UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): September 11, 2013

 

UFP Technologies, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

 

 

(978) 352-2200

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

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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 September 11, 2013, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of UFP Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) elected Lucia Luce Quinn as a director and as a member of the Compensation Committee of the Board, both effective as of December 12, 2013.  In connection with Ms. Quinn’s election, the Board increased the number of directors constituting the Board from seven to eight.  Ms. Quinn will serve as a Class II director.

 

Ms. Quinn is the Chief People Officer at Forrester Research, Inc.  Ms. Quinn will be compensated, and will be eligible to participate in the Company’s compensation plans and arrangements, in the same manner as the Company’s other independent directors, as described in the Company’s proxy materials filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Item 7.01                                           Regulation FD Disclosure

 

The Company issued a press release on September 17, 2013 announcing the election of Ms. Quinn. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein in its entirety by reference.

 

Limitation on Incorporation by Reference.  The information furnished in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

 

Item 9.01                                           Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit Number		Description
99.1		Press release dated September 17, 2013 of UFP Technologies, Inc.

 

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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.

 

Dated: September 17, 2013	UFP TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
	By:	/s/ Ronald J. Lataille
		Ronald J. Lataille, Chief Financial Officer and Vice President

 

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