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: February 13, 2012

(Date of earliest event reported)

 

FORESTAR GROUP INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

Commission File Number

 

26-1336998

(State or other jurisdiction of

 

001-33662

 

(I.R.S. Employer

incorporation or organization)

 

 

 

Identification No.)

 

6300 Bee Cave Road, Building Two, Suite 500
Austin, Texas 78746

(Address of principal executive offices) (zip code)

 

(512) 433-5200

(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:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

o 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 Arrangement of Certain Officers.

 

(d)  On February 13, 2012, the Board of Directors of Forestar Group Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Carl A. Thomason as a director of the Company.  Mr. Thomason was appointed to the Audit Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company.  For a description of the terms of the director compensation and agreements the Company enters into with its directors, see the description set forth in the section entitled “Director Compensation” in the Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 20, 2011.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

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

 

 

 

FORESTAR GROUP INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: February 14, 2012

By:

/s/ David M. Grimm

 

 

Name:

David M. Grimm

 

 

Title:

Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Secretary

 

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