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)
August 10, 2015
HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| DELAWARE | 1-34910 | 90-0607005 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| 4101 Washington Avenue, Newport News, Virginia |
23607 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
(757) 380-2000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
(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. |
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) has announced that Nicolas G. Schuck, 41, has been appointed to the office of Corporate Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer effective as of August 10, 2015. Since March 2015, Mr. Schuck has worked as Assistant Controller at the Company’s Newport News Shipbuilding division. Prior to that, and since joining the Company in January 2012, he served as the Company’s Corporate Assistant Controller. From December 2009 until December 2011, Mr. Schuck served as Director, Finance at ManTech International Corporation, a provider of technologies and solutions for national security programs for the intelligence community and other U.S. federal government customers.
In connection with his appointment, the Company granted Mr. Schuck an aggregate of 1,131 restricted performance stock rights (“RPSRs”) under the Company’s 2012 Long-Term Incentive Stock Plan described in the Company’s proxy statement for its 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed on March 19, 2015 (the “Proxy Statement”). Mr. Schuck’s RPSRs will vest on December 31, 2017, subject to satisfaction of applicable performance criteria as determined by the Compensation Committee of the Company’s board of directors. As a result of his appointment, Mr. Schuck will also participate in the Company’s Officers Retirement Account Contribution Plan on the terms described in the Proxy Statement.
Mr. Schuck has no family relationships with any executive officer, director or other employee of the Company, and he has no material interest in any transaction or proposed transactions of the Company.
A copy of the press release announcing Mr. Schuck’s appointment is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| (d) | Exhibits. |
| Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| 99.1 | Press Release, dated August 13, 2015. | |
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.
| HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES, INC. | ||||
| Date: August 14, 2015 | By: | /s/ Barbara A. Niland | ||
| Barbara A. Niland | ||||
| Corporate Vice President, Business Management and Chief Financial Officer | ||||