form8-k_17742.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):  January 5, 2015
 
 
SCHNITZER STEEL INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
 

OREGON
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
0-22496
(Commission File Number)
93-0341923
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

299 SW Clay Street
Suite 350
Portland, OR
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(503) 224-9900
(Registrant’s Telephone Number
Including Area Code)
97201
(Zip Code)

 
 
NO CHANGE
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
 
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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o
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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
 
(b) On January 5, 2015, Thomas D. Klauer, Jr., Senior Vice President and President of Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc.’s Auto Parts Business, retired from Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. (the “Company”).  Mr. Klauer, age 60, joined the Company in1989. The terms of Mr. Klauer’s retirement are being finalized.
 
 
 
 
Item 7.01
Regulation FD Disclosure
 
On January 8, 2015, the Company provided to its employees a memo from the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer relating to Mr. Klauer’s retirement described above under Item 5.02 of this report.  A copy of the memo is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated in this Item 7.01 by reference.
 
 
 
 
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
(d)      Exhibits

Exhibit No.
Description
 
99.1
Memo from Tamara Lundgren, President and Chief Executive Officer, to Employees Dated January 8, 2015
 
 
 
 
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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.
 
 
 
SCHNITZER STEEL INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Registrant)
  
       
       
       
Dated:   January 8, 2015
By:  
/s/ Richard C. Josephson
  
   
Name:  Richard C. Josephson
  
   
Title:    Sr. V.P., General Counsel and Secretary
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Exhibit Index
 
 
 
 
Exhibit No.
  
Description
     
99.1
  
Memo from Tamara Lundgren, President and Chief Executive Officer, to Employees Dated January 8, 2015