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): February 5, 2013

Corning Incorporated
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

New York	1-3247	16-0393470
_____________________ (State or other jurisdiction	_____________ (Commission	______________ (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)	File Number)	Identification No.)
One Riverfront Plaza, Corning, New York		14831
_________________________________ (Address of principal executive offices)		___________ (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 607-974-9000

Not Applicable
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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.

The Corning Incorporated ("Company") press release dated February 5, 2013 regarding the election of Kevin J. Martin to the Board of Directors is furnished as Exhibit 99 and is incorporated into this Item 5.02 by reference. The Corning Board Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee had recommended and nominated Mr. Martin as a director candidate. The Corning Board at its February 5, 2013 meeting concluded that he had no related party transactions with the Company under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K, he qualified as independent, and named him to the Audit Committee and to the Finance Committee.

Additionally, Gordon Gund, 73, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Gund Investment Corporation, will retire from the Corning Incorporated Board of Directors after the April 25, 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders pursuant to the Board’s mandatory retirement policy, and after 22 years as a Corning Director. Corning’s Board appointed Richard T. Clark, 67, as Lead Director, effective February 7, 2013. Mr. Clark is the former Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Merck & Co., Inc., and has served on Corning’s Board since 2011. Dr H. Onno Ruding, 73, a former Vice Chairman of Citicorp and Citibank, N.A., will also retire from the Board of Directors following the 2013 Annual Meeting pursuant to the Board’s mandatory retirement policy, and after 17 years as a Corning Director.

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.

	Corning Incorporated
February 6, 2013	By:	Denise A. Hauselt
		Name: Denise A. Hauselt
		Title: Vice President, Secretary and Assistant General Counsel

Exhibit Index

Exhibit No.	Description
99	Martin Press Release

EX-99

Exhibit 99

News Release

FOR RELEASE –– FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Kevin J. Martin, former FCC chairman, named to
Corning Board of Directors

CORNING, N.Y. — Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) today appointed Kevin J. Martin, former chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), to Corning’s board of directors, effective Feb. 5.

Martin will also serve on the board’s audit and finance committees.

He will hold office until Corning’s annual meeting of shareholders on April 25, 2013, at which time he will stand for election to a one-year term. His appointment brings the number of Corning directors to 14.

Martin, 46, brings deep experience to the board, particularly in the telecommunications, economics, governmental, and legal arenas. A former legal adviser to FCC Commissioner Harold Furchtgott-Roth and strategist in the George W. Bush presidential campaign, he joined the Bush White House as special assistant to the president for economic policy and served on the National Economic Council. In 2001, he became a member of the FCC. The president named him chairman of the commission in 2005.

He stepped down as FCC chairman in 2009 to become senior fellow at the Aspen Institute in the think tank’s Communications and Society program. He is currently a partner and co-chair of Patton Boggs LLP in the Washington law firm’s Technology and Communications practice.

Martin is a cum laude graduate from Harvard Law School. He earned his bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He also holds a master’s degree in public policy from Duke University.

About Corning Incorporated
Corning Incorporated (www.corning.com) is the world leader in specialty glass and ceramics. Drawing on more than 160 years of materials science and process engineering knowledge, Corning creates and makes keystone components that enable high-technology systems for consumer electronics, mobile emissions control, telecommunications and life sciences. Our products include glass substrates for LCD televisions, computer monitors and laptops; ceramic substrates and filters for mobile emission control systems; optical fiber, cable, hardware & equipment for telecommunications networks; optical biosensors for drug discovery; and other advanced optics and specialty glass solutions for a number of industries including semiconductor, aerospace, defense, astronomy, and metrology.

Media Relations Contact:
Daniel F. Collins
(607) 974-4197
collinsdf@corning.com

Investor Relations Contact:
Ann H. S. Nicholson
(607) 974-6716
nicholsoas@corning.com

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