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):  April 19, 2021

SOLAREDGE TECHNOLOGIES, INC

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s Telephone number, including area code: 972 (9) 957-6620

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

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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 (see General Instructions A.2 below):

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company          ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.          ◻

Appointment of New Director

SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Ms. Besty Atkins, to the Company’s Board of Directors as a Class I director, effective as of June 1, 2021 with an initial term expiring in 2022. Ms. Atkins is an expert on corporate governance who has served on global public company boards in industries including technology, energy management, solar, industrial automation, manufacturing, automotive, and logistics.

As compensation for her service as a director, Mrs. Atkins will be entitled to (i) an initial equity award in the form of restricted stock units, granted upon the individual’s initial appointment to our Board of Directors, with a grant date value of $150,000, (ii) an annual equity award in the form of restricted stock units with a grant date value of $170,000 per year, subject to proration for the portion of 2021 for which she will serve; and (iii) a cash retainer of $70,000 per year.

The initial restricted stock unit awards vest in equal annual installments over three years and the annual restricted stock unit awards vest in full after one year (or the balance of the year in which the award is granted, in the case of pro-rated annual awards).

Ms. Atkins is not a party to any transaction with the Company that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

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.