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): April 6, 2020

John Bean Technologies Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



Delaware	001-34036	91-1650317
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

70 West Madison Street, Suite 4400

Chicago, IL 60602

(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)

(312) 861-5900

(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	JBT	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 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 5.03	Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

The Board of Directors of John Bean Technologies Corporation (the “Company”) has approved an amendment to the Company’s Third Amended and Restated Bylaws (as amended, the “Bylaws”). The amendment to the Bylaws took effect on April 6, 2020. The amendment adds a new Section 4.7 to Article IV of the Bylaws, reading in its entirety as follows:

Section 4.7. Emergency Bylaw. In the event of any emergency, disaster or catastrophe, as referred to in Section 110 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, or other similar emergency condition, as a result of which a quorum of the Board of Directors or a standing committee of the Board of Directors cannot readily be convened for action, then the director or directors in attendance at the meeting shall constitute a quorum. Such director or directors in attendance may further take action to appoint one or more of themselves or other directors to membership on any standing or temporary committees of the Board of Directors as they shall deem necessary and appropriate.


Item 9.01	Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.



Exhibit No.		Description
3.1		Amendment No. 1 to Third Amended and Restated Bylaws.

104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are 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.




	John Bean Technologies Corporation

Date: April 9, 2020	By:	/s/ Jessi L. Corcoran
	Name	Jessi L. Corcoran
	Title	Assistant Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer, and duly authorized officer
		(Principal Accounting Officer)