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): August 12, 2014

ACTUANT CORPORATION

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Wisconsin	1-11288	39-0168610
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

N86 W12500 Westbrook Crossing
Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin 53051

 

Mailing address: P.O. Box 3241, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201

 

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (262) 293-1500

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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

Mr. E. James (Jim) Ferland was appointed to the Actuant Corporation Board of Directors, effective as of August 12, 2014, and will serve on the Audit Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

 

Mr. Ferland is the President and Chief Executive Officer of The Babcock & Wilcox Company and has more than 23 years of experience in the commercial nuclear power and utility industry. The Babcock & Wilcox Company purchases products and services from Actuant in arm’s length transactions in the ordinary course of business, and the aggregate dollar value of such transactions is less than $600,000 since September 1, 2013.

 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

	ACTUANT CORPORATION
Date:  August 15, 2014
	/s/ Andrew G. Lampereur
	Name: Andrew G. Lampereur Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer