Current Report Filing (8-k)
November 13 2018 - 5:02PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
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):
November 6, 2018
TECNOGLASS
INC.
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Cayman
Islands
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001-35436
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98-1271120
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(State
or Other Jurisdiction
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(Commission
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(IRS
Employer
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of
Incorporation)
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File
Number)
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Identification
No.)
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Avenida
Circunvalar a 100 mts de la Via 40, Barrio Las Flores, Barranquilla, Colombia
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(57)(5)
3734000
(Registrant’s
Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
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 (
see
General Instruction A.2. below):
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communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e 4(c))
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405
of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging
growth company [ ]
If
an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for
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Item
5.02
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Departure
of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers.
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On
November 6, 2018, Juan Carlos Vilarño resigned for personal reasons from the Board of Directors of Tecnoglass Inc. (the
“Company”). Mr. Vilarño’s resignation was not due to any disagreement with the Company or its management
on any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies or practices (financial or otherwise).
On
the same date, t
he Company’s Board of Directors appointed
Luis Fernando Castro Vergara to fill the vacancy caused by Mr. Vilariño’s resignation. Mr. Castro Vergara was
also appointed to the Company’s compensation committee. Since 2017, Mr. Castro Vergara has been serving as a fund manager
in the agroindustry sector and overseeing his investments in the construction, infrastructure and agroindustry sectors. Mr. Castro
Vergara served as the Chief Executive Officer of Banco de Comercio Exterior de Colombia S.A., Colombia’s development bank,
from 2013 to 2017. From 2007 to 2008 and 2012 to 2013, Mr. Castro Vergara was the General Manager of Agrodex International SAS,
an import and marketing food company. From 2008 to 2012, he was the Regional Development Agency President of the Barranquilla
Chamber of Commerce. Previously, he was General Manager of Provyser S.A., a commercialization and logistics services company in
the food industry. He is on the board of directors of Unimed Pharmaceuticals Limited, where he also serves as member of the Audit
Committee, and of Colombian the Colombian companies Accenorte SAS and Devimed SAS. Mr. Castro Vergara received a B.S. from Fordham
University, a B.S. from Columbia University and a M.B.A. from the Universidad de los Andes Bogota in Colombia. He has complementary
education in economic development from Harvard University, strategy and leadership from Pennsylvania University and management
from Northwestern University.
Item
9.01
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Financial
Statements and Exhibits.
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(d)
Exhibits
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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.
Dated:
November 13, 2018
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TECNOGLASS
INC.
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By:
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/s/
Jose M. Daes
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Name:
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Jose
M. Daes
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Title:
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Chief
Executive Officer
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