Sonim Announces Departure of Directors, Filing of Updated Proxy Materials

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[{"type":"text","content":"Johnson Transitioning to Public Safety Business Development Role\n\n\nAUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Sonim Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: SONM), today announced the departure of two directors, Maurice Hochschild and Jeffrey Johnson. As a result of their departures, Mr. Hochschild's and Mr. Johnson's names have been withdrawn from nomination for re-election to the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors have determined that no other nominee for election at the Annual Meeting will be named in place of Mr. Hochschild or Mr. Johnson; the remaining five nominees will continue to stand for election or re-election at the Annual Meeting. The Board of Directors has reduced the size of the Board of Directors from seven to five directors.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \nDirectors Sue Swenson and Kenny Young will assume the Governance and Nominating Committee responsibilities, with Young as Chair. Sonim has filed additional proxy materials pertaining to these changes. \nMr. Hochschild will be focusing on a new business start-up in the United Kingdom, where he is based. The combination of his new duties plus ongoing global travel restrictions will allow him to focus all of his attention on his new venture. Mr. Johnson is departing the board, but we expect that he will help us focus on business development for Sonim, leveraging his extensive network of public safety contacts. \n\"We thank Maurice for his foundational efforts in establishing Sonim as a leader in rugged mobility and wish him every success in his new endeavors,\" said John Kneuer, Chairman of the Board. \"We look forward to working with Chief Johnson and taking advantage of his unparalleled experience and expertise to leverage Sonim's capabilities to the benefit of our nation's First Responders.\"\n\"We look forward to working with Jeff to further our opportunities in public safety delivering critical communications to local, state and federal governmental agencies,\" said Tom Wilkinson, Chief Executive Officer. \"We are excited about the opportunity to leverage his extensive contact network across these end markets to drive new and expanded sales opportunities as more public safety and governmental customers recognize the value in rugged mobile devices and the FirstNet network.\" \nAbout Sonim Technologies, Inc.\nSonim Technologies is a leading U.S. provider of ultra-r...

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