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): January 3, 2014

 

 

TOWER INTERNATIONAL, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

         
Delaware   001-34903   27-3679414

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

17672 Laurel Park Drive North, Suite 400E, Livonia, Michigan

48152

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (248) 675-6000

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 
 

 

 

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

In connection with the sale by an affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management, LLC, of its remaining shares of common stock in Tower International, Inc. (the “Company”), Dennis Donovan, Chan Galbato, and Ronald Kolka resigned from the Board of Directors of the Company, effective January 3, 2014.

 

 

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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.

 

     
TOWER INTERNATIONAL, INC.
   
By:  

/s/ Jeffrey Kersten

 

Name:   Jeffrey Kersten
Title:   Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller

January 6, 2014

 

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