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

DATE OF REPORT: December 18, 2014

(Date of earliest event reported)

 

 

POWELL INDUSTRIES, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-12488   88-0106100

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

  (Commission File Number)  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

8550 Mosley Road

Houston, Texas

    77075-1180
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)     (Zip Code)

(713) 944-6900

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

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 obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17CFR230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17CFR240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Action (17CFR240.14D-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17CFR240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 8.01 – Other Events

On December 18, 2014, Powell Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that its Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $25 million in shares of the Company’s common stock. The share repurchase program will expire December 15, 2015.

A copy of such press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 – Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits. The following exhibits are furnished as part of this Report.

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

99.1    Press release dated December 18, 2014


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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

    POWELL INDUSTRIES, INC.
Date: December 18, 2014     By:   /s/ DON R. MADISON
      Don R. Madison
     

Executive Vice President

Chief Financial and Administrative Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)