U.S.
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): September 9, 2009
Photonic
Products Group, Inc.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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000-11668
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22-2003247
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(State
or other
jurisdiction
of
incorporation)
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(Commission
File
Number)
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(IRS
Employer
Identification
Number)
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181
Legrand Avenue, Northvale, New Jersey
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07647
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code: (201) 767-1910
(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
On
September 9, 2009, the Board of Directors of Photonic Products Group, Inc
(“PPGI” or the “Company”) appointed Dennis G. Romano to its Board of Directors
to fill the seat left vacant by the departure of John C. Rich on May 13,
2009. Mr. Romano will serve under this appointment until the annual
election of directors expected to be in May 2009.
Mr.
Romano, 66, joins the Board of Photonics Products Group, Inc. after a lengthy
and successful career in the defense sector with Grumman Corporation and its
successor Northrop Grumman Corporation. After joining Grumman
Aircraft Engineering Corporation as an avionics technician in 1964, Mr. Romano
transferred to the flight test organization in 1968 as an aircrew member where
he flew production acceptance on A-6 and F-14 series aircraft. In
1974, he was transferred to a systems engineer position with Grumman, where he
was involved in systems design and analysis for the EF-111 and F-14 aircraft
unit. From 1977 to 1994, Mr. Romano held a number of increasing
responsible positions in marketing and business development. This
culminated in his election, in 1993, by the Grumman board of directors to the
position of Vice President of Business Development where he was responsible for
directing the business development activities of essentially all of the military
programs in the Aircraft and Electronics division. After the
acquisition of Grumman by Northrop in 1995, Mr. Romano held a series of senior
and executive level positions in the area of marketing, business development and
strategy. In 1999, he was promoted to the position of Vice President,
Business Strategy and Development for the AEW/EW business unit where he served
until his retirement from Northrop Grumman, in 2001. From 2002 to
2007, Mr. Romano was a Senior Vice President of Business Development, in the
defense business unit, with Washington Group International. He holds
a Bachelor of Science degree and Master of Science degree in Physics from
Adelphia University.
A copy of
the press release issued to announce the appointment of Mr. Romano is attached
as Exhibit 99.1 to the report.
Item
9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits
99.1 Press
Release issued by PPGI on September 14, 2009
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.
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Date: September
14, 2009
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By:
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/s/
William J. Foote
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Chief
Financial Officer,
Secretary
and Treasurer
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