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) July 16, 2018 (July 13, 2018)

 

 

AMPCO-PITTSBURGH CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Pennsylvania		1-898		25-1117717
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission file number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
726 Bell Avenue, Suite 301, Carnegie PA				15106
(Address of principal executive offices)				(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (412) 456-4400

 

 

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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.

(e)    On June 27, 2018, Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation (the “Company”) announced the planned retirement of John S. Stanik, to be (the “Retirement Date”). In connection with Mr. Stanik’s retirement, on July 13, 2018, Mr. Stanik and the Company entered into a Retirement and Consulting Agreement (the “Agreement”). The Agreement provides for an initial term ending on December 31, 2018 (the “Consulting Period”).

Pursuant to the Agreement, Mr. Stanik will provide consulting services to the Company, and the Company will pay Mr. Stanik (i) $10,000 per month for the months of July, August and September, 2018, and (ii) $315 per hour worked, not to exceed $2500 per day, during the period starting on October 1, 2018 and through the remainder of the Consulting Period. The Company will also reimburse Mr. Stanik for reasonable and necessary out-of-pocket expenses incurred in the performance of his consulting services.

In addition, in connection with Mr. Stanik’s retirement and in exchange for Mr. Stanik executing a general release of claims, Mr. Stanik will receive (i) accelerated vesting of the unvested portion of the restricted stock units granted to Mr. Stanik on May 5, 2016, (ii) reimbursement of (A) COBRA premiums for Mr. Stanik through October 2018 and for his spouse through December 31, 2019, and (B) Medicare supplement for Mr. Stanik through December 31, 2019, and (iii) pro rata portion of Mr. Stanik’s short-term incentive award for the 2018 fiscal year, to be paid in shares of the Company’s common stock.

The foregoing description of the Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
Number		Description
10.1		Retirement and Consulting Agreement, effective June 30, 2018, between Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation and John S. Stanik

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SIGNATURE

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: July 16, 2018