Perceptron Appoints William C. Taylor, James A. Ratigan and John F. Bryant to the Board of Directors
2016年8月10日 - 6:29AM
Perceptron, Inc. (NASDAQ:PRCP) today announced
that William C. Taylor, James A. Ratigan and John F. Bryant have
joined the Company’s Board of Directors. The new directors
fill vacancies left by the resignations of Kenneth R. Dabrowski and
Philip J. DeCocco and the expansion of the Board from six to seven
members.
“We are grateful to Ken and Phil for their many
years of service to Perceptron and thank them for their
contributions as members of our Board,” stated W. Richard Marz,
Chairman of the Board, President and CEO. “At the same time,
we welcome Bill, Jim and Jack to the Board and look forward to
working with them as we continue to build value for our
shareholders.”
In connection with these appointments, on August
9, 2016, the Company entered into a Standstill Agreement with
Harbert Discovery Fund, LP and certain of Harbert’s affiliates and
a Voting Agreement with Moab Partners, L.P. and Moab Capital
Partners, LLC, copies of which were filed by the Company with the
Securities and Exchange Commission as exhibits to the Company’s
Form 8-K.
William C. TaylorMr. Taylor has
served as President of the Economic Development Partnership of
Alabama (the “EDPA”), a private, statewide organization that works
to attract and retain business and industry and address other
critical issues affecting economic development such as workforce
development, since 2009. Prior to joining the EDPA, Mr.
Taylor worked for Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, Inc., where he
served as President and CEO from 1999 to 2009 and Vice President
Operations from 1993 to 1999. Prior to joining Mercedes-Benz,
Mr. Taylor served as the Vice President Manufacturing of Toyota
Motor Manufacturing Canada from 1987 to 1993 and held various roles
with Ford Motor Company Canada from 1969 to 1987. Mr. Taylor
holds a B.A in Business Administration from the University of
Western Ontario, Canada.
James A. RatiganMr. Ratigan has
served as an Adjunct Professor of Business Administration at
Delaware Valley University since 2015. Prior to that, he
served as Chief Financial Officer of Nitric BioTherapeutics, Inc.,
a privately held specialty pharmaceutical, drug delivery systems
and biotechnology company, from 2005 to 2014. From August
2003 to April 2006, Mr. Ratigan was an independent consultant
providing consultative services to two specialty pharmaceutical
companies, a biotechnology company and a private equity firm.
Mr. Ratigan was Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
and Secretary of Orapharma, Inc. from June 1997 to August 2003, a
publicly-held specialty pharmaceutical company that was acquired by
Johnson and Johnson, Inc. Mr. Ratigan was a director of
Perceptron from 1989 to 1996 and from 2003 to 2013. He served as
Perceptron’s Chief Operating Officer from May 1994 to April 1996
and Chief Financial Officer from December 1993 to June 1996. Mr.
Ratigan holds a B.S. in Accounting and Finance from LaSalle
University.
John F. BryantMr. Bryant has
been a Director and Co-Portfolio Manager of the Harbert Discovery
Fund GP, LLC, an investment management firm that serves as the
General Partner of Harbert Discovery Fund, LP, since 2014.
Prior to joining Harbert, from 2007 until 2012, Mr. Bryant served
as Vice President of BlackRock, Inc., a multinational investment
corporation, where he focused on developing, seeding, and launching
new proprietary investment funds. Mr. Bryant holds an MBA
from the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia
and a B.A in Economics from The University of the South.
About Perceptron® Perceptron
(NASDAQ:PRCP) supplies a comprehensive range of automated
industrial metrology products and solutions to manufacturing
organizations for dimensional gauging, dimensional inspection and
3D scanning. Products include 3D machine vision solutions, robot
guidance, coordinate measuring machines, laser scanning, and
advanced analysis software. Automotive, aerospace and other
manufacturing companies globally rely on Perceptron's metrology
solutions to assist in managing their complex manufacturing
processes to improve quality, shorten product launch times and
reduce costs. Headquartered in Plymouth, Michigan, USA,
Perceptron has subsidiary operations in Brazil, China, Czech
Republic, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Singapore,
Slovakia, Spain and the UK. For more information, please
visit www.perceptron.com.
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Contact:
Bob Burton
Lambert, Edwards & Associates
investors@perceptron.com
(616) 233-0500
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