8-K 1 a13-26209_18k.htm 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 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):  December 10, 2013

 

Hardinge Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

New York

 

000-15760

 

16-0470200

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

Commission file number

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

One Hardinge Drive, Elmira, NY 14902
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

(607) 734-2281
(Registrant’s telephone number including area code)

 

N/A
(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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Item 5.02  Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

On December 10, 2013, the Board of Directors of Hardinge Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Edward J. Gaio to the position of Vice President, Business Development.  Contemporaneous with the foregoing appointment, Mr. Gaio’s service as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Principal Financial Officer is terminated.  The foregoing changes are effective as of December 11, 2013.

 

On December 10, 2013, the Board of Directors of the Company appointed Douglas J. Malone, age 48, as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Mr. Malone will also serve as the Company’s Principal Financial Officer.  Prior to the appointment, Mr. Malone has served as the Company’s Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer since joining the Company in July 2008.  The foregoing appointment is effective as of December 11, 2013.

 

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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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

HARDINGE INC.

 

Registrant

 

 

 

 

Date: December 12, 2013

By:

/S/ Richard L. Simons

 

 

Richard L. Simons

 

 

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

 

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