UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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): June 28, 2005 (June 23, 2005)
UST INC.
| DELAWARE | 0-17506 | 06-1193986 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
| 100 West Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, Connecticut | 06830 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
(203) 661-1100
None
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| Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers. | ||||||||
| SIGNATURES | ||||||||
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.
Upon the recommendation of its Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee, the Board of Directors of UST Inc. elected Andrew J. Parsons as a director of the Company on June 23, 2005. Mr. Parsons has been named as a member of each of the following Committees of the Company: Audit and Nominating & Corporate Governance.
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.
| UST INC. | ||||
Dated: June 28, 2005
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By: | /s/ Richard A. Kohlberger | ||
| Name: | Richard A. Kohlberger | |||
| Title: | Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | |||