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): December 8, 2020


Zoetis Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

001-35797

46-0696167

(State or other jurisdiction

(Commission File

(I.R.S. Employer

of incorporation)

Number)

Identification No.)

10 Sylvan Way

Parsippany

New Jersey

07054

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

(973) 822-7000


(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if changed since last report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share

ZTS

New York Stock Exchange

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 complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On December 8, 2020, the Board of Directors of Zoetis Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Antoinette R. Leatherberry to Class II of the Board of Directors (the “Board”), to serve in such capacity until her successor is appointed or qualified or until her resignation or removal. In connection with the appointment of Ms. Leatherberry, the size of the Board of Directors of the Company will be increased from twelve to thirteen members. Ms. Leatherberry will serve on the Board’s Audit and Corporate Governance Committees.

Ms. Leatherberry was not appointed to the Board pursuant to any arrangements or understandings with any third party, and since the beginning of the last fiscal year, there have been no related party transactions between the Company and Ms. Leatherberry that would be reportable under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. The Company's non-employee director compensation program is described under the caption “Compensation of Directors” in the Company’s proxy statement for its 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 6, 2020. Ms. Leatherberry will be eligible for participation in such non-employee director compensation program.

In connection with her appointment as a member of the Board, the Company will enter into its standard form of indemnification agreement with Ms. Leatherberry. A form of indemnification agreement was previously filed by the Company as Exhibit 10.19 to Amendment No. 4 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-183254), as originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 13, 2012, as subsequently amended.

On December 8, 2020, the Company issued a press release announcing the appointment of Ms. Leatherberry. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report and is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

On December 9, 2020, the Company declared a dividend of $0.25 per share for the first quarter of 2021. The dividend will be paid on March 1, 2021, to all holders of record of the Company's common stock as of the close of business on January 20, 2021.

The information set forth under this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.2, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing, unless expressly incorporated by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits


Exhibit No.			Description

99.1			Press Release issued on December 8, 2020 regarding the appointment of Ms. Leatherberry to the Zoetis Board.
99 .2			Press Release issued on December 9, 2020 regarding the Company’s declaration of its first quarter 2021 dividend.
104			Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

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.