UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 24, 2014
DONALDSON COMPANY, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 1-7891 | 41-0222640 |
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission file number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
| 1400 West 94th Street Minneapolis, MN 55431 |
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| (Address of principal executive offices) | ||
| (952) 887-3131 | ||
| (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code) | ||
| Not Applicable | ||
| (Former name or former address, if changed since last report) |
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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.
On November 24, 2014, the Board of Directors of Donaldson Company, Inc. (the “Company”) elected Trudy Rautio to the Company’s Board of Directors, effective January 30, 2015. Ms. Rautio, 62, is President and Chief Executive Officer of Carlson (a global hospitality and travel company).
Ms. Rautio will also serve on the Corporate Governance Committee of the Board.
Compensatory arrangements for Ms. Rautio will be consistent with the Company’s previously disclosed standard arrangements for Non-Employee Directors. Such arrangements are described in the Company’s proxy statement for its 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed on September 29, 2014, which disclosure is incorporated herein by reference.
Donaldson also announced that F. Guillaume Bastiaens and Janet Dolan retired from its Board of Directors, effective at the conclusion of the Company’s November 21, 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Both had reached the maximum number of terms that a Director may stand for election.
A copy of the press release that discusses these matters is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to, and incorporated by reference in, this report.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(c) Exhibits
| 99.1 | Press Release dated November 24, 2014 issued by Donaldson Company, Inc. |
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.
Date: November 25, 2014
| DONALDSON COMPANY, INC. | ||||||
| By: | /s/ Amy C. Becker | |||||
| Name: Amy C. Becker | ||||||
| Title: Vice President, General Counsel and | ||||||
| Secretary | ||||||
| Exhibit No. | Description | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99.1 | Press Release dated November 24, 2014 issued by Donaldson Company, Inc. | ||||