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 18, 2017
Jason Industries, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 001-36051 | 46-2888322 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction | (Commission | (IRS Employer | ||
of incorporation) | File Number) | Identification No.) | ||
833 East Michigan Street, Suite 900
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
(Address of Principal executive offices, including Zip Code)
(414) 277-9300
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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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 18, 2017, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Jason Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board from seven members to eight members and elected the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Brian Kobylinski, as a new director to fill the vacancy created by such increase. Mr. Kobylinski will serve as a class I director with a term expiring at the Company’s 2018 annual meeting of stockholders. Mr. Kobylinski has not yet been appointed to serve on any Committee of the Board.
There are no arrangements between Mr. Kobylinski and any other person pursuant to which Mr. Kobylinski was elected to serve as a director, nor are there any transactions in which the Company is a participant in which Mr. Kobylinski has a material interest requiring disclosure pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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SIGNATURES
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.
JASON INDUSTRIES, INC.
By: | /s/ Thomas L. Doerr, Jr. |
Name: | Thomas L. Doerr, Jr. |
Title: | Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |
Date: July 19, 2017