UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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 10, 2008     
Graham Corporation
 
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Delaware   1-8462   16-1194720
 
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)
     
20 Florence Avenue, Batavia, New York   14020
 
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:       (585) 343-2216     
N/A
 
(Former nme 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.
     On March 10, 2008, the Compensation Committee of Graham Corporation’s (the “Company’s”) Board of Directors approved increases in the base salaries of the senior executive officers listed in the below table. No modification was made by the Compensation Committee to the base salary of James R. Lines, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer.
             
    Amount of   Percentage   New Annual
Senior Executive Officer   Increase   Increase   Salary
 
           
J. Ronald Hansen,
Vice President of Finance and
Administration and Chief Financial
Officer
  $5,252   3%   $180,307
 
           
Alan E. Smith,
Vice President of Operations
  $4,575   3%   $157,075
Item 8.01.   Other Events.
     On March 11, 2008, the Company issued a press release announcing the payment of a cash dividend. The Company’s press release is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.
Item 9.01.   Financial Statements and Exhibits.
  (d)   Exhibits.
     
Exhibit No.   Description
 
   
99.1
  Press Release dated March 11, 2008 of Graham Corporation
regarding the payment of a cash dividend.

 


 

SIGNATURES
     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.
         
  Graham Corporation
 
 
Date: March 12, 2008  By:   /s/ J. Ronald Hansen    
    J. Ronald Hansen   
    Vice President — Finance & Administration and
Chief Financial Officer