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text: firepond8_kfeb23.htm
  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): February 23, 2009
  __________________________
  FIREPOND,
  INC.
  (Exact
  Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
  __________________________
  Delaware
  000-28515
  20-3446646
  (State
        or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
  (Commission
        File Number)
  (I.R.S.
        Employer Identification No.)
  11
  Civic Center Plaza, Suite 310, Mankato, Minnesota  56001
  (Address
  of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
  (507)
  388-0400
  (Registrant's
  telephone number,
  including
  area code)
  __________________________
  Check the
  appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
  satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
  provisions:
  o
  Written
  communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
  230.425)
  o
  Soliciting
  material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
  240.14a-12)
  o
  Pre-commencement
  communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
  240.14d-2(b))
  o
  Pre-commencement
  communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
  240.13e-4(c))
  Item 5.02
  Departure of Directors or Principal
  Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory
  Arrangements of Certain Officers.
  (a)           Effective
  February 23, 2009, directors Francis Knuettel II, Scott Kline and Audrey
  Spangenberg resigned from the Board of Directors and each of their respective
  committees of the Board of Directors.
  Mr.
  Knuettel was Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the
  Compensation and Nominating Committees.
  Mr. Kline
  was chairman of the Compensation Committee and a member of the Nominating
  Committee.
  Ms.
  Spangenberg was a member of the Audit Committee.
  The
  resignations of Mr. Knuettel, Mr. Kline and Ms. Spangenberg were submitted in
  conjunction with the foreclosure and sale of the Company's assets to FP Tech
  Holdings, LLC on February 23, 2009.  The Company ceased business
  operations on the same date.
  There are
  no known disagreements with Mr. Knuettel, Mr. Kline or Ms.
  Spangenberg.
  (b)           In
  conjunction with the foreclosure and sale of the Company's assets, Mr. L.
  Bradlee Sheafe, President, and William P. Stelt, Chief Financial Officer,
  resigned their respective positions with the Company.
  (c)           In
  conjunction with the resignations of Mr. Sheafe as President and Mr. Stelt as
  Chief Financial Officer, Stephen Peary, age 60,  was appointed Chief
  Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company.  Mr.
  Peary is charged with the wind up of the corporate activities of the
  Company.
  At
  February 23, 2009, Mr. Peary was the General Counsel of the Company, a position
  Mr. Peary retains.   Also, Mr. Peary previously served as Chief
  Financial Officer of the Company and its predecessor from April 2005 to May
  2008.  From October 2004 to April 2005, Mr. Peary was a consultant to
  the Company's predecessor.  Prior to that, Mr. Peary ran his own
  consulting firm, Stinson Capital Management, LLC.
  Mr. Peary
  is not related to any previous directors, officers or stockholders of the
  Company, nor is or has he been engaged in any related person transactions with
  the Company, except as an employee and the salary received there
  from.
  (d)           In
  conjunction with the resignations of Mr. Knuettel, Mr. Kline and Ms.
  Spangenberg, Mr. Peary was also appointed to the Board of Directors and charged
  with the wind up of the corporate activities of the Company.
  Mr. Peary
  is not related to any previous directors, officers or stockholders of the
  Company, nor is or has he been engaged in any related person transactions with
  the Company, except as an employee and the salary received there
  from.
  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant
  to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the
  registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
  FIREPOND,
        INC.
  Date:
        March 24, 2009
  By:
  /s/
        Stephen Peary
  Stephen
        Peary
  Chief
        Financial Officer