CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13
or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act
of 1934
Date of Report: July 18, 2008
UNIVERSAL FOREST
PRODUCTS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
| Michigan (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
00-22684 (Commission File Number) |
38-1465835 (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| 2801 East Beltline, N.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan (Address of principal executive office) |
49525 (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (616) 364-6161
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| Section 5. | Corporate Governance and Management |
| Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers |
| (d) | Election of New Director |
| Effective July 16, 2008, the Board of Directors of Universal Forest Products, Inc. (the “Corporation”) took action to increase the size of the Board from nine members to ten members and filled the vacancy by electing William R. Payne to the Board for a term expiring at the Corporation’s annual meeting of shareholders to be held in 2009. |
| There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Payne and any other person pursuant to which he was elected as a director. There have been no transactions since December 31, 2006, nor are there any currently proposed transactions, to which the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries was, or is to be, a party, and which the amount involved exceeds $120,000 and in which Mr. Payne had, or will have, a direct or indirect material interest that is required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. |
| Mr. Payne has been appointed to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation. |
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 thereunto duly authorized.
| Dated: July 18, 2008 | UNIVERSAL FOREST PRODUCTS, INC. (Registrant) By: /s/ Michael R. Cole —————————————— Michael R. Cole Principal Financial Officer and Treasurer |