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): December 14, 2016

 

 

MANITEX INTERNATIONAL, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Michigan   001-32401   42-1628978

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

9725 Industrial Drive, Bridgeview, Illinois 60455

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(708) 430-7500

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

(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:

 

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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.

Rooke appointed as CEO of ASV

Effective as of December 14, 2016, the Board of Managers of A.S.V., LLC (“ASV”), a joint venture owned 51% by Manitex International, Inc. (the “Company”) and 49% by Terex Corporation, appointed Andrew M. Rooke, the Company’s President and Chief Operating Officer, as the Chief Executive Officer of ASV. In connection with Mr. Rooke’s appointment as the CEO of ASV, he resigned as the President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company, and David J. Langevin, the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, was also appointed as the Company’s President.

SIGNATURE

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

 

MANITEX INTERNATIONAL, INC.

By:

  

/S/    David H. Gransee        

Name:

   David H. Gransee

Title:

   Vice President and CFO

Date: December 20, 2016