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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: December 10, 2010

(Date of earliest event reported)

 


DONALDSON COMPANY, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Commission File Number: 1-7891

 

Delaware

41-0222640

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

1400 West 94th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55431

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

(952) 887-3131

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not Applicable

(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:

 

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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 December 10, 2010, the Human Resources Committee of the Board of Directors of Donaldson Company, Inc. (the “Company”) approved forms of stock option and restricted stock award agreements to be used for awards under the Donaldson Company, Inc. 2010 Master Stock Incentive Plan (the “2010 Plan”).  The form of Officer Stock Option Award Agreement to be used in connection with stock option awards to the Company’s executive officers under the 2010 Plan (the “Form of Officer Stock Option Agreement”) is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.  The form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement to be used in connection with restricted stock awards to the Company’s executive officers under the 2010 Plan is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.2 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

On December 10, 2010, the Company’s Human Resources Committee awarded to the following named executive officers options to purchase the number of shares of the Company’s common stock indicated below:

 

Name

 

Position

 

Number of
Options

William Cook

      

Chairman, President and CEO

      

58,000

Thomas VerHage

 

Vice President and CFO

 

11,500

Charles McMurray

 

Senior Vice President, Industrial Products

 

16,500

Jay Ward

 

Senior Vice President, Engine Products

 

16,500

 

Such stock option awards were made pursuant to the 2010 Plan, a copy of which is on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 4.5 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-170729) filed on November 19, 2010.  The Form of Officer Stock Option Agreement was used in connection with these grants.  The stock options have an exercise price equal to the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant and vest in three equal annual installments commencing on the first anniversary of the grant date.  The stock options become immediately vested in full upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, as defined in the Form of Officer Stock Option Agreement.  The stock options terminate ten years after the grant date.

 

The description in this Current Report on Form 8-K of the Form of Officer Stock Option Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the attached copy of the agreement.

 

Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)

Exhibits.

 

 

 

10.1

Form of Officer Stock Option Award Agreement under the 2010 Master Stock Incentive Plan

 

 

 

10.2

Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement under the 2010 Master Stock Incentive Plan

 

 


 

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.

 

 

 

DONALDSON COMPANY, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

/s/ Norman C. Linnell

 

 

Norman C. Linnell
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

 

 

Date:  December 16, 2010

 

 


 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Description

 

 

 

10.1

 

Form of Officer Stock Option Award Agreement under the 2010 Master Stock Incentive Plan

 

 

 

10.2

 

Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement under the 2010 Master Stock Incentive Plan