UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 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): January 4, 2022

POWERFLEET, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (201) 996-9000

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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

The information set forth under Item 5.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

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

On January 5, 2022, PowerFleet, Inc. (the “Company” or “PowerFleet”) announced that Steve Towe has been appointed the Chief Executive Officer of the Company effective January 5, 2022. Mr. Towe succeeds Chris Wolfe, who retired from his position as Chief Executive Officer and as a director of the Company effective January 4, 2022. Mr. Towe has also been appointed a director of the Company effective January 5, 2022.

Steve Towe, 50, joins PowerFleet from Aptos, Inc., a global leader of unified commerce solutions in the retailer enterprise SaaS market, where he served as President and Chief Operating Officer for over five years. Prior to joining Aptos, Mr. Towe held various executive and leadership positions with both publicly traded and private equity backed companies, including as the Chief Commercial Officer of Masternaut, a global telematics provider, Managing Director of Cybit, a telemetry data company, and as a senior executive of Fleetstar Information Systems, the fleet management subsidiary of the Trafficmaster Group.

In connection with Mr. Towe’s appointment as CEO, the Company entered into an employment offer letter (the “Offer Letter”) with Mr. Towe setting forth the terms of his employment and compensation. In accordance with the Offer Letter, Mr. Towe will receive a base salary of $425,000 per year and will be eligible to receive an annual bonus in an amount up to 100% of his base salary, to be paid based on the achievement of a combination of individual objectives and Company performance metrics to be determined by the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) or the compensation committee of the Board. In addition, Mr. Towe is entitled to a retention bonus of $650,000, to be paid in three annual equal installments, and reimbursement of certain reasonable travel expenses.

The Board also approved the following equity grants to Mr. Towe, effective as of his appointment as CEO:

Additionally, on January 5, 2022, Mr. Towe entered into a severance agreement with the Company (the “Severance Agreement”), which provides Mr. Towe with certain severance and change in control benefits upon the occurrence of one of the following events: (i) the termination of Mr. Towe’s employment by the Company without cause (a “Trigger Event”) or (ii) the termination of Mr. Towe’s employment by the Company without cause or Mr. Towe’s resignation for good reason within six months following a change in control event (a “Change in Control Trigger Event”). The termination of Mr. Towe’s employment due to his death or disability will in no event be considered a Trigger Event or Change in Control Trigger Event.

Pursuant to the terms of the Severance Agreement, subject to Mr. Towe’s delivery of a general release to the Company, Mr. Towe will be entitled to the following upon a Trigger Event or Change in Control Trigger Event: (i) cash payments either (a) in the event of a Trigger Event, at the rate of his annual base salary, or (b) in the event of a Change in Control Trigger Event, at twice the rate of his annual base salary, in each case as in effect immediately prior to the Trigger Event or Change in Control Trigger Event, as the case may be, for a period of 12 months (such period, the “Severance Period”), made as a series of separate payments that are payable in accordance with the Company’s standard payroll practices; (ii) a waiver of any remaining portion of Mr. Towe’s healthcare continuation payments under COBRA for the Severance Period, provided that he timely elects COBRA coverage and continues to make contributions for such coverage equal to his contribution amount in effect immediately preceding the date of his termination of employment; (iii) partial accelerated vesting of his previously granted stock options and restricted stock awards, such that (to the extent not already then vested) a portion of these awards shall vest and/or become exercisable, in each case on a pro-rated basis that takes into account the number of months elapsed since the date of grant as compared to the scheduled vesting date (provided that the terms of the Company’s equity compensation plans shall continue to govern acceleration of vesting in the event of a change of control as defined in such plan); (iv) any bonus that would have otherwise been payable to Mr. Towe for the calendar year prior to termination; and (v) if the Trigger Event or Change in Control Trigger Event occurs prior to January 1, 2024, payment of any remaining unpaid installment of Mr. Towe’s retention bonus.

As a condition to the Company’s obligations under the Severance Agreement, Mr. Towe is required to execute and deliver to the Company a restrictive covenants agreement, a form of which is attached to the Severance Agreement, containing covenants regarding confidentiality, assignment of inventions, non-competition and non-solicitation. These restrictive covenants shall be in effect during the Severance Period.

The foregoing descriptions of the Offer Letter and Severance Agreement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Offer Letter and Severance Agreement, which are filed as Exhibit 10.1 and Exhibit 10.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference.

On January 5, 2022, the Company and Mr. Towe also entered into an indemnification agreement, which is substantially similar to the form of indemnification agreement the Company has entered into with each of its other executive officers and directors, which was filed as Exhibit 10.5 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 24, 2019.

Item 8.01. Other Events.

On January 5, 2022, the Company issued a press release announcing the events described in Item 5.02. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

SIGNATURE

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.

Date: January 5, 2022