t76026_8k.htm
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): March 25, 2013
 

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

Delaware
   
    1-11430
   
25-1190717
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  
(Commission File
Number)
  
(IRS Employer
 Identification No.)

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

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


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Item 5.02
Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
 
 
On March 25, 2013, Minerals Technologies Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an amendment to its standard form severance agreement with Robert S. Wetherbee, Chief Executive Officer, and has also entered into, or intends to enter into, similar amendments with the Company’s other senior executive officers.  The amendment amends the definition of “Change in Control” in the Company’s standard form severance agreement to:
 
  ●
Increase to 30% the percentage of the Company’s voting securities that a person would have to acquire to constitute a change of control; and
     
  ●
Provide that a change of control is triggered on the consummation, rather than shareholder approval, of a merger, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all the assets, or liquidation of the Company.
 
The foregoing description of the amendment to the Company’s standard form severance agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the form of amendment, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.
 

   
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
 
(d)
Exhibits
 
   
10.1
Form of amendment to the Company’s standard form of severance agreement
 
       
 
 
 
 

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/ Thomas J. Meek
   
Name:
Thomas J. Meek
   
Title:
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Chief Compliance Officer
     
  Date:  March 26, 2013
    
 
 
 
 
 
MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES INC.
 
 
EXHIBIT INDEX
 
     
Exhibit No.
 
Subject Matter
     
10.1
     
Form of amendment to the Company’s standard form of severance agreement