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 12, 2013
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-33225 | 20-5336063 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
2122 York Road
Oak Brook, Illinois 60523
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(630) 574-3000
(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; Compensation Arrangements of Certain Officers and Other Events. |
(d) On August 12, 2013, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (the “Company”) elected Ms. Denise E. Dickins as a director and appointed her to the Company’s Audit Committee, effective immediately. Ms. Dickins will serve in the class of directors whose term expires at the Company’s 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
Ms. Dickins is an Associate Professor at East Carolina University in the Department of Accounting.
Ms. Dickins will receive the standard compensation amounts payable to non-employee directors of the Company and members of the Company’s Audit Committee, as described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Commission on April 11, 2013.
There are no arrangements or understandings between Ms. Dickins and any other person, pursuant to which Ms. Dickins was selected as a director. Neither Ms. Dickins nor any of her immediate family members have been a party to any transaction or currently proposed transaction with the Company that is reportable under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
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.
| GREAT LAKES DREDGE & DOCK CORPORATION | ||||
| Date: August 12, 2013 | /s/ William S. Steckel | |||
| William S. Steckel | ||||
| Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||||