Unassociated Document
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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):    
February 26, 2009

Hudson Technologies, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
   
New York
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
   
1-13412
13-3641539
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
   
PO Box 1541, One Blue Hill Plaza,  Pearl River,  New York
10965
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
   
(845) 512-6000
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
   
275 North Middletown Road, Pearl River, New York  10965
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 5.02                      Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointmentof Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 
A.           On February 26, 2009, the Board of Directors, or Board, of Hudson Technologies, Inc., or the Registrant, upon recommendation of the Compensation Committee of the Board, increased the fiscal year 2008 cash bonus pool available for bonuses to all of the Registrant’s executive officers, including those referred to below, and to several other key employees, and approved awards of cash bonuses to its executive officers, as well as to certain of its key employees.  The amounts of the bonuses to be paid to the following executive officers of the Registrant are:

James R. Buscemi, the Registrant’s Chief Financial Officer, will receive a total cash bonus of $75,000;

Brian F. Coleman, the Registrant’s President and Chief Operating Officer, will receive a total cash bonus of $160,000;

Charles F. Harkins, the Registrant’s Vice President of Sales, will receive a total cash bonus of $150,000; and

Kevin J. Zugibe, the Registrant’s Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, will receive a total cash bonus of $170,000.


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.
 

 
 
HUDSON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
     
     
     
Date: March 2, 2009
By:
  /S/ Stephen P. Mandracchia
   
Name:  Stephen P. Mandracchia
   
Title:    Vice President Legal & Regulatory, Secretary


 
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