Current Report Filing (8-k)

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): March 8, 2018

TRIUMPH GROUP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



Delaware	1-12235	51-0347963
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

899 Cassatt Road, Suite 210		19312
Berwyn, Pennsylvania		(Zip Code)
(Address of principal executive offices)

(610) 251-1000

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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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.

Effective March 8, 2018, Triumph Group, Inc. (the "Company") and MaryLou Thomas, the Company's former Executive Vice President, Aerospace Structures, and a named executive officer, agreed to the terms of Ms. Thomas' separation from the Company. In connection with her departure, the Company and Ms. Thomas entered into a separation letter.

Pursuant to the separation letter, Ms. Thomas will receive a cash payment in the aggregate amount of $385,000 (less withholding and other customary payroll deductions), which represents 12 months of her base salary, and an additional severance payment of $478,000 (less withholding and other customary payroll deductions). The severance letter also provides for continuation of certain health benefits and a relocation allowance of $150,000, as well as a forfeiture of unvested equity awards. The separation agreement contains release of employment-related claims, nondisparagement covenants, confidentiality and non-disclosure restrictions and non-competition and non-solicitation provisions.

A copy of the separation letter is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.02. The foregoing description of the separation letter is intended only as a summary and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the separation letter.



Item 9.01	Financial Statements and Exhibits.



(d)	Exhibits.



Exhibit		Description

10.1		Separation Letter by and between Triumph Group, Inc. and MaryLou Thomas

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: March 12, 2018 TRIUMPH GROUP, INC.

By: /s/ John B. Wright, II

John B. Wright, II

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary