UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

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PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report: February 27, 2003

 

Commission file number 1-3295

MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

(212) 878-1800
(Registrant's telephone number including area code)

 

 

 

 

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Item 5.         Other Events

        On February 27, 2003, Minerals Technologies Inc. issued a press release concerning the election of Mr. John T. Reid to its Board of Directors.

(c)     Exhibits

          99     -     Press Release issued by Minerals Technologies Inc. on February 27, 2003.

 

 

 

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SIGNATURE

 

        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, thereunto duly authorized.

 

MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES INC.

 

 

By:	S. Garrett Gray
	S. Garrett Gray
	Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

 

Date: February 28, 2003

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.	Description
99	Press Release issued by Minerals Technologies Inc. on February 27, 2003.

 

 

 

 

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		News
For Immediate Release  February 27, 2003		Contact:      Rick B. Honey      (212) 878-1831

 

MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES INC. ELECTS JOHN T. REID
TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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NEW YORK, February 27--Minerals Technologies Inc. (NYSE: MTX) announced today the election of John T. Reid to its Board of Directors. Mr. Reid is an adjunct professor in the graduate MBA program at New York University and former chief technology officer of Colgate-Palmolive Company.

     "I would like to welcome John Reid to our Board of Directors," said Paul R. Saueracker, chairman, president and chief executive officer. "His more than 35 years of international business experience with a variety of companies will provide valuable insight for our company."

      After earning a doctorate in International Marketing from Oxford University, where he served as a Rhodes Scholar, Mr. Reid came to the United States to start his business career in 1965. He served as an economist at W.R. Grace, and then joined Pfizer Inc in 1969, where he rose to the position of vice president, Strategic Planning and Projects for Pfizer International. In 1982, he joined Colgate-Palmolive Company, where he served as chief technology officer between 1997 and 2000.

     Mr. Reid has been a member of the Board of Directors and of the Executive and Audit committees of the Center for Global Development since 2001. He is also a member of the Board

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of Directors of Citizens' Committee for Children, a position he has held since 2002.

Minerals Technologies Inc. is a global resource- and technology-based growth company that develops, produces and markets the highest quality performance-enhancing minerals and related products, systems and services for the paper, steel, polymer and other manufacturing industries. The company reported net sales of $752.7 million in 2002.

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www.mineralstech.com