Form 8-K

 

 

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): October 24, 2016 (October 19, 2016)

 

 

WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Delaware

(State or other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

033-90866

  25-1615902

(Commission

File No.)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

1001 Air Brake Avenue

Wilmerding, Pennsylvania

  15148
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

(412) 825-1000

(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 October 19, 2016, Mr. Gary C. Valade, a director of Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation (the “Company”), retired from the Board of Directors of the Company in accordance with the Company’s mandatory retirement policy as set forth in the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines. Mr. Valade’s retirement was not the result of any disagreement with the Company.


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date:     October 24, 2016

 

WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ David L. DeNinno

  David L. DeNinno
 

Senior Vice President, General

Counsel & Secretary