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): | December 7, 2016 | |
CORE MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-12505 | 31-1481870 |
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| of incorporation) | File Number) | Identification No.) |
| 800 Manor Park Drive, Columbus, Ohio | 43228-0183 | |
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| Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: | 614-870-5000 | |
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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.
Effective December 7, 2016, the Company appointed Robert P. Price, age 51, to serve as the Company's Vice President of Operations. Mr. Price comes to the Company with 25 years of manufacturing and automotive industry experience. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Price served as Director of North America Operations and Material Planning for AGM Automotive, a $300 million provider of automotive interior technologies. Prior to AGM Automotive, Mr. Price spent 16 years at GKN Sinter Metals, a $1.5 billion supplier of metal powder precision components, holding multiple roles with increasing responsibilities overseeing safety, quality, lean management, supply change and plant operations. He also previously served in multiple production, engineering and quality roles with Valeo Wiper Systems and served for five years as an officer in the U.S. Army. Mr. Price holds a Master of Science degree in Systems Management from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame.
In connection with his appointment, Mr. Price and the Company have entered into an Executive Severance Agreement (the "Severance Agreement") in substantially the same form as the executive severance agreements entered into by the Company and each of its other executive officers and included as an exhibit to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013. The Severance Agreement provides that upon a Change in Control (as defined in the Severance Agreement) Mr. Price shall be entitled to receive his then-current base salary for the remainder of the term of the Severance Agreement, as extended, together with any health, dental, life, disability or other benefits as he was then entitled to receive. If within the two-year period following a Change in Control, the Company terminates Mr. Price other than for "Cause" (as defined in the Severance Agreement) or for death or disability (as defined in the Severance Agreement), Mr. Price shall be entitled to certain payments and benefits, including (i) a severance benefit equal to the sum of (a) a multiple of his average base salary for the past five (5) years (or such lesser period), plus (b) a multiple of his average cash bonuses earned for the past five (5) years (or such lesser period), and (ii) full vesting and removal of all restrictions on any stock and equity-based compensation awards.
Mr. Price will receive an initial base salary of $235,000 per year. He will be eligible to participate in the Company's profit sharing and other benefit programs consistent with similarly situated executive officers of the Company. The Company will also provide an allowance to Mr. Price to be used for temporary living expenses and relocation expenses up to a maximum of $39,000.
There are no family relationships existing between Mr. Price and any executive officer or director of the Company. There have been no transactions, and no transactions are currently proposed, in which the Company was or is to be a participant and in which Mr. Price or any member of his immediate family had or will have any interest, that are required to be disclosed by Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
Exhibit 99.1
Press release announcing the hire of the Vice President of Operations.
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.
| CORE MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | ||||
| December 9, 2016 | By: | /s/ John P. Zimmer | ||
| Name: John P. Zimmer | ||||
| Title: Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary and Chief Financial Officer | ||||