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 (Date of earliest event reported): August 1, 2011
FLOW INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Washington
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
| 0-12448 | 91-1104842 | |
| (Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| 23500 64th Avenue South, Kent, Washington | 98032 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
(253) 850-3500
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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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.
(d) Flow International Corporation (the “Company”) announced that on August 1, 2011, Robert S. Jaffe had been appointed to its Board of Directors. Mr. Jaffe was a partner at the K&L Gates law firm and its predecessor, Preston Gates & Ellis. A copy of a press release containing additional biographical information is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1. The Company has not determined which committees Mr. Jaffe will serve on. There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Jaffe and any other persons pursuant to which Mr. Jaffe was selected as a director. There are no transactions since the beginning of the Company’s last fiscal year, or any currently proposed transactions, with the Company to which Mr. Jaffe was or is to be a party, in which either Mr. Jaffe, or any member of his immediate family, has a direct or indirect material interest.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits
99.1 Press release dated August 2, 2011.
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.
| FLOW INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION | ||||||
| (Registrant) | ||||||
| Date: August 2, 2011 | By: |
/s/ John S. Leness | ||||
| John S. Leness | ||||||
| General Counsel and Secretary | ||||||