0000890319-14-000171.txt : 20141215 0000890319-14-000171.hdr.sgml : 20141215 20141215134140 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000890319-14-000171 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20141211 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers FILED AS OF DATE: 20141215 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20141215 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TAUBMAN CENTERS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000890319 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798] IRS NUMBER: 382933632 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MI FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-11530 FILM NUMBER: 141285918 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 200 E LONG LAKE RD STREET 2: SUITE 300 P O BOX 200 CITY: BLOOMFIELD HILLS STATE: MI ZIP: 48303-0200 BUSINESS PHONE: 2482586800 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 200 E LONG LAKE RD STREET 2: SUITE 300 P O BOX 200 CITY: BLOOMFIELD HILLS STATE: MI ZIP: 48303-0200 8-K 1 form8k12112014.htm 8-K form8k12112014


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):        December 11, 2014
 
 
TAUBMAN CENTERS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
 
 
MICHIGAN
(State of Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
 
 
 
1-11530
38-2033632
 
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 
 
 
200 East Long Lake Road, Suite 300,
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

48304-2324
 
(Address of Principal Executive Office)
(Zip Code)
 
 
Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (248) 258-6800
 
None
 
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
 
 
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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 December 11, 2014, Esther R. Blum, Senior Vice President, the Controller, and Chief Accounting Officer of Taubman Centers, Inc. (the Company) and The Taubman Company, LLC (the Manager), notified the Company of her retirement effective March 13, 2015.

Effective March 9, 2015, David A. Wolff will be appointed as the Chief Accounting Officer of the Company and the Manager. Mr. Wolff, age 45, currently is Vice President, Financial Reporting of the Manager, a position he has held since March 2012. Prior to this position, Mr. Wolff was the Manager’s Director of Accounting Standards and served in various financial reporting, compliance, and technical accounting capacities since joining the Manager in 1997.   Prior to joining the Manager, Mr. Wolff was an audit manager at Deloitte & Touche, where he worked for seven 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.

Date: December 15, 2014
TAUBMAN CENTERS, INC.
 
 
 
By: /s/ Lisa A. Payne
 
Lisa A. Payne
 
Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer