Form 8-K

 

 

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 10, 2013 

 

 

MICHAEL BAKER CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Commission File Number 1-6627

 

Pennsylvania   25-0927646
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)

100 Airside Drive

Moon Township, Pennsylvania

   15108
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

(412) 269-6300

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable

(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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¨ 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 Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(b) On January 10, 2013, Mr. Richard Shaw provided Michael Baker Corporation (the “Company”) his formal notice that he will retire from the Company’s Board of Directors effective January 31, 2013. The Board has elected Robert N. Bontempo, Ph.D., to succeed Mr. Shaw as Chairman.

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.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit 99.1    Press release dated January 16, 2013 regarding the matter referenced in Item 5.02.

 

    MICHAEL BAKER CORPORATION
    By:   /s/ H. James McKnight
      H. James McKnight
     

Executive Vice President,

Chief Legal Officer and

Corporate Secretary

Date: January 16, 2013