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) April 11, 2012

 

ACORN ENERGY, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Delaware	0-19771	22-2786081
(State or Other Jurisdiction	(Commission file Number)	(IRS Employer
of Incorporation)		Identification No.)

 

4 West Rockland Road, Montchanin, Delaware	19710
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (302) 656-1707

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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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.

 

(e)

On April 11, 2012, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Acorn Energy, Inc., awarded discretionary bonuses for 2011 of $150,000 to John A. Moore, Acorn’s President and CEO, and $90,000 to Michael Barth, Acorn’s CFO.

 

 

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 on this 12th day of April, 2012.

 

	ACORN ENERGY, INC.
	By:	/s/Heather K. Mallard
	Name:	Heather K. Mallard
	Title:	Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary