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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
September 18, 2020
Date of Report (date of earliest event reported)
Valmont Industries, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

|  | Delaware |  |  |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |  |  |  |  |
1-31429 |  |  |  | 47-0351813 |
(Commission File Number) |  |  |  | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
One Valmont Plaza |  |  |  | 68154 |
Omaha | NE |  |  |  |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) |  |  |  | (Zip Code) |

(402) 963-1000
Registrant's telephone number, including area code
__________________________________________________________________________________
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class |  | Trading Symbol(s) |  | Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $1.00 par value |  | VMI |  | New York Stock Exchange

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
d) Valmont Industries, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release announcing the appointments of Ritu Favre and Joan Robinson-Berry to its Board of Directors, effective September 18, 2020. The size of the Company's board of directors was increased to 12 members.
As non-employee directors, the new directors receive a cash retainer of $95,000 per annum. Non-employee directors also receive a grant of restricted stock units with a value of $135,000. The equity grants are made annually on the date of and following completion of the Company's annual shareholders' meeting. The restricted stock units vest on the first anniversary of the grant date (subject to deferral by the director). The total cash compensation and the grant date fair value of equity awards for a non-employee director may not exceed $500,000 in a calendar year.
The Company's press release announcing the appointments of the two directors is included with this Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No. |  | Description
99.1 |  | Press Release dated September 21, 2020
104 |  | Cover Page Interactive File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded in the Inline XBRL document)

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.

|  | Valmont Industries, Inc.
Date: September 21, 2020 |  |
| By: | /s/ AVNER M. APPLBAUM
|  | Name: Avner M. Applbaum
|  | Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer