0001494319-16-000028.txt : 20161006 0001494319-16-000028.hdr.sgml : 20161006 20161006161055 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001494319-16-000028 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20161006 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers FILED AS OF DATE: 20161006 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20161006 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Univar Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001494319 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: WHOLESALE-CHEMICALS & ALLIED PRODUCTS [5160] IRS NUMBER: 261251958 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1210 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-37443 FILM NUMBER: 161924979 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3075 HIGHLAND PARKWAY STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: DOWNERS GROVE STATE: IL ZIP: 60515 BUSINESS PHONE: 331-777-6000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3075 HIGHLAND PARKWAY STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: DOWNERS GROVE STATE: IL ZIP: 60515 8-K 1 koctober62016_final.htm 8-K koctober62016_final.htm - Generated by SEC Publisher for SEC Filing

 

 

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): October 6, 2016 (October 5, 2016)

 

 

Univar Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delaware

 

001-37443

 

26-1251958

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

3075 Highland Parkway, Suite 200

Downers Grove, IL 60515

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (331) 777-6000

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:

 

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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

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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.

 

(d)  On October 5, 2016, the board of directors (the “Board”) of Univar Inc. (the “Registrant”) appointed Edward J. Mooney and Robert L. Wood as members of the Board.  Mr. Mooney will be a Class II member of the Board and a member of the Board’s compensation committee.  Mr. Wood will be a Class I member of the Board and a member of the Board’s audit committee.  The Board determined, after considering all of the relevant facts and circumstances, that Messrs. Mooney and Woods are both “independent” as defined under the New York Stock Exchange listing standards.  With the appointment of Messrs. Mooney and Woods, the Registrant’s Board consists of 11 directors.  No arrangements exist between the Registrant and Messrs. Mooney or Woods or any other person pursuant to which they were selected as directors.  There are no transactions to which the Registrant or any of its subsidiaries is a party in which Messrs. Mooney or Woods has a material interest that is subject to disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.  Messrs. Mooney and Woods will participate in the standard director compensation program for the Registrant.

 

 

 

SIGNATURE

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: October 6, 2016

 

 

 

Univar Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Stephen N. Landsman

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

Stephen N. Landsman

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary