Turtle Beach Corporation (NASDAQ:HEAR) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

(d) On April 18, 2017, the Board of Directors (the Board) of
Turtle Beach Corporation (the Company) appointed Gregory Ballard
as a director of the Company. Mr. Ballard fills the vacancy
created by Laureen DeBuonos previously announced resignation from
the Board on February 3, 2017. Mr. Ballard will serve as a member
of the Boards Audit Committee and Compensation Committee.

Mr. Ballard currently serves as general partner of Eleven
Ventures, an operationally focused, seed venture investment fund.
He has also served as a Full Professor of Management at Menlo
College during the 2016-17 academic year. Prior to joining Eleven
Ventures, Mr. Ballard served as Senior Vice President of Mobile,
Social and Emerging Platforms for Warner Bros. Interactive
Entertainment since April 2013, and Senior Vice President,
Digital Games since October 2010, in each case until 2016. From
May 2010 to September 2010, Mr. Ballard served as Chief Executive
Officer of Transpera, Inc., a mobile video advertising network.
From October 2003 through December 2009, Mr. Ballard served as
President Chief Executive Officer of Glu Mobile Inc., a publisher
of mobile video games. Prior to joining Glu Mobile, Mr. Ballard
consulted for Virgin USA, Inc. from April 2003 to September 2003.
Prior to that, he served as Chief Executive Officer at SONICblue
Incorporated, a manufacturer of ReplayTV digital video recorders
and Rio digital music players, from August 2002 to April 2003,
when it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Mr. Ballard
was Executive Vice President of Marketing and Product Management
at SONICblue from April 2002 to August 2002. Between July 2001
and April 2002, Mr. Ballard worked as a consultant. Mr. Ballard
served as Chief Executive Officer of MyFamily.com, Inc. (later
Ancestry.com), a subscription-based Internet service, from
January 2000 to July 2001. Previously, he served as Chief
Executive Officer or in another senior executive capacity with
3dfx Interactive, Inc., an advanced graphics chip manufacturer;
Warner Custom Music Corp., a division of Time Warner, Inc.;
Capcom Entertainment, Inc., a developer and publisher of video
games; and Digital Pictures, Inc., a video game developer and
publisher. Mr. Ballard has served on the boards of DTS Inc., Glu
Mobile Inc., Pinnacle Systems, Inc., Imagine Games Network and
THQ Inc. He also served on the Audit and Nominating and Corporate
Governance Committees of DTS Inc. and the Compensation Committee
of Pinnacle Systems, Inc. Mr. Ballard holds a B.A. degree in
Political Science from the University of Redlands and a J.D. from
Harvard Law School.

Upon his appointment to the Board, Mr. Ballard became entitled to
receive an annual cash retainer in the amount of $40,000 to the
Companys non-employee director compensation policy. In addition,
to the Companys 2013 Stock-Based Incentive Compensation Plan, as
amended, Mr. Ballard was granted (x) options to purchase $50,000
in value of the Companys common stock, par value $0.001 per share
(Common Stock) and (y) restricted Common Stock awards with a
value of $50,000, in each case, on April 19, 2017.

Additional information regarding Mr. Ballards appointment as a
director is contained in the press release attached hereto as
Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

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