form8k111908.htm
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): November 18, 2008
PDI,
INC.
(Exact
name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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DELAWARE
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0-24249
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22-2919486
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(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS
Employer Identification No.)
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Saddle
River Executive Centre
1 Route
17 South,
Saddle
River, NJ 07458
(Address
of principal executive offices and zip Code)
(201)
258-8450
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
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provisions:
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(17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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(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.
The Board
of Directors (the “Board”) of PDI, Inc. (the “Company”) expanded the size of the
Company’s Board from ten to eleven directors and appointed Veronica A. Lubatkin
to fill the newly created Board vacancy as a Class III Director, effective
November 18, 2008.
In
connection with Ms. Lubatkin’s appointment to the Board, on November 18, 2008,
she was granted approximately $60,000 in restricted stock units which vest into
shares of the Company’s common stock in three equal installments over a three
year period.
Ms.
Lubatkin has not yet been named to any committees of the Board but the Company
currently expects her to serve on at least one committee of the
Board.
A copy of
the press release issued by the Company regarding Ms. Lubatkin’s appointment is
attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated
herein by reference.
Item
9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(c) Exhibits
99.1 Press
Release of PDI, Inc. dated November 19, 2008.
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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.
PDI,
INC.
By: /s/
Jeffrey E. Smith
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Jeffrey
E. Smith
Chief Financial Officer
Date:
November 19, 2008
EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit
No. Description
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99.1
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Press
Release of PDI, Inc. dated November 19,
2008
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Exhibit
99.1