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: August 9, 2013
Date of earliest event reported: August 8, 2013
MRC GLOBAL INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-35479 | 20-5956993 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
2 Houston Center, 909 Fannin, Suite 3100,
Houston, TX 77010
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (877) 294-7574
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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 August 8, 2013, MRC Global Inc. (the “Company”) announced the appointment of Alan Colonna to serve as the Company’s Executive Vice President – Business Development and U.S. Operations and the appointment of Gary Ittner to serve as the Company’s Executive Vice President – Supply Chain effective immediately. Also James Underhill, currently Executive Vice President – Chief Operating Officer U.S. Operations, announced today his retirement from the Company effective August 31, 2013.
A copy of the Company’s press release announcing the appointment of Mr. Colonna as the Company’s Executive Vice President – Business Development and U.S. Operations, the appointment of Mr. Ittner as the Company’s Executive Vice President – Supply Chain and the retirement of Mr. Underhill as the Company’s Executive Vice President – Chief Operating Officer U.S. Operations is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
Exhibits
The following exhibit is being furnished as part of this report:
| 99.1 | Press Release dated August 8, 2013. |
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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.
Date: August 9, 2013
| MRC GLOBAL INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Daniel J. Churay | |
| Daniel J. Churay | ||
| Executive Vice President- Corporate Affairs, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | ||
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
| Exhibit |
Description | |
| 99.1 | Press Release dated August 8, 2013 | |
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Exhibit 99.1
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
Contacts: James E. Braun, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer MRC Global Inc. Jim.Braun@mrcglobal.com 832-308-2845
Monica Schafer, Vice President Investor Relations MRC Global Inc. Monica.Schafer@mrcglobal.com 832-308-2847 |
MRC GLOBAL ANNOUNCES EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT CHANGES
Houston, TX – August 8, 2013 – MRC Global Inc. (NYSE: MRC) today announced changes in its executive management and organization. Effective immediately, Alan Colonna will assume the role of Executive Vice President – Business Development and U.S. Operations, and Gary Ittner will assume the role of Executive Vice President – Supply Chain.
“We are combining our business development organization with our U.S. operations to further align business development of our customer base with sales efforts in our largest geographic market,” said Andrew Lane, MRC Global’s Chairman, President and CEO. “This change will allow us to fully integrate our U.S. sales efforts with our top twenty-five customer business development focus. In addition, we recently re-aligned our U.S. operations with sales leads and operations leads in each region to focus on the next tier of targeted mid-cap and small-cap customers. Gary Ittner will assume leadership of our supply chain organization to bring greater efficiency to our global procurement efforts and allow the business development and U.S. organizations to maintain their sales focus.”
Mr. Lane continued, “James Underhill, currently Executive Vice President – COO U.S. Operations and former CFO, is retiring. We greatly appreciate James’ thirty-three years of dedicated service to the company in various operational and financial leadership roles.”
About MRC Global Inc.
Headquartered in Houston, Texas, MRC, a Fortune 500 company, is the largest global distributor, based on sales, of pipe, valves and fittings (PVF) and related products and services to the energy and industrial sectors and supplies these products and services across each of the upstream, midstream and downstream sectors.