– USA, WI – Orion Energy Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq Capital Market:OESX) – a leading designer and manufacturer of high-performance, energy-efficient retrofit lighting platforms, today announced a new independent nominee for its Board of Directors – Anthony L. Otten, Chief Executive Officer of Versar, Inc. (NYSE MKT:VSR). Mr. Otten will stand for election at Orion’s 2015 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on August 5 as a Class II director with a term to expire at the 2018 annual meeting of shareholders, along with three of Orion’s returning Board members whose terms are expiring at the 2015 meeting.
CEO John Scribante expressed his support for Mr. Otten saying, “Mr. Otten is a highly qualified and accomplished individual, who will add tremendous value to our Board of Directors. The addition of a CEO of a publicly-traded company with significant capital markets expertise and merger and acquisition experience will strengthen our Board by expanding the diversity and skills of our leadership.”
About Orion Energy Systems
Orion is leading the transformation of commercial and industrial buildings with state-of-the-art energy efficient lighting systems and retrofit lighting solutions. Orion manufactures and markets a cutting edge portfolio of products encompassing LED Solid-State Lighting and high intensity fluorescent lighting. Many of Orion’s 100+ granted patents and pending patent applications relate to lighting systems that provide exceptional optical and thermal performance, which drive financial, environmental, and work-space benefits for a wide variety of customers in the retrofit markets.
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