Form 8-K

OM GROUP, INC.

Date: November 22, 2013

/s/ Valerie Gentile Sachs

Valerie Gentile Sachs

Vice President, General Counsel

and Secretary

0001193125-13-451053.txt : 20131122 0001193125-13-451053.hdr.sgml : 20131122 20131122130552 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-13-451053 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20131118 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers FILED AS OF DATE: 20131122 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20131122 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: OM GROUP INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000899723 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SECONDARY SMELTING & REFINING OF NONFERROUS METALS [3341] IRS NUMBER: 521736882 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-12515 FILM NUMBER: 131237602 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1500 KEY TOWER STREET 2: 127 PUBLIC SQUARE CITY: CLEVELAND STATE: OH ZIP: 44114 BUSINESS PHONE: 2167810083 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1500 KEY TOWER STREET 2: 127 PUBLIC SQUARE CITY: CLEVELAND STATE: OH ZIP: 44114 8-K 1 d633444d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

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): November 22, 2013 (November 18, 2013)

OM GROUP, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware

001-12515

52-1736882

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)


127 Public Square, 1500 Key Tower, Cleveland, Ohio		44114-1221
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (216) 781-0083

N/A

(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 obligations of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2.):

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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 November 18, 2013, the Board of Directors of OM Group, Inc. appointed Carl R. Christenson to the Board. Mr. Christenson’s term begins January 1, 2014, and he will serve with the class of directors that stands for re-election in 2015. Mr. Christenson has not been appointed to serve on any committees of the Board at this time.

Upon commencement of Mr. Christenson’s term, the Company intends to enter into an indemnification agreement with him, which will be in the same form as the indemnification agreement between the Company and its other directors and named executive officers. That form of indemnification agreement was described in, and filed as an exhibit to, the Form 8-K filed by the Company on January 25, 2011.

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.