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): October 2, 2023

MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
   
    001-11430
   
25-1190717
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  
(Commission File
Number)
  
(IRS Employer
 Identification No.)

  622 Third Avenue, New York, New York
                
10017-6707
(Address of principal executive offices)
  
(Zip Code)

 
(212) 878-1800
  
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Title of each class
  
Trading Symbol
  
Name of exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.10 par value
  
MTX
  
NYSE

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Item 7.01
  
Regulation FD Disclosure.
   
 
On October 2, 2023, Minerals Technologies Inc. (“MTI”) issued a press release (the “Press Release”) announcing that its subsidiaries, Barretts Minerals Inc. and Barretts Ventures Texas LLC (together, “BMI”), filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas to address and comprehensively resolve BMI’s liabilities associated with talc. BMI intends to operate its business normally throughout the duration of the Chapter 11 case. No other subsidiaries or business units of MTI are included in the filing and, as such, all are operating business as usual and will continue to do so during and after the Chapter 11 process.
 
A copy of the Press Release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto, and is incorporated herein by reference.  Information in this Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed filed for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
     
Item 9.01
 
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
   
(d)
Exhibits
     
99.1
     
104
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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.



                                          
                                        
MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES INC.
 
 
(Registrant)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
By:
/s/ Timothy J. Jordan
 
 
Name:
Timothy J. Jordan
   
Title:
 
Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer
     
  Date:  October 2, 2023