Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): June 30, 2021
Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
001-34365
41-1990662
(State or other jurisdiction
(Commission
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)
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Identification No.)
7800 Walton Parkway, New Albany, Ohio
43054
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 614-289-5360
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Common Stock, par value $0.1 per share
CVGI
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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 June 30, 2021, the Board of Directors of Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc. (the “Company”) elected each of Ruth Gratzke and J. Michael Nauman to the Board of Directors (‘Board”) of the Company, effective July 1, 2021, to serve until the 2022 annual meeting of stockholders or until each of their successor is elected and qualified. The committees of the Board on which Ms. Gratzke (50 years old) initially will serve are the Audit Committee and the Nominating, Governance & Sustainability Committee. The committees of the Board on which Mr. Nauman (59 years old) initially will serve are the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee.
Since 2019, Ms. Gratzke has served as President, Siemens Smart Infrastructure, United States, Siemens AG. From 2017 to 2019, Ms. Gratzke was Divisional Vice President, Power Systems at Hubbell Incorporated, and from 2014 to 2017, Ms. Gratzke was General Manager and Global Product Line Lead, Industrial Breakers, Power Components at General Electric Company. Prior to joining GE, Ms. Gratzke held a number of general management positions at Siemens AG over a period of 19 years.
Since 2014, Mr. Nauman has served on Brady Corporation’s Board of Directors and as the President and CEO of Brady Corporation. Prior to joining Brady Corporation, Mr. Nauman spent 20 years at Molex Incorporated, where he led global businesses in the automotive, data communications, industrial, medical, military/aerospace and mobile sectors. In 2007, he became Molex's Senior Vice President leading its Global Integrated Products Division and was named Executive Vice President in 2009. Before joining Molex in 1994, Mr. Nauman was a tax accountant and auditor with Arthur Andersen and Controller and then President of Ohio Associated Enterprises, Inc.
Item 7.01. Regulation FD.
On June 30, 2021, the Company issued a press release announcing the election of two new directors. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Press release of the Company dated June 30, 2021 announcing election of two new directors.
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.
