-----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, M3ig0+TelqGWOjYr6doHMqhvsi7/gVsH7Q/3V+Wvi0x+VZQhf7Zv759NPJqQZO5j /vnqM5Bm+Frmi/CsYjF0/Q== 0001104659-08-018858.txt : 20080320 0001104659-08-018858.hdr.sgml : 20080320 20080320163432 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-08-018858 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20080317 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers FILED AS OF DATE: 20080320 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20080320 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: KEMET CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000887730 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS & ACCESSORIES [3670] IRS NUMBER: 570923789 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0331 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-15491 FILM NUMBER: 08702852 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2835 KEMET WAY STREET 2: 2835 KEMET WAY CITY: SIMPSONVILLE STATE: SC ZIP: 29681 BUSINESS PHONE: 8039636300 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: P O BOX 5928 STREET 2: P.O. BOX 5928 CITY: GREENVILLE STATE: SC ZIP: 29606 8-K 1 a08-8751_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

 

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): March 17, 2008

 

KEMET Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

0-20289

 

57-0923789

(Jurisdiction of Corporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

2835 KEMET Way, Simpsonville, SC

 

29681

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (864) 963-6300

 

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:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 


 

Item 5.02  Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

(a.)                               Not Applicable

 

(b.)                              Not Applicable

 

(c.)                               Not Applicable

 

(d.)                              On March 17, 2008, the Board of Directors increased the size of the Board to 8 members and elected two new members to fill the vacancies.  On March 17, 2008, the Board of Directors elected Joseph V. Borruso to become a member of the Company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Borruso has been appointed to be a member of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, and has been placed in the Class of 2008.  Mr. Borruso is currently the President of AOEM Consultants, LLC.  He served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Hella North America, a manufacturer of automotive lighting and electronics from 1999 through his retirement in 2005.  Prior thereto, Mr. Borruso served in various senior management positions, most recently as Executive Vice President of Sales, for the Bosch Automotive Group N.A. from 1983 to 1999.

 

On March 17, 2008, the Board of Directors elected Wilfried Backes to become a member of the Company’s Board of Directors. Dr. Backes has been appointed to be a member of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors, and has been placed in the Class of 2009.  He served in various senior management positions, most recently as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, with EPCOS AG, a major public electronics company headquartered in Germany, from 2002 through his retirement in 2006.   Dr. Backes previously served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Osram Sylvania, Inc. from 1992 to 2002.  Prior to that time, Dr. Backes held various senior management positions with Siemens AG including the position of President and Chief Executive Officer of Siemens Components, Inc. from 1989 to 1994.

 

Signature

 

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.

 

 

Date: March 20, 2008

KEMET Corporation

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ DAVID E. GABLE

 

 

 

David E. Gable

 

 

 

Executive Vice President and

 

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

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