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): April 13, 2016 (April 11, 2016)

_________________________________CLARCOR Inc.__________________________________

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	1-11024	36-0922490
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification Number)

840 Crescent Centre Drive, Suite 600, Franklin, TN 37067

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code _____615-771-3100________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report).

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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.

On April 11, 2016, the Board of Directors of CLARCOR Inc., a Delaware corporation (NYSE: CLC) (the “Company”) increased the size of the Company’s Board of Directors to eleven members and elected Nelda J. Connors, 50, as a director of the Company.   Ms. Connors will be included in the class of the Company’s directors who will stand for reelection by the Company’s shareholders at the Company’s Annual Meeting to be held in March 2017.  On April 13, 2016, the Company issued a press release regarding Ms. Connors’ appointment, a copy of which is attached hereto.

The Board of Directors has affirmatively determined that Ms. Connors qualifies as an independent director under the categorical standards of the corporate governance rules of New York Stock Exchange and as defined under applicable law. It is not yet known to which committee(s) of the Board of Directors Ms. Connors will be appointed. The Board’s Directors’ Affairs/Corporate Governance Committee has been empowered to make such appointment in due course.

There are no arrangements or understandings between Ms. Connors and any person pursuant to which Ms. Connors was selected as a director, and there are no actual or proposed transactions between Ms. Connors or any of her related persons and the Company that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K (17 CFR 229.404(a)) in connection with her appointment as a director of the Company.

As of the date of her appointment Ms. Connors is entitled to receive compensation and participate in the plans of the Company applicable to all of the Company’s directors, as more particularly described on pages 9 and 10 of the Company’s proxy statement filed February 19, 2016, under the sub-heading “Meetings and Fees”. In accordance with such plans, on the date of her appointment Ms. Connors was awarded 1,885 shares of the Company’s common stock as equity-based compensation payable to all non-employee directors of the Company and another 1,200 shares of the Company’s common stock, which Ms. Connors elected to take in lieu of her cash annual retainer. Each of the foregoing awards was made in respect of, and prorated to, Ms. Connors’ service from the date of her appointment until the anticipated date of the Company’s next Annual Meeting.

Except as set forth above, there is no other material Company plan, contract or arrangement in which Ms. Connors will participate in connection with her appointment.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements & Exhibits

Exhibit 99.1 - Press Release dated April 13, 2016

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.

CLARCOR INC.

By__/s/Richard M. Wolfson ______________________ ___

Richard M. Wolfson

Vice President - General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Date: April 13, 2016

EX-99

Exhibit 99.1

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Christopher L. Conway

Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer

Franklin, Tennessee

615-771-3100

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Wednesday, April 13, 2016

CLARCOR APPOINTS NELDA J. CONNORS

TO ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Franklin, TN, April 13, 2016 -- CLARCOR Inc. (NYSE: CLC) announced that Nelda J. Connors, 50, was appointed to its Board of Directors on April 11, 2016.

Ms. Connors is the founder, Chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer of Pine Grove Holdings, LLC, which invests in and operates growth-oriented manufacturing companies that offer original equipment, manufactured and remanufactured products, and aftermarket services. She served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Atkore International Inc. from December 2010 until June 2011, having served as President of this organization from 2008 through 2010 when it was the Electrical and Metal Products division of Tyco International. Prior to joining Tyco, Ms. Connors served as Vice President at Eaton Corporation from 2002 to 2008, where she held various positions in operations, continuous improvement, and general management. Before joining Eaton, Ms. Connors was employed in a number of executive and management capacities in the automotive industry, including at Chrysler, Ford and Toyota. Over her twenty-five year career, Ms. Connors has worked and managed operations in the U.S., Europe, and Asia.

Ms. Connors is a Class B director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, and a director of Boston Scientific, Inc., Vesuvius plc and Echo Global Logistics, Inc. Ms. Connors holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of Dayton.

Christopher L. Conway, CLARCOR’s Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer commented, “Nelda brings a wealth of operational and global expertise to our boardroom, having served in operational leadership roles around the world for some of the world’s most admired companies. This will serve us well as we continue our focus on lean initiatives, process improvement and system implementations throughout the company, both domestically and abroad. I am confident Nelda will bring fresh perspectives and energy to our Board and serve our shareholders well, and the fact that we were able to recruit a person of her experience

to join us is a testament both to CLARCOR and the foresight of our Board in carrying out its succession planning mission.”

CLARCOR is based in Franklin, Tennessee, and is a diversified marketer and manufacturer of mobile, industrial and environmental filtration products sold in domestic and international markets. Common shares of the Company are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol CLC.

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