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 22, 2006
LAND O’LAKES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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| Minnesota | | 333-84486 | | 41-0365145 |
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(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation) | | (Commission File Number) | | (IRS Employer
Identification No.) |
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4001 Lexington Avenue North
Arden Hills, Minnesota | | 55126 |
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| (Address of principal executive offices) | | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code(651) 481-2222
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ITEM 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers
On August 22, 2006, Land O’Lakes, Inc., a Minnesota cooperative corporation (the “Company”), announced, effective as of September 20, 2006, that it had appointed two new advisory members to its Board of Directors and announced the departure of a former advisory member.
Professor Robert Thompson, 61, holds the Gardner Chair in Agricultural Policy at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, where he carries on an active program of classroom- and extension-education in public policy. He serves on the USDA-USTR Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee for Trade and as Chairman of the International Food and Agricultural Trade Policy Council. From mid-1998 until late 2002, Professor Thompson was at the World Bank where he served as its Director of Rural Development, with administrative responsibility for the Bank’s worldwide agriculture, forestry and rural development programs. He also served as the Bank’s Senior Advisor for Agricultural Trade Policy. Professor Thompson is a Bachelor of Science graduate of Cornell University and earned both his Master of Science and doctor of philosophy degrees from Purdue University.
Mr. Howard Liszt, 60, joined Campbell Mithun (a national marketing communications agency) in 1976. Mr. Liszt was promoted to General Manager of Campbell Mithun in 1984; President/Chief Operating Officer of the agency in 1994; and Chief Executive Officer in 1994. After retiring from Campbell Mithun in 2000, Mr. Liszt joined the University of Minnesota as a Senior Fellow in the School of Journalism and Mass Communications. Mr. Liszt currently serves on the Board of Directors of Microgistix, Viking Enterprises, and Zomax, where he is Chairman of the Board. Mr. Liszt holds a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Marketing and a Master of Science in Marketing from the University of Minnesota.
The Company also announced that Mr. Bobby Moser, an advisory member to the Company’s Board of Directors since 2002, left his position upon the expiration of his one-year appointment.
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.
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| | LAND O’LAKES, INC.
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| Date: August 22, 2006 | /s/ Peter Janzen | |
| | Peter Janzen | |
| | Vice President & General Counsel | |
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