RACINE, Wis. -- Modine Manufacturing Co. elected three new directors during the company’s annual shareholder meeting held last week. Frank Jones, Dennis Kuester, and Michael Yonker were elected for terms expiring in 2012.

During the meeting, Thomas Burke, Modine president and chief executive officer, and Bradley Richardson, executive vice president - corporate strategy and chief financial officer, reviewed the company's fiscal 2009 performance and the previously-announced steps being taken to improve financial results and global competitiveness, including realignment of its manufacturing footprint, product portfolio rationalization, reduced selling, general and administrative (SG&A) costs and tighter capital resource allocation.

A total of 29,375,609 shares, constituting 91 percent of the outstanding shares entitled to vote, were represented at the meeting, which was held in The Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee, Wis., and chaired by Gary Neale, non-executive chairman of the board.