UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington

 

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): May 19, 2009

MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

   

1-3295

   

25-1190717

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

 

(Commission File
Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

405 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY

                

10174-0002

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

(212) 878-1800

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

 

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.

 

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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 March 12, 2009, Dr. Kristina M. Johnson was nominated for the office of Under Secretary of the Department of Energy of the United States.  Dr. Johnson has served on the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Minerals Technologies Inc. (the "Company") since 2000.  As a result of her nomination and subsequent progress toward her confirmation, Dr. Johnson notified the Company that she will not stand for re-election to the Board at the Company's 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting").  Therefore, while Dr. Johnson is listed as a Director nominee in the Company's 2009 Proxy Statement, her term on the Board will expire on May 20, 2009 at the conclusion of the Annual Meeting, and she will not serve on the Board during the 2009-2012 Board years.  Dr.  Johnson is currently a member of the Company's Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee (the "Committee").  The Company has no immediate plans to replace Dr. Johnson on the Board or the Committee. 

On May 19, 2009, the Company issued a press release announcing Dr. Johnson's determination not to stand for re-election to the Board, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

     

Item 9.01

 

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

   

(d)

Exhibits

   

99.1

Press Release dated May 19, 2009

 

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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.

 

 

                                          

                                        

MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES INC.

 

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Kirk G. Forrest

 

 

Name:

Kirk G. Forrest

    Title:

Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

 

 

  Date:  May 19, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES INC.

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

     

Exhibit No.
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Subject Matter                                                       
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99.1

     

Press Release dated May 19, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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