UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
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FORM 8-K
 
 
CURRENT REPORT
 
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
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Date of Report
 
 
 
(Date of earliest event reported)
December 3, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
BADGER METER INC
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Wisconsin 
 
001-06706
 
39-0143280 
(State or other
jurisdiction of
incorporation)
 
(Commission File
Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 
4545 W. Brown Deer Rd., Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53223
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
 
(414) 355-0400
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
 
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class
   Trading Symbol(s)
   Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock
   BMI
   New York Stock Exchange LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
 
Emerging growth company ☐
 
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐


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

On December 3, 2019, Richard A. Meeusen, Chairman of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Badger Meter, Inc. (the “Company”) and a director since 2001, advised the Board that he would retire effective December 31, 2019 (the “Retirement”).  In connection with the Retirement, the Company announced that the Board has appointed Kenneth C. Bockhorst, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, to succeed Mr. Meeusen as Chairman of the Board, effective January 1, 2020, and that it has set the size of the Board at nine members.

A copy of the press release issued by the Company announcing the foregoing is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
 
 
EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit No.
 
Description
 
 

 
 
 
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.

 
 
BADGER METER, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Date: December 6, 2019
By:
/s/ William R.A. Bergum
 
 
 
William R.A. Bergum
 
 
 
Vice President – General Counsel and Secretary