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<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CURRENT
REPORT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) January&nbsp;3, 2019 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Tejon Ranch Co. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Delaware</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1-7183</FONT></B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">77-0196136</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) </B></P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14d-2(b)</FONT> under the Exchange Act (17 CFR <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.14d-2(b))</FONT> </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13e-4(c)</FONT> under the Exchange Act (17 CFR <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.13e-4(c))</FONT> </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933
(&#167;230.405 of this chapter) or Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(&#167;240.12b-2</FONT> of this chapter). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Emerging growth company&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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&nbsp;13(a) of the Exchange Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;5.02&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Departure of
Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Effective
January&nbsp;1, 2019, the Board of Directors (the &#147;Board&#148;) of Tejon Ranch Co. (the &#147;Company&#148;) unanimously voted to elect former California State Senator Jean Fuller to the Board. Fuller fills a vacancy resulting from the
Board&#146;s action to increase the size of the Board (see current report for Item&nbsp;5.03 below), and she will serve as a Class&nbsp;I Director. She will be appointed at a future date during the annual committee appointment process to serve on
one or more committees of the Board. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Jean Fuller served two terms in the California Senate from 2010 to 2018, when she was termed out. Prior to serving
in the California Senate, she was twice elected to the California State Assembly, serving from 2006 to 2010. During her tenure in the California Senate, Fuller served as the Presiding Officer and Minority Leader. Fuller was appointed as Vice Chair
of the Senate Rules; Budget, Energy, Utilities&nbsp;&amp; Communications; Natural Resources and Water; and Environmental Quality Committees. Before being elected to the state legislature, Fuller served as Superintendent of the Bakersfield City
School District, which at the time serviced more than 30,000 students, had a budget in excess of $100&nbsp;million and had 3,500 employees. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Jean Fuller
holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Barbara, a Master of Public Administration from the California State University, Los Angeles, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications from California State University, Fresno. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Fuller has (i)&nbsp;no arrangements or understandings with any other person pursuant to which she was appointed as a director and (ii)&nbsp;no family
relationship with any director or executive officer of the Company or any person nominated or chosen by the Company to become a director or executive officer. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Fuller (i)&nbsp;has had no direct or indirect material interest in any transaction or series of similar transactions contemplated by Item 404(a) of Regulation
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-K</FONT> and (ii)&nbsp;as of the date of this Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K,</FONT> she holds no direct or indirect beneficial ownership in the Company&#146;s stock or rights to
acquire the Company&#146;s stock. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Fuller will serve pursuant to the standard compensation agreement that the Company has with its other Board members as
described in the 2018 Proxy Statement, as such agreement may be amended from time to time and disclosed in future Proxy Statements. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;5.03&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">By-Laws.</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company&#146;s <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">By-Laws</FONT> provide that the authorized number of
Directors of the Company shall be 9 unless amended by resolution of the Board of Directors. Prior resolution of the Board had reduced the number of directors to 8. Through an amendment to the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">By-Laws</FONT> the Board
has increased the number of Directors from 8 to 9, effective as of January&nbsp;1, 2019. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;9.01&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) Exhibits </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">99.1 <A HREF="d684215dex991.htm">Press Release
 of the Company dated January 2, 2019, announcing the Company&#146;s election of a new member to the Board of Directors. </A> </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/<SMALL>S</SMALL>/ <B>A<SMALL>LLEN</SMALL> E. L<SMALL>YDA</SMALL></B><SMALL></SMALL></TD></TR>
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8-K
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20509
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) January 3, 2019
Tejon Ranch Co.
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Delaware
1-7183
77-0196136
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
P. O. Box 1000,
Lebec, California
93243
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code 661
248-3000
Not applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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))
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 the 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 5.02            Departure of
Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Effective
January 1, 2019, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Tejon Ranch Co. (the "Company") unanimously voted to elect former California State Senator Jean Fuller to the Board. Fuller fills a vacancy resulting from the
Board's action to increase the size of the Board (see current report for Item 5.03 below), and she will serve as a Class I Director. She will be appointed at a future date during the annual committee appointment process to serve on
one or more committees of the Board.
Jean Fuller served two terms in the California Senate from 2010 to 2018, when she was termed out. Prior to serving
in the California Senate, she was twice elected to the California State Assembly, serving from 2006 to 2010. During her tenure in the California Senate, Fuller served as the Presiding Officer and Minority Leader. Fuller was appointed as Vice Chair
of the Senate Rules; Budget, Energy, Utilities & Communications; Natural Resources and Water; and Environmental Quality Committees. Before being elected to the state legislature, Fuller served as Superintendent of the Bakersfield City
School District, which at the time serviced more than 30,000 students, had a budget in excess of $100 million and had 3,500 employees.
Jean Fuller
holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Barbara, a Master of Public Administration from the California State University, Los Angeles, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications from California State University, Fresno.
Fuller has (i) no arrangements or understandings with any other person pursuant to which she was appointed as a director and (ii) no family
relationship with any director or executive officer of the Company or any person nominated or chosen by the Company to become a director or executive officer.
Fuller (i) has had no direct or indirect material interest in any transaction or series of similar transactions contemplated by Item 404(a) of Regulation
S-K
and (ii) as of the date of this Current Report on Form
8-K,
she holds no direct or indirect beneficial ownership in the Company's stock or rights to
acquire the Company's stock.
Fuller will serve pursuant to the standard compensation agreement that the Company has with its other Board members as
described in the 2018 Proxy Statement, as such agreement may be amended from time to time and disclosed in future Proxy Statements.
Item 5.03            Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or
By-Laws.
The Company's
By-Laws
provide that the authorized number of
Directors of the Company shall be 9 unless amended by resolution of the Board of Directors. Prior resolution of the Board had reduced the number of directors to 8. Through an amendment to the
By-Laws
the Board
has increased the number of Directors from 8 to 9, effective as of January 1, 2019.
Item 9.01            Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
99.1
Press Release
 of the Company dated January 2, 2019, announcing the Company's election of a new member to the Board of Directors.
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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.
Date: January 3, 2019
TEJON RANCH CO.
By:
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S
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A
LLEN
E. L
YDA
Name:
Allen E. Lyda
Title:
Executive Vice President, and Chief Financial Officer
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