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):
December 21, 2006
THE L.S. STARRETT COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Massachusetts | 1-367 | 04-1866480 |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
121 CRESCENT STREET, ATHOL, MASSACHUSETTS | 01331 |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant's telephone number:
978-249-3551
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 8.01
Other Events.
The New York Stock Exchange rules require that the Company’s non-management directors meet at regularly scheduled executive sessions without management participation. As described in the Company’s Corporate Governance Policy, the Company’s Board of Directors has not formally selected a director to preside over the executive sessions of the non-management directors. Instead, at each executive session, the non-management directors designate a presiding director, or chair, for the session. Also, the Company’s Corporate Governance Policy as it relates to Stockholder Communication with the Board of Directors has been clarified to indicate that other interested parties who do not hold any securities of the Company may communicate only with the Company’s independent directors (non-management directors) if they wish. Shareholders and other interested parties can communicate directly with the Board of Directors by writing to: Board of Directors, c/o Clerk, The L.S. Starrett Company, 121 Crescent St, Athol, Massachusetts 01331. The Clerk will forward such communications to the Board at or prior to the next meeting of the Board. Disclosure concerning the process by which the presiding director is selected for each executive session and the clarification of communications by other interested parties was inadvertently omitted from the Company’s Proxy Statement for its 2006 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. A copy of the Company’s Corporate Governance Policy is available on the Company’s web site at www.starrett.com.
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.
THE L.S. STARRETT COMPANY
Date: December 21, 2006 | By: | /s/ Randall J. Hylek |
Name: | Randall J. Hylek | |
Title: | Treasurer and |
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