-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, PjG2LsToLFRAD8jAkuMowgDL0arkgOlJWCRcbRnOPOJJe+JY2J2N9fTSwNqZTNpt RGWdzLPkmrlf8VYLeK//XA== 0001193125-07-099662.txt : 20070502 0001193125-07-099662.hdr.sgml : 20070502 20070502170607 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-07-099662 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20070430 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers FILED AS OF DATE: 20070502 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20070502 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MENTOR GRAPHICS CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000701811 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-COMPUTER INTEGRATED SYSTEMS DESIGN [7373] IRS NUMBER: 930786033 STATE OF INCORPORATION: OR FISCAL YEAR END: 0131 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-13442 FILM NUMBER: 07811571 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8005 SW BOECKMAN RD CITY: WILSONVILLE STATE: OR ZIP: 97070-7777 BUSINESS PHONE: 5036857000 8-K 1 d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 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 30, 2007

 

MENTOR GRAPHICS CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

OREGON   0-13442   93-0786033

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

   (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

8005 S.W. BOECKMAN ROAD

WILSONVILLE, OR

   97070-7777
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (503) 685-7000

NO CHANGE

(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 April 30, 2007, the Company hired Maria M. Pope to join the Company as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer starting on July 2, 2007. Effective as of July 2, 2007, Gregory K. Hinckley, President of the Company, who has also filled the role of principal financial officer since 1997, will no longer serve as principal financial officer.

Maria M. Pope, age 42, has been employed since 1995 by Pope & Talbot, Inc., a forest products company headquartered in Portland, Oregon, serving as Vice President and General Manager, Wood Products Division from December 2003 to the present, and as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary from 1999 to 2003. Ms. Pope previously worked for Levi Strauss & Co. and Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

Ms. Pope’s starting salary will be $300,000 per year, and her target cash bonus for fiscal 2008 under the Company’s Variable Incentive Plan will be 50% of the base salary paid to her for work in fiscal 2008. As a hiring incentive, the Company has agreed that her bonus for fiscal 2008 will be no less than the target bonus. Upon commencement of employment, she will be granted a stock option for 50,000 shares with an exercise price equal to the closing market price on the grant date and vesting over four years.

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.

 

  MENTOR GRAPHICS CORPORATION
  (Registrant)
Date: May 2, 2007   By:  

/s/ Dean M. Freed

    Dean M. Freed
    Vice President and General Counsel

 

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