UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
        
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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): May 13, 2011
 
ALON USA ENERGY, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
001-32567
(Commission
File Number)
74-2966572
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 
7616 LBJ Freeway, Suite 300
Dallas, Texas 75251
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
 
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (972) 367-3600
 
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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 May 13, 2011, Alon USA Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) paid cash bonuses to the Company’s 2010 named executive officers pursuant to its annual cash bonus plan for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010.
 
The amounts of these bonuses had not been determined at the time of the filing of the Company’s Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Proxy Statement”) and were therefore not included in the “Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation” column contained in the Summary Compensation Table set forth therein. The amount awarded to each of the Company’s 2010 named executive officers and the amount of compensation that would have been reflected in the “Total” column of the Summary Compensation Table had the amounts of these awards been determined prior to the filing of the Proxy Statement are set forth below.
 
Name and Principal Position
 
 
Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation ($)
 
Total
($)
Jeff D. Morris
 
 
 
 
  Chief Executive Officer (PEO)
 
83,275
 
 
1,199,259
 
Shai Even
 
 
 
 
  Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (PFO)
 
70,275
 
 
581,776
 
Joseph Israel
 
 
 
 
  Chief Operating Officer
 
67,575
 
 
541,918
 
Michael Oster
 
 
 
 
  Senior Vice President of Mergers and Acquisitions
 
58,990
 
 
498,807
 
Alan Moret
 
 
 
 
  Senior Vice President of Supply
 
82,584
 
 
566,632
 
 

 

 

 
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.
                                    
 
 
ALON USA ENERGY, INC.
Date:
May 16, 2011
By:  
/s/ Sarah Braley Campbell
 
 
 
Sarah Braley Campbell
 
 
 
Secretary