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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): September 14, 2020 (August 19, 2020)

OneSpan Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

Delaware

    

000-24389

    

36-4169320

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

(Commission
File Number)

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

121 West Wacker Drive, Suite 2050

Chicago, Illinois 60601

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (312) 766-4001

N/A

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

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

Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share

OSPN

Nasdaq Capital Market

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 Instruction A.2. below):

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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.   

Item 5.02.

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

T. Kendall Hunt, the founder of OneSpan Inc. (the “Company”) and the Company’s former Chief Executive Officer and former Executive Chairman, retired from the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”), tendering his resignation effective as of September 12, 2020.

Item 7.01.

Regulation FD Disclosure.

Supplement to Corporate Compliance Stock Trading Policy

On August 19, 2020, the Board adopted a Supplement to the Company’s Corporate Compliance Stock Trading Policy (the “Supplement”). The Supplement prohibits each member of the Board (each, a “Director”) as well as each Director’s Immediate Family Members and Affiliates (as each is defined in the Supplement) from selling, transferring or otherwise disposing of any securities issued by or related to the Company while such Director is serving on the Board or within 10 days after such Director ceases to serve on the Board (other than due to such Director’s death or disability or such Director’s failure to be elected by the stockholders of the Company after being nominated for re-election by the Board). The Supplement became effective as of August 19, 2020 and will terminate on August 19, 2022.

The above description of the Supplement is qualified by reference to the full text of the Supplement, a copy of which is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

Press Release

On September 14, 2020, the Company issued a press release regarding Mr. Hunt’s retirement and certain steps taken to refresh the board of directors in the last two years. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.2 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)Exhibits:

Exhibit No.

    

Description

99.1

Supplement to Corporate Compliance Stock Trading Policy

99.2

Press Release issued on September 14, 2020

104

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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.

ONESPAN INC.

Date: September 14, 2020

By:

/s/ Scott Clements

Scott Clements

Chief Executive Officer