UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): January 5, 2013

 

 

Kewaunee Scientific Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware		0-5286		38-0715562
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

2700 West Front Street

Statesville, NC 28677

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (704) 873-7202

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

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:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

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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.

Patrick L. McCrory resigned as a director of Kewaunee Scientific Corporation (the “Company”) on January 5, 2013, the day he was sworn in as Governor of North Carolina.

 

Item 5.03.

Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

The Board of Directors of the Company had previously approved an amendment to Section 5.02 of the Bylaws of the Company to decrease the number of directors of the Company’s Board of Directors from seven (7) to six (6), with such amendment to be effective upon the resignation of Mr. McCrory as a director on January 5, 2013. A copy of the Company’s Bylaws, as amended, is filed as Exhibit 3 hereto and incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit Number		Description
3		Bylaws of the Company, as amended January 5, 2012.

 

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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: January 7, 2013

 

 

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