0001037390-13-000002.txt : 20130123 0001037390-13-000002.hdr.sgml : 20130123 20130123172938 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001037390-13-000002 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120918 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers FILED AS OF DATE: 20130123 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20130123 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GRIFFIN LAND & NURSERIES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001037390 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REAL ESTATE [6500] IRS NUMBER: 060868486 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1130 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-12879 FILM NUMBER: 13543531 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE ROCKEFELLER PLAZA CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10020 BUSINESS PHONE: 2122187910 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE ROCKEFELLER PLAZA CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10020 8-K/A 1 auditcommitteeappointment.htm APPOINTMENT OF JONATHAN MAY TO AUDIT COMMITTEE auditcommitteeappointment.htm
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549




FORM 8-K/A
Amendment No. 1
Current Report
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934

September 18, 2012
(Date of earliest event reported)


GRIFFIN LAND & NURSERIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)


Delaware
06-0868496
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(IRS Employer Identification Number)
   
Commission File Number
1-12879
   
One Rockefeller Plaza, New York, New York
10020
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
   
Registrant’s Telephone Number including Area Code
(212) 218-7910
   
(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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Explanatory Note

This Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant’s Form 8-K filed on September 19, 2012 (the “Original 8-K”) is being filed solely to disclose, in accordance with Instruction 2 to Item 5.02, the board committee to which the new director, Jonathan P. May, has been appointed.  The committee appointment had not been determined at the time of the Original 8-K.


Item 5.02.
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

As disclosed in the Original 8-K, at the September 18, 2012 meeting of the Board of Directors of Griffin Land & Nurseries, Inc. (“Griffin” or “Registrant”), Jonathan P. May was elected to Griffin’s Board of Directors.  The Board determined that Mr. May qualifies as an “independent” director under NASDAQ rules.

On January 22, 2013, Mr. May was appointed to serve on the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors.

 
 

 
SIGNATURES


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.



 
GRIFFIN LAND & NURSERIES, INC.


 
 
     
 
By:
/s/ Anthony J. Galici
   
Anthony J. Galici
   
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
   
and Secretary
Dated:  January 23, 2013