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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

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FORM 8-K

 

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CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT

TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) July 19, 2005

 

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WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE

TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

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Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

1-13782		25-1615902
(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)
1001 Airbrake Avenue Wilmerding, Pennsylvania		15148
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

 

(412) 825-1000

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

 

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

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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):

 

¨	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨	Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

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Section 5 – Corporate Governance and Management

 

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.

 

On July 19, 2005, the Board of Directors of Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation (“Wabtec”) appointed Gary Valade as a member of its Board of Directors to fill a vacancy on the Board. Mr. Valade will serve as a director in the class whose term expires at Wabtec’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders in 2006, when he will stand for election. Mr. Valade was appointed as a member of the Audit Committee of the Board. A copy of the press release issued by Wabtec on July 25, 2005 announcing this appointment is included as Exhibit 99.1 of this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

Section 9 – Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(c)

Exhibits

 

The following exhibit is filed with this report on Form 8-K:

 

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press release dated July 25, 2005 regarding the matter referenced in Item 5.02.

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

Date: July 25, 2005

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Number		Description		Method of Filing
99.1		Press release dated July 25, 2005.		Filed herewith