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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)
August 16, 2018 (August 16, 2018)
Tredegar Corporation
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter)
Virginia
1-10258
54-1497771
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission file
number)
(IRS employer identification no.)
1100 Boulders Parkway, Richmond, Virginia
23225
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
804-330-1000

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 August 16, 2018, the Board elected Anne G. Waleski as director of the Company. Ms. Waleski is not being named to any committee of the Board at this time. The Board made an affirmative determination that Ms. Waleski qualifies as an independent director under the New York Stock Exchange listing standards and the Company’s standards for director independence. Ms. Waleski will receive director compensation consistent with the compensation policies applicable to the Company’s other non-employee directors, which are described in the Company’s proxy statement, dated March 23, 2018, for the Company’s 2018 annual meeting of shareholders.

Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)
Exhibits.

99.1


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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.
Date: August 16, 2018
TREDEGAR CORPORATION



By:     /s/ Michael J. Schewel            
Michael J. Schewel
Vice President, General Counsel and                             Secretary



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