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):
September 5, 2017
KEMET Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
001-15491
(Commission File Number)
57-0923789
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

2835 KEMET Way
Simpsonville, SC
(Address of principal executive offices)
29681
(Zip Code)

(864) 963-6300
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable
(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 September 5, 2017, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of KEMET Corporation (the “Company”) approved the grant of 100,000 restricted stock units (“RSUs”) to Per-Olof Loof (“Mr. Loof”), the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, with a September 6, 2017 grant date. The RSUs vest in three equal annual installments beginning on September 6, 2018, subject to Mr. Loof remaining continuously employed with the Company from the date of grant through March 31, 2019, Mr. Loof’s compliance with the non-compete and non-solicitation terms contained in Section 6 of the Amended and Restated Employment Agreement between the Company and Mr. Loof, dated June 29, 2015 (the “Employment Agreement”) and Mr. Loof not having been terminated for Cause (as such term is defined in Mr. Loof’s Employment Agreement). Upon (or shortly after) vesting, the RSUs will be settled in the form of a corresponding number of shares of common stock of the Company.






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.

Dated: September 11, 2017



KEMET CORPORATION
 
 
By:
 
 
William M. Lowe, Jr.
 
Executive Vice President and
 
Chief Financial Officer