Prepared By R.R. Donnelley Financial -- Form 8-K
 
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):  03/09/2011
 
Identive Group, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Commission File Number:  000-29440
 
Delaware
  
77-0444317
(State or other jurisdiction of
  
(IRS Employer
incorporation)
  
Identification No.)
 
1900-B Carnegie Avenue
Santa Ana, CA 92705
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
 
949-250-8888
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
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Item 5.02.    Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
 
On March 9, 2011, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Identive Group, Inc. (the "Company") elected Bernard C. Bailey as a director of the Company, effective immediately. Mr. Bailey will serve as a Class III director, filling the vacancy created by Felix Marx who resigned in December 2010, with a term expiring at the Company's 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The Company's Board has not yet determined on which committees Mr. Bailey will serve.

In connection with his election, Mr. Bailey will receive an option to acquire 20,000 shares of the Company's common stock pursuant to the 2007 Stock Option Plan, as amended, and will be entitled to receive the same compensation paid to the Company's other non-employee directors.

A press release announcing Mr. Bailey's appointment is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by this reference.

 
 
Item 9.01.    Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
(d)        Exhibits
Exhibit        Description

99.1        Press release issued by Identive Group, Inc. on March 9, 2011 announcing the appointment of Bernard C. Bailey to the Board of Directors

 

 

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.
 
           
Identive Group, Inc.
 
 
Date: March 09, 2011
     
By:
 
/s/    Melvin Denton-Thompson
               
Melvin Denton-Thompson
               
Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
 
 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit No.
  
Description
EX-99.1
  
Press release issued by Identive Group, Inc. on March 9, 2011 announcing the appointment of Bernard C. Bailey to the Board of Directors