0000842295-13-000015.txt : 20130320 0000842295-13-000015.hdr.sgml : 20130320 20130320105434 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000842295-13-000015 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20130315 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers FILED AS OF DATE: 20130320 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20130320 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TOR MINERALS INTERNATIONAL INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000842295 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: INDUSTRIAL INORGANIC CHEMICALS [2810] IRS NUMBER: 742081929 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-17321 FILM NUMBER: 13703824 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 722 BURLESON CITY: CORPUS CHRISTI STATE: TX ZIP: 78402 BUSINESS PHONE: 361-883-5591 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 722 BURLESON CITY: CORPUS CHRISTI STATE: TX ZIP: 78402 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HITOX CORPORATION OF AMERICA DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 8-K 1 x8k2013mar15hartman.htm FORM 8-K, ITEM 5.02 - DAVID HARTMAN Form 8-K, Item 5.02

 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):  March 15, 2013

TOR Minerals International, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

0-17321
(Commission File Number)

722 Burleson Street
Corpus Christi, Texas
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

74-2081929
(IRS Employer Identification No.)


78402
(Zip Code)

(361) 883-5591
(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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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 March 15, 2013, Mr. David A. Hartman, a current member of the Board of Directors (the "Board") of TOR Minerals International, Inc. ("TOR"), notified TOR and the Board of his decision not to stand for re-election at TOR's 2013 annual meeting of stockholders due to health reasons.  Mr. Hartman, whose term of office is set to expire at this year's annual meeting, joined the Board in 2001.

ITEM 9.01           FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(a)

Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired.
Not applicable.

(b)

Pro Forma Financial Information.
Not applicable.

(c)

Shell company transaction
Not applicable

(d)

Exhibits.
The following exhibit is furnished in accordance with the provisions of Item 601 of Regulation S-B:

Exhibit
Number


Description

None




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.

TOR MINERALS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
_____________________
(Registrant)

Date:  March 20, 2013

/s/ BARBARA RUSSELL

Barbara Russell
Chief Financial Officer

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