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 24, 2009

USG Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

         
Delaware   1-8864   36-3329400
(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)   (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)
     
550 West Adams Street, Chicago, Illinois
  60661-3676
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (312) 436-4000

 
 
(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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Section 5 – Corporate Governance and Management

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

  (d)  
On September 24, 2009 the Board of Directors of the Registrant (the “Board”) elected William H. Hernandez, Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of PPG Industries, Inc., a director of the Corporation for a term expiring at the 2012 annual meeting of stockholders of the Registrant. Mr. Hernandez was also elected to the Audit and Finance Committees of the Board. Mr. Hernandez will be entitled to receive the same compensation for service as a director as is applicable to the Registrant’s other directors. That compensation is described in the Registrant’s proxy statement dated April 3, 2009.

 

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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.

USG CORPORATION
Registrant

Date: September 29, 2009

By: /s/ Stanley L. Ferguson                               
Stanley L. Ferguson,
Executive Vice President
and General Counsel

 

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