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Orion Energy Systems, Inc. Announces Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)
MANITOWOC, Wis., July 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Orion Energy Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: OESX) (Orion Lighting), a provider of energy-efficient LED lighting, electric vehicle charging station and maintenance service solutions, announced today that the Company authorized the following equity awards to Michael Ontrop, the Company’s new Senior Vice President of Channel Sales: (i) 100,000 shares of restricted stock and (ii) a non-qualified stock option exercisable for 125,000 shares of the Company’s C
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