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

On January 15, 2020, the Board of Directors of Cool Technologies, Inc. (the "Company") appointed Steven P. Wilburn to serve as a director of the Company. Mr. Wilburn is an engineering executive who has 40 plus years of professional experience in the fields of alternative energy and water treatment. In 2004, Mr. Wilburn founded FirmGreen, Inc., an integrated energy company participating in virtually all aspects of the global green energy business. Since then, Mr. Wilburn has served as the chairman and Chief Executive Officer of FirmGreen, Inc. In 2014, Mr. Wilburn founded VerdeWatts, LLC, an energy storage and management solutions company, and has served the managing member of VerdeWatts since its founding. From 2016 until 2018 Mr. Wilburn served on the inaugural Trade and Finance Advisory Committee.

Mr. Wilburn served in the United States Marine Corps during the Vietnam War from 1967 to 1970 with honor and distinction. Mr. Wilburn does not have a family relationship with any of the executive officers or directors of the Company.

There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Wilburn and any other persons pursuant to which he was selected as a director.

On December 9, 2019, Steve Wilburn joined the Company's Strategic Advisory Board whose members consult and advise on Cool Technologies' strategic commercialization plan.

There are no transactions pursuant to which Mr. Wilburn has an interest requiring disclosure under Item 404(a) except as follows: on December 16, 2019, the Company signed a cross-marketing and non-exclusive licensing agreement with FirmGreen Inc. of which Mr. Wilburn is the chairman and Chief Executive Officer and VerdeWatts, LLC., of which Mr. Wilburn is the managing member. Pursuant to the agreement, the Company and both FirmGreen and VerdeWatts each granted the other a royalty-free, non-exclusive license to certain patents. Each license is subject to certain future negotiation.






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