Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(d) On October 1, 2021, the board of directors (the "Board") of Byrna Technologies Inc. (the "Company") filled a newly created vacancy by appointing Emily Rooney ("Rooney") as a director. The Company anticipates that Rooney will serve on the Board's Audit Committee. The Board has determined that Rooney is independent for purposes of serving on the Board under the applicable rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and the Nasdaq Marketplace. There are no arrangements or understandings between Rooney and any other persons, pursuant to which she was selected as a director.

Rooney was host and executive editor of WGBH's weekly Beat The Press program for 24 years, a media criticism program which has earned awards including two local Emmy's, five National Press Club awards, and the University of Pennsylvania's Bart Richards Award for media criticism. Simultaneously, Rooney was host and executive editor of Greater Boston, WGBH's local issues and public affairs program for 18 years. During that time, Greater Boston was honored with several New England Emmys, Associated Press and Edward R. Murrow Awards for Best Public Affairs Program, and excellence in writing and commentary. Rooney has also received the Dennis Kauff Award for Excellence in Reporting, the Yankee Quill Award from the American Newspaper Society, Reporter of the Year Award from the Massachusetts Bar Association, and has been inducted into the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame.

Rooney came to WGBH from the Fox Network in New York, where she oversaw political coverage, including the 1996 presidential primaries, national conventions, and presidential election. When she joined Fox in 1994, she was senior producer of Fox news productions, developing news programming for Fox and producing specials. Prior to Fox, Rooney was executive producer of ABC's World News Tonight with Peter Jennings.

Rooney is a graduate of American University in Washington, D.C. and has honorary doctorates from UMass Boston and Westfield State.

Rooney will receive compensation as an outside director of the Company under the director compensation policies adopted by the Board from time to time. The Company also entered into an indemnification agreement with Rooney in connection with her appointment to the Board. The indemnification agreement is in substantially the same form as the form of indemnification agreement for the other directors of the Company that was filed as Exhibit 10.17 to the Company's Amendment to Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed with the SEC on July 12, 2021. There are no transactions with Rooney which would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.



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