Current report items 5.02 and 9.01
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
DC 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) April 5, 2007
Hurco
Companies, Inc.
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Indiana
(State
or
Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)
0-9143 35-1150732
(Commission
File Number) (IRS
Employer Identification No.)
One
Technology Way
Indianapolis,
Indiana 46268
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip
Code)
(317)
293-5309
(Registrant’s
Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Not
Applicable
(Former
Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check
the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions (see
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Instruction A.2. below):
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240.13e-4(c))
Item
5.02 Departure
of Directors and Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of
Principal Officers.
Effective
April 5, 2007, the Board of Directors of Hurco Companies, Inc. (the
“Registrant”) elected Philip James to serve as a director. Mr. James is
currently President of James Consulting Associates LLC, providing strategic
advice to senior management of global manufacturing companies with a special
emphasis on China, where he has conducted business extensively for 25 years
combined with over 39 years of industry experience. Mr. James has not yet been
named to a committee of the board of directors.
A
press
release regarding Mr. James appointment is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this
Current Report on Form 8-K and the information set forth therein is incorporated
herein by reference and constitutes a part of this report.
Item
9.01 Financial
Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
99.1
Press Release dated April 5, 2007.
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.
Dated:
April 9, 2007
HURCO
COMPANIES, INC.
By:
/s/
Michael Doar
Michael
Doar, Chairman and
Chief
Executive Officer
INDEX
TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
No. Description
(d) Exhibits
BDDB01
4486505v2
99.1
Press Release dated April 5, 2007.