0001104659-11-047412.txt : 20110817 0001104659-11-047412.hdr.sgml : 20110817 20110817134312 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-11-047412 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110815 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers FILED AS OF DATE: 20110817 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110817 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RYLAND GROUP INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000085974 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: OPERATIVE BUILDERS [1531] IRS NUMBER: 520849948 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-08029 FILM NUMBER: 111042131 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 24025 PARK SORRENTO STREET 2: SUITE 400 CITY: CALABASAS STATE: CA ZIP: 91302 BUSINESS PHONE: 8182237500 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: RYAN JAMES P CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19720414 8-K 1 a11-24534_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

 

August 15, 2011

Date of Report

(Date of earliest event reported)

 

THE RYLAND GROUP, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Maryland

 

001-08029

 

52-0849948

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

 Incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

24025 Park Sorrento, Suite 400, Calabasas, California 91302

    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                               (ZIP Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:(818) 223-7500

 

                              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 communication 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))

 

 

 


 

Item 5.02 (a)                            Departure of Directors or Certain Officers

 

Effective August 15, 2011, Leslie Frécon resigned from the Board of Directors of the Ryland Group, Inc. Ms. Frécon informed the Corporation that geography and work demands preclude her continued service as a Director. During Ms. Frécon’s thirteen years of service as a Director with The Ryland Group, Inc., the Corporation and the Board of Directors have appreciated her significant contributions as Director.

 


 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Exchange Act, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

THE RYLAND GROUP, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: August 15, 2011

By:

 /s/ Timothy J. Geckle

 

 

 Timothy J. Geckle

 

 

  Senior Vice President, General Counsel

 

 

  and Secretary