8-K

AMPCO-PITTSBURGH CORPORATION

Date: January 15, 2019

/s/ Maria Trainor

Maria Trainor

Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

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) January 15, 2019 (January 10, 2019)

AMPCO-PITTSBURGH CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Pennsylvania

1-898

25-1117717

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

file number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)


726 Bell Avenue, Suite 301, Carnegie PA				15106
(Address of principal executive offices)				(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (412) 456-4400

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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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act ☐

Item 5.02.

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements with Certain Officers

On January 10, 2019, Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation (the “Corporation”) terminated Rodney L. Scagline from his position as President of Union Electric Steel Corporation, a subsidiary of the Corporation. The Corporation will provide Mr. Scagline with severance benefits consistent with a termination without cause under the Corporation’s Executive Severance Plan, attached as Exhibit 10.2 to the Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 27, 2018 (the “Severance Plan”), subject to Mr. Scagline executing a release of claims against the Corporation and complying with other applicable terms of the Severance Plan.

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.