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

 

 

 

March 5, 2007

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HESKA CORPORATION

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware

000-22427

77-0192527

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

 

3760 Rocky Mountain Avenue

Loveland, Colorado 80538

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

 

 

(970) 493-7272

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

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

(e)

1. On March 5, 2007, at a regularly scheduled meeting, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Heska Corporation (the “Company”), approved the following cash bonus payouts under the Company’s previously disclosed 2006 Management Incentive Plan to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and other named executive officers:

 

Name

Title

2006 Bonus Payout

Robert B. Grieve, Ph.D.

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

$251,378

Jason A. Napolitano

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

$114, 300

Carol Talkington Verser, Ph.D.*

Former Executive Vice President, Intellectual Property and Business Development

$102,173

Joseph H. Ritter, D.V.M.

Executive Vice President, Global Business Operations

$98,045

Michael A. Bent

Vice President, Principal Accounting Officer and Controller

$81,016

* Dr. Verser voluntarily terminated her employment with the Company as of December 31, 2006.

 

2. On March 6, 2007, at a regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Directors (the “Board) of the Company, the Board ratified and approved an amended and restated Director Compensation Policy for non-employee directors upon the recommendation of the Corporate Governance Committee. A copy of the revised policy is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this report.

3. On March 6, 2007, at a regularly scheduled meeting of the Board, the Board approved an amendment to the 1997 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) to amend Section 3.2 of the plan which provided for an annual increase in shares available under the plan on January 1 of each year, also known as an evergreen provision, such that the last evergreen increase was on January 1, 2007 and no further annual increases would be permitted. The plan was also amended to remove Article 7 with respect to equity grants to our outside directors as such provisions are now included in the Director Compensation Policy. The amended Plan is filed as Exhibit 10.2 to this report.

 


 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(c)

Exhibits.

 

The following exhibits are filed with this report on Form 8-K:

 

10.1

Director Compensation Policy effective January 1, 2007.

 

10.2

1997 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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.

HESKA CORPORATION

a Delaware corporation

 

By:  /s/ Jason A. Napolitano             

Jason A. Napolitano

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

Dated: March 9, 2007