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): October 31, 2016 (October 28, 2016)

 

MYR GROUP INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   1-08325   36-3158643

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

  

(Commission

File Number)

   (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

1701 Golf Road, Suite 3-1012

Rolling Meadows, IL

   60008
(Address of principal executive offices)   (ZIP Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (847) 290-1891

 

None

(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:

 

¨Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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¨Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

 

Item 8.01Other Events.

 

On October 31, 2016, MYR Group Inc. issued a press release announcing that its Canadian subsidiary company, MYR Group Construction Canada, Ltd., has acquired substantially all of the assets of Western Pacific Enterprises GP and certain assets of Western Pacific Enterprises Ltd., conducting business as Western Pacific Enterprises GP. The transaction closed on October 28, 2016. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)Exhibits.

 

99.1MYR Group Inc. Press Release, dated October 31, 2016

 

 

 

 

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.

 

    MYR GROUP INC.
     
     

 Dated:  

 October 31, 2016

By:  

 /s/ BETTY R. JOHNSON

      Name:   Betty R. Johnson
      Title: Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

 

 

 

exhibit index

 

Exhibit No.   Description
99.1   MYR Group Inc. Press Release, dated October 31, 2016