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): October 26, 2021 (October 20, 2021)
WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
| | Delaware
(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | |
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033-90866
(Commission File No.) | | 25-1615902
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
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30 Isabella Street
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | | 15212
(Zip Code) |
(412) 825-1000
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report.)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | | Trading Symbol(s) | | Name of exchange on which registered |
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
| | WAB
| | New York Stock Exchange
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
On October 20, 2021, the Board of Directors of Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation (the “Company”) approved an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Company’s Deferred Compensation Plan for Executive Officers and Directors (the “Plan”). The amendments introduced by the Amendment include:
| (i) | allowing payment of deferred compensation to a designated beneficiary in the event of a participating Executive or Director’s death; and |
| (ii) | certain technical and administrative amendments |
The foregoing is a summary of certain terms and conditions of the Amendment and is not a complete discussion of the document. Accordingly, such description of the Amendment in this Item 8.01 is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of Plan, conformed to include the Amendment, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
Exhibit No. | | Description |
| | Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan for Executive Officers and Directors, dated October 21, 2021 |
| 104 | | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
SIGNATURE
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.
| | WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION |
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| | By: | /s/ Nicole B. Theophilus |
| | | Nicole B. Theophilus |
| | | Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer |
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| Date: October 26, 2021 | | |
