Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 26, 2021
H.B. Fuller Company
(Exact Name of Company as Specified in Charter)
Minnesota
001-09225
41-0268370
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
1200 Willow Lake Boulevard, P.O. Box 64683, St. Paul, Minnesota
55164-0683
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
Company’s telephone number, including area code: (651) 236-5900
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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, par value $1.00
FUL
NYSE
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Item 8.01Other Events.
On April 26, 2021, James J. Owens, President and Chief Executive Officer of H.B. Fuller Company (the “Company”), adopted a stock trading plan in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The stock trading plan follows the Company’s policies on trading in Company securities and executive stock ownership requirements. The stock trading plan contemplates the periodic sale of shares of the Company’s common stock over a period beginning on April 30, 2021 ending on or before March 1, 2022, with total sales during the period not to exceed 50,000 shares. Shares may be sold on the open market at prevailing market prices and subject to price thresholds specified in the stock trading plan.
Rule 10b5-1 allows persons, when they are not in possession of material nonpublic information, to adopt written, prearranged trading plans to sell securities under specified conditions. Rule 10b5-1 trading plans are permitted under the Company’s insider trading policy, and, to the extent required, transactions under the trading plan will be disclosed publicly through Form 144, Schedule 13D, and/or Form 4 filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The Company does not undertake to report 10b5-1 plans that may be adopted by any officers or directors in the future, or to report any modification or termination of any trading plan, whether or not the plan was publicly announced, except to the extent required by law.
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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.
