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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 17, 2020

 

NUCOR CORPORATION

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Delaware

1-4119

13-1860817

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

 

1915 Rexford Road,

Charlotte, NC

 

28211

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (704) 366-7000

Not Applicable

(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:

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Trading

Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, par value $0.40 per share

 

NUE

 

New York Stock Exchange

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 of Certain Officers.

 

 

(d)    On February 17, 2020, the Board of Directors of Nucor Corporation (the “Company”) elected Joseph D. Rupp as a director, effective that day, with a term expiring at the Company’s 2020 annual meeting of stockholders.  Concurrent with his election as a director, Mr. Rupp was appointed to the Audit Committee, the Compensation and Executive Development Committee and the Governance and Nominating Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors. There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Rupp and any other persons pursuant to which he was selected as a director. There are no transactions involving the Company and Mr. Rupp that the Company would be required to report pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.  Mr. Rupp has never served as one of the Company’s officers or employees.

 

Mr. Rupp will receive compensation in accordance with the Company’s standard compensation arrangements for non-employee directors, which are described under the caption “Director Compensation” in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 22, 2019, as adjusted by the Company’s Board of Directors from time to time.

 

A copy of the news release announcing Mr. Rupp’s election is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01.Financial Statements and Exhibits.

             (d) Exhibits

 

99.1

 

News Release of Nucor Corporation issued February 17, 2020

104

 

Cover Page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL (included in Exhibit 101)

 

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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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

NUCOR CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

Date: February 18, 2020

 

By:

/s/ James D. Frias

 

 

 

James D. Frias

 

 

 

Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Executive

Vice President

 

 

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