8-K



 
 
 
 
 
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
 
 
February 22, 2016
 
Date of Report
(Date of Earliest Event Reported)
 
 
 
 

RAVEN INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 
 
 
 
 
 
South Dakota
001-07982
46-0246171
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
 
 
 
205 East 6th Street, P.O. Box 5107, Sioux Falls, SD 57117-5107
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(605) 336-2750
(Registrant's telephone number including area code)
 
 
 
 

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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

On February 23, 2016, Raven Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that Heather Wilson has joined the Company’s Board of Directors. The appointment is effective immediately.
Dr. Wilson currently serves as the President of South Dakota School of Mines & Technology in Rapid City, SD. Prior to being named President in 2013, Dr. Wilson served in the U.S. House of Representatives representing New Mexico’s first district from 1998-2009 where she was a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Dr. Wilson also previously worked as a senior advisor to several large scientific and defense companies.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
Exhibit
No.
 
Description
(d)
 
Exhibits
 
 
 
99.1
 
Press Release Dated February 23, 2016




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.


Dated: February 24, 2016
    
RAVEN INDUSTRIES, INC.
/s/ Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
General Counsel and Vice President of Corporate Development, Secretary
 





 




















EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit
No.
 
Description
99.1
 
Press Release dated February 23, 2016