SEC Form 4 · accession 0001127602-15-015420

FERRO CORP · FOE

Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗

Reporting owner

Director

Period of report

Apr 24, 2015

Accepted (ET)

Apr 28, 2015 · 5:12 pm EDT

Rule 10b5-1 plan

unknown — predates the checkbox

Issuer CIK

0000035214

Table I — non-derivative securities

Security	Date	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Owned after	D/I	Nature of ownership
Common Stock	holding	—	—		—	8,800	D
Common Stock^F1	holding	—	—		—	350,000	I	By Quinpario Partners LLC

Security	Conv. / exercise price	Date	Code	Shares	A/D	Exercisable	Expires	Underlying	Underlying shares	Owned after	D/I
Deferred Stock Units^F4,F2,F3	—	Apr 24, 2015	A	7,200	A	—	—	Common Stock	7,200	14,800	D

F1Shares of Common Stock directly owned by Quinpario Partners LLC ("Quinpario"). Mr. Quinn, as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Quinpario, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares of Common Stock directly owned by Quinpario.
F2Each DSU is the economic equivalent of one share of Ferro common stock.
F3Award granted to Non-Employee Directors. The Deferred Stock Units vest immediately at the time of the Award; however, the Deferred Stock Units will be held for the account of the Recipient and will not be converted into shares of Ferro Common Stock until the Recipient ceases to serve as a Director of the Company (the "Holding Period"). Upon cessation of Recipient's service as a Director, one share of Ferro Common Stock will be delivered for each Deferred Stock Unit held. During the Holding Period, the Recipient will not be entitled to exercise any voting rights with respect to the shares of Ferro Common Stock that correspond to the Deferred Stock Units, but the Recipient will be entitled to receive a cash payment equivalent to any cash distributions or dividends paid on Ferro Common Stock with respect to the Deferred Stock Units during the Holding Period.
F4Each DSU is the economic equivalent of one share of Ferro common stock.