March 2015 Grant


 
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): March 9, 2015
 
 
 AMERICAN RAILCAR INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
North Dakota
 
000-51728
 
43-1481791
(State or other jurisdiction
 
(Commission
 
(IRS Employer
of incorporation)
 
File Number)
 
Identification No.)
 
100 Clark Street
 
 
St. Charles, Missouri
 
63301
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (636) 940-6000
N/A
(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.
Stock Appreciation Rights
On March 9, 2015, the compensation committee of the Company's Board of Directors (the “Committee”) granted awards of stock appreciation rights (“SARs”) to certain employees pursuant to the Company’s 2005 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the “Equity Incentive Plan”). The Committee granted an aggregate of 46,474 to the Company’s named executive officers as follows: 
Name
  
Position
  
Number of SARs
Jeffrey S. Hollister
  
President and Chief Executive Officer
  
24,965
Umesh Choksi
  
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
  
13,827
Yevgeny Fundler
  
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
  
7,682
These SARs will vest in three equal increments on March 9, 2016, March 9, 2017 and March 9, 2018. Each holder must remain employed by the Company through each anniversary of the grant date in order to vest in the corresponding number of SARs. The SARs have a term of seven years.
The SARs will be settled in cash and have an exercise price of $50.27, the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant. Upon the exercise of any SAR, the Company shall pay the holder, in cash, an amount equal to the excess of the aggregate fair market value in respect of which the SARs are being exercised, over the aggregate exercise price of the SARs being exercised. The SARs are subject in all respects to the terms and conditions of the Equity Incentive Plan and the Stock Appreciation Rights Agreement evidencing the grant, which contain non-solicitation, non-competition and confidentiality provisions.





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. 
Date: March 11, 2015
 
 
American Railcar Industries, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Umesh Choksi
 
 
Name:
Umesh Choksi
 
 
Title:
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer