20111207 8-K


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
 
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)
December 7, 2011
 
 
(December 4, 2011)
 
 
Commission
 
Name of Registrants, State of Incorporation,
 
I.R.S. Employer
File Number
 
Address and Telephone Number
 
Identification No.
 
 
 
 
 
001-32462
 
PNM Resources, Inc.
 
85-0468296
 
 
(A New Mexico Corporation)
 
 
 
 
Alvarado Square
 
 
 
 
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87158
 
 
 
 
(505) 241-2700
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
______________________________
 
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)


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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Officers; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.


By letter dated December 4, 2011, Jeffry E. Sterba, Chairman of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of PNM Resources, Inc. (the “Company”), notified the Company of his intention to retire and resign as the Chairman and a member of the Board effective December 31, 2011. On December 6, 2011, the Board elected current Board member Patricia K. Collawn as the new Chairman of the Board, effective January 1, 2012, with the new title of Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer.


 

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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.

 
PNM RESOURCES, INC.
 
(Registrant)
 
 
 
 
Date: December 7, 2011
/s/ Thomas G. Sategna
 
Thomas G. Sategna
 
 Vice President and Corporate Controller
 
(Officer duly authorized to sign this report)




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