Edgar Filing: QUALITY DISTRIBUTION INC

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)

September 18, 2006

QUALITY DISTRIBUTION, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Florida

000-24180

59-3239073

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

3802 Corporex Park Drive

Tampa, Florida 33619

(Address of principal executive offices including Zip Code)

(813) 630-5826

(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 Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.

Michael D. Weiner resigned as a Director of the Quality Distribution, Inc. (the “Company”) effective September 15, 2006. Mr. Weiner’s decision to resign was not a result of a disagreement regarding the Company’s operations, policies or practices.

The Board of Directors of the Company filled the vacancy created by Mr. Weiner’s resignation effective on September 15, 2006 by appointing John J. Suydam. Mr. Suydam (46) joined Apollo Management LP (“Apollo”) in September 2006 as its Chief Legal and Administrative Officer. From 2002 through September 2006, Mr. Suydam was a partner at O’Melveny & Myers LLP, where he served as head of Mergers & Acquisitions and co-head of the Corporate Department. Prior to that, Mr. Suydam served as Chairman of the law firm O’Sullivan, LLP which specialized in representing private equity investors. Mr. Suydam serves on the Board of Directors of the Big Apple Circus. Mr. Suydam received his J.D. from New York University and graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in History from the State University of New York at Albany.

In addition to being the Company’s largest shareholder, Apollo and its affiliates hold certain registration and other rights, which are the Company’s obligations, and are further described in the Proxy Statement for the annual meeting of shareholders on May 18, 2006, filed April 18, 2006, which description is incorporated herein by reference.

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.


	QUALITY DISTRIBUTION, INC.
	(Registrant)

Dated: September 18, 2006	By:	/s/ Timothy B. Page
	Name:	Timothy B. Page
	Title:	Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer