UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 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): July 22, 2013
Beam Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
| Delaware | 1-9076 | 13-3295276 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
510 Lake Cook Road
Deerfield, IL 60015
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(847) 948-8888
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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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. |
On July 22, 2013, Beam Inc. (the “Company”) announced the appointment of Nicholas I. Fink as Senior Vice President and President, Asia-Pacific/South America, effective January 1, 2014. Mr. Fink will succeed Philip A. Baldock in that position. Mr. Baldock announced that he will retire from the Company on December 31, 2013.
Mr. Fink, 38, has served as the Company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer since May 2012. He also served as the Company’s Vice President, Strategy & Corporate Development from January 2012 to May 2012, Managing Director of Beam Canada from May 2010 to December 2011, Senior Brand Director Courvoisier and Fortified Wines from October 2009 to May 2010, and in senior legal positions with Beam Global Spirits & Wine, Inc., including Associate General Counsel, from June 2006 to October 2009.
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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.
| BEAM INC. (Registrant) | ||||||
| Date: July 25, 2013 | By: | /s/ Kenton R. Rose | ||||
| Name: | Kenton R. Rose | |||||
| Title: | Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Chief Administrative Officer and Secretary | |||||
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