Arotech Corporation announced that Prof. Seymour Jones, a director and Chairman of Arotech's Audit Committee, has resigned from the Board for health reasons, effective immediately. Kenneth Cappell, a current director and Audit Committee member, will become Chairman of Arotech's Audit Committee. The Board appointed Carol J. Battershell to Prof. Jones's position as a Class II director with a term expiring at Arotech's annual meeting of stockholders in 2017.

Ms. Battershell will also joinArotech's Audit Committee. Ms. Battershell currently serves as the Deputy Director for Energy Systems in the Office of Energy Policy and Systems Analysis (EPSA), whose role is to deliver unbiased energy analysis to the Department of Energy's (DOE) leadership on existing and prospective energy-related policies.