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): August 19, 2010

 

 

PARKER-HANNIFIN CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Ohio   1-4982   34-0451060

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

6035 Parkland Blvd.

Cleveland, Ohio

   44124-4141
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (216) 896-3000

Not Applicable

(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:

 

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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.

(d) On August 19, 2010, the Board of Directors of Parker-Hannifin Corporation (the “Company”) elected each of Robert G. Bohn and Åke Svensson as a director of the Company, effective immediately, for a term expiring at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in October 2010. The Board of Directors expects to determine committee assignments for Messrs. Bohn and Svensson in October 2010, prior to the expiration of their current terms. Neither Mr. Bohn nor Mr. Svensson is a party to any transaction described in Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries. Messrs. Bohn and Svensson are eligible to participate in the non-employee director compensation arrangements described in the Company’s Proxy Statement for its 2009 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

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.

 

PARKER-HANNIFIN CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Thomas A. Piraino, Jr.

  Thomas A. Piraino, Jr.
  Vice President and Secretary

Date: August 23, 2010