NIV HARIZMAN - Corporate Board Profile

NETWORK-1 TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Filing Date	Source Excerpt
2013-08-20	Niv Harizman became a director of our company in December 2012. Mr. Harizman is a Managing Member of Tyto Capital Partners LLC, a private investment firm specializing in debt and equity investments in middle market companies and special situations, a position he has held since August 2010. Since March 2010, Mr. Harizman has also been the Managing Member of NHK Partners LLC, an entity that makes private investments and provides consulting services. From May 2005 to March 2010, Mr. Harizman was a Founding Partner and Head of Corporate Finance at Plainfield Asset Management LLC, at the time a privately held registered investment adviser focused on alternative investments. From May 2000 until May 2005, Mr. Harizman was a member of the Mergers & Acquisitions Group of Credit Suisse First Boston LLC where he was a Managing Director from 2001-2005 and a Director from 2000 to 2001. From 1995 until 2000, Mr. Harizman was employed by Bankers Trust and its successors including BT Alex. Brown Incorporated and Deutsche Bank in various investment banking positions in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group and Leveraged Finance Group. We believe Mr. Harizman’s qualifications to serve on our Board include his significant investment and financial transactional experience and expertise.
2014-08-07	The Compensation Committee consists of Allison Hoffman (Chairperson) and Niv Harizman. The Compensation Committee is appointed by the Board of Directors to assist the Board in carrying out the Board’s responsibilities relating to compensation of the Company’s executive officers and directors. The Committee has overall responsibility for evaluating and approving the officer and director compensation plans, policies and programs of the Company. Our Board has a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee consisting of Niv Harizman (Chairman) and Emanuel Pearlman. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is responsible for, among other things, developing and recommending to the Board a set of corporate governance policies for the Company, establishing criteria for selecting new directors, and identifying, screening and recruiting new directors. The Committee also recommends to the Board nominees for directors and recommends directors for committee membership to the Board. In June 2013, the Company established a Strategic Development Committee to assist our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in strategic development and planning of the Company’s business relating to identifying potential strategic partners and the development of new IP acquisition opportunities. The Committee also assists in capital markets related activities. Niv Harizman is the sole member of the Strategic Development Committee. In consideration for serving as the sole member of our Strategic Development Committee, in June 2013 we issued to Niv Harizman a 5-year option to purchase 300,000 shares of our common stock, at an exercise price of $1.88 per share, which option vested 100,000 shares on the date of grant, 100,000 shares on the first anniversary from the grant date and will vest 100,000 shares on the second anniversary from the grant date.
2015-07-20	Niv Harizman became a director of our company in December 2012. Mr. Harizman is a Managing Member of Tyto Capital Partners LLC, a private investment firm specializing in debt and equity investments in middle market companies and special situations, a position he has held since August 2010. Since March 2010, Mr. Harizman has also been the Managing Member of NHK Partners LLC, an entity that makes private investments and provides consulting services. Since November 2013, Mr. Harizman has been affiliated with Riverside Management Group, a merchant banking firm, and BCW Securities LLC, its affiliated broker-dealer. From May 2005 to March 2010, Mr. Harizman was a Founding Partner and Head of Corporate Finance at Plainfield Asset Management LLC, which was a privately held registered investment adviser focused on alternative investments. From May 2000 until May 2005, Mr. Harizman was a member of the Mergers & Acquisitions Group of Credit Suisse First Boston LLC where he was a Managing Director from 2001-2005 and a Director from 2000 to 2001. From 1995 until 2000, Mr. Harizman was employed by Bankers Trust and its successors including BT Alex. Brown Incorporated and Deutsche Bank in various investment banking positions in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group and Leveraged Finance Group. We believe Mr. Harizman’s qualifications to serve on our Board include his significant investment and financial transactional experience and expertise.
2016-07-22	The Compensation Committee consists of Allison Hoffman (Chairperson) and Niv Harizman. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee consists of Niv Harizman (Chairman) and Emanuel Pearlman. In June 2013, the Company established a Strategic Development Committee. Niv Harizman is the sole member of the Strategic Development Committee.
2017-07-26	The Compensation Committee consists of Allison Hoffman (Chairperson) and Niv Harizman. ... Our Board has a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee consisting of Niv Harizman (Chairman) and Emanuel Pearlman. ... We also have a Strategic Development Committee ... Niv Harizman is the sole member of the Strategic Development Committee. ... In 2016, we compensated each non-management director of our company by granting to each such outside director 15,000 restricted stock units ... In addition, we pay our non-management directors cash director fees of $40,000 per annum ($10,000 per quarter). Non-management directors also receive additional cash compensation on an annual basis for serving on the following Board committees: Audit Committee – Chairperson – $7,500 and member – $5,000 and the Chairperson and member of each of the Compensation Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee receive annual fees of $3,750 and $2,500, respectively. ... Niv Harizman total compensation $83,250.
2018-08-02	Niv Harizman has been a director of our company since December 2012. Mr. Harizman is a Managing Member of Tyto Capital Partners LLC... The Compensation Committee consists of Allison Hoffman (Chairperson) and Niv Harizman. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee consists of Niv Harizman (Chairman) and Emanuel Pearlman. We also have a Strategic Development Committee... Niv Harizman is the sole member of the Strategic Development Committee.
2019-07-23	Niv Harizman has been a director of our company since December 2012. The Compensation Committee consists of Allison Hoffman (Chairperson) and Niv Harizman. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee consists of Niv Harizman (Chairman) and Emanuel Pearlman. We also have a Strategic Development Committee to assist our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in strategic development and planning of our business. Niv Harizman is the sole member of the Strategic Development Committee.
2020-07-21	Niv Harizman has been a director of our company since December 2012. The Compensation Committee consists of Allison Hoffman (Chairperson) and Niv Harizman. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee consists of Niv Harizman (Chairman) and Emanuel Pearlman. We also have a Strategic Development Committee. Niv Harizman is the sole member of the Strategic Development Committee. The following table sets forth the compensation awarded to, earned by or paid to all persons who served as members of our Board of Directors other than our Named Executive Officers during the year ended December 31, 2019. Niv Harizman: $86,000 total compensation.
2021-07-30	Niv Harizman has been a director of our company since December 2012. Mr. Harizman is a Managing Member of Tyto Capital Partners LLC, a private investment firm specializing in debt and equity investments in middle market companies and special situations, a position he has held since August 2010. We also have a Strategic Development Committee to assist our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in strategic development and planning of our business. Niv Harizman is the sole member of the Strategic Development Committee.
2022-07-27	Niv Harizman has been a director of our company since December 2012. Mr. Harizman is a Managing Member of Tyto Capital Partners LLC, a private investment firm specializing in debt and equity investments in middle market companies and special situations, a position he has held since August 2010.
2023-07-27	Niv Harizman has been a member of our Board of Directors since December 2012 and serves as Chairman of our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and a member of our Compensation Committee. He also serves as the sole member of our Strategic Development Committee.
2024-07-24	Niv Harizman has been a member of our Board of Directors since December 2012 and serves as Chair of our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and a member of our Compensation Committee. He also serves as the sole member of our Strategic Development Committee.