8-K Navikas


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) January 14, 2015
PPG INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
 
 
 
Pennsylvania
 
001-1687
 
25-0730780
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 
 
 
 
 
One PPG Place, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
 
 
 
15272
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
 
 
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
(412) 434-3131
 
 
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.

On January 14, 2015, David B. Navikas, Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning and Corporate Development of PPG Industries, Inc. (the “Company”), informed the Company of his intention to retire effective March 1, 2015. On January 16, 2015, the Company issued a press release reporting Mr. Navikas’s retirement. A copy of the Company’s press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.

Item 9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
 
Description
 
 
 
99
 
Press release of PPG Industries, Inc. dated January 16, 2015.






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.
 
 
PPG INDUSTRIES, INC.
 
 
(Registrant)
 
 
 
Date: January 16, 2015
By:
/s/ Charles E. Bunch
 
 
Charles E. Bunch
 
 
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer