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): October 21, 2020

ShotSpotter, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (510) 794-3100

Not Applicable

(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; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On October 21, 2020, the Board of Directors of ShotSpotter, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Mary Hentges as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Hentges will replace Ralph Clark as the Company’s current Interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Clark will remain the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, and there will be no change in Mr. Clark’s compensation as a result of this appointment.

Ms. Hentges, 61, has served as a director and advisor to several companies in the technology, financial services and healthcare sectors since 2018 following a time of advising and mentoring a variety of organizations and individuals from 2014 to 2017. Ms. Hentges currently serves on the boards of several private companies and organizations. Ms. Hentges previously served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Yapstone, Inc., a digital payments provider, from October 2012 to April 2014, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of CBS Interactive, an internet media company, from August 2010 to September 2012, and Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of PayPal, Inc. from February 2003 to March 2010. Prior to those positions, Ms. Hentges worked in a variety of positions in finance and operations at Agilent Technologies, Inc., a diversified technology company, and Hewlett-Packard, Inc., an information technology company. Ms. Hentges holds a B.S. in Accounting from Arizona State University and qualified as a certified public accountant.

Ms. Hentges will serve as the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer on a part-time employee basis. In connection with Ms. Hentges’s appointment as Interim Chief Financial Officer, the Company entered into an employment offer letter (the “Offer Letter”) with Ms. Hentges on October 23, 2020. Under the terms of the Offer Letter, Ms. Hentges’s employment is on an at-will basis, she will be paid a salary $10,000 per week, less applicable tax withholdings, to continue for the period she serves in the role of Interim Chief Financial Officer. As a part-time, interim employee, Ms. Hentges will not be eligible to receive any other forms of compensation, including equity or annual bonuses, and, except as required by law, will not be eligible for employee benefits.

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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 thereunto duly authorized.

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