optimization, combustion efficiency and engineering services. It operates through three segments: Air Pollution Control technology, FUEL CHEM technology and Fuel Conversion. The Air Pollution Control technology segment includes technologies to manage nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions in flue gas from boilers, incinerators, furnaces and other stationary combustion sources. The FUEL CHEM technology segment uses chemical processes in combination with computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and chemical kinetics modeling (CKM) boiler modeling, for the control of slagging, fouling, corrosion, opacity and other sulfur trioxide-related issues in furnaces and boilers through the addition of chemicals into the furnace. The Fuel Conversion segment represents the CARBONITE fuel conversion process and technology.