Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;

Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain

Officers.

On January 14, 2020, Francois J. Castaing, the non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Gentherm Incorporated (the "Company"), informed the Board of his intention to retire from the Board effective on the date of the 2020 annual meeting of shareholders (the "2020 annual meeting"), which is the end of his current term. Mr. Castaing's retirement was not a result of any disagreement on any matter relating to the Company's operations, policies, or practices.




Item 8.01 Other Events

On January 14, 2020, the Board appointed director Ronald Hundzinski as the non-executive Chairman of the Board effective as of the 2020 annual meeting of shareholders, subject to Mr. Hundzinski's re-election at such meeting.

The Board intends to nominate an independent director nominee to stand for election at the 2020 annual meeting to fill the vacancy that would have otherwise resulted.

A copy of the news release announcing the foregoing matters is attached hereto as Exhibit 99 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.




(d)  Exhibits

 Exhibit
   No.           Description

   99              Company news release dated January 21, 2020

   104           Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL
                 document)

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