8-K 1 a08-4245_48k.htm 8-K

 

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):  January 30, 2008

 

 

The First Marblehead Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

 

Delaware

 

001-31825

 

04-3295311

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

The Prudential Tower
800 Boylston Street, 34th Floor
Boston, Massachusetts

 

02199-8157

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (800) 895-4283

 

 

 

(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):

 

                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 Arrangements of Certain Officers

 

On January 30, 2008, Jack L. Kopnisky, the Chief Executive Officer, President and Chief Operating Officer of The First Marblehead Corporation (the “Corporation”), and Peter B. Tarr, the Chairman of the Board of Directors and General Counsel of the Corporation, requested that the Board of Directors reduce their annual salaries from $1,000,000 to $750,000 for the remainder of the current fiscal year.  The Board of Directors granted this request effective February 1, 2008.

 

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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.

 

 

THE FIRST MARBLEHEAD CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

Date: February 5, 2008

By:

/s/ Peter B. Tarr

 

Peter B. Tarr

 

Chairman of the Board and General Counsel

 

 

 

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