UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 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): May 12, 2020

Libbey Inc. 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (419) 325-2100

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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 12, 2020, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Libbey Inc. (the “Company” or “Libbey”) resolved to increase the size of the Board from eight to ten directors and elected Mr. Patrick J. Bartels, Jr. and Mr. Timothy R. Pohl to serve as directors, effective immediately. Mr. Bartels was elected as a member of Class I of the Board, to serve until the 2021 annual meeting of shareholders or until his earlier resignation, removal or death. Mr. Pohl was elected as a member of Class II of the Board, to serve until the 2022 annual meeting of shareholders or until his earlier resignation, removal or death. Mr. Bartels and Mr. Pohl have not yet been appointed to any committees of the Board. 

The Company will enter into a standard director indemnity agreement with each of Mr. Bartels and Mr. Pohl, a form of which was filed with the SEC as Exhibit 10.23 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019. In addition, the Company will enter into an independent director agreement with each of Mr. Bartels and Mr. Pohl, pursuant to which each will be paid a monthly fee of $50,000, but no less than $300,000 in the aggregate, as compensation for his service as a director. The foregoing description of the independent director agreement does not purport to be a complete description and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the form of independent director agreement, a copy of which will be filed with Libbey’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2020. Except as disclosed in this Current Report on Form 8-K, there are no arrangements or understandings with any other person pursuant to which Mr. Bartels and Mr. Pohl were appointed as directors of the Company. There are also no family relationships between Mr. Bartels or Mr. Pohl and any of the Company's directors or executive officers. Except as disclosed in this Current Report on Form 8-K, neither Mr. Bartels nor Mr. Pohl has any direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. 

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.