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): November 10,
2006
DENNY’S
CORPORATION
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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0-18051
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13-3487402
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
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Commission
File No.
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(I.R.S.
Employer
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Incorporation
or organization
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Identification
No.)
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203
East Main Street
Spartanburg,
South Carolina 29319-0001
(Address
of principal executive offices)
(Zip
Code)
(864)
597-8000
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
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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
On
November 10, 2006, Denny’s Corporation (the “Company”) amended the employment
agreement dated May 11, 2005 between the Company, Denny’s Inc. (a wholly owned
subsidiary of the Company) and Nelson J. Marchioli, the President and Chief
Executive Officer of the Company and Denny’s Inc., for the primary purpose of
extending the term of Mr. Marchioli’s employment through May 20, 2009. Certain
other minor amendments were made to the employment agreement as described
in the
amendment which is attached to this report as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated
herein by reference. The remaining terms of the employment agreement are
as
disclosed in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on April 20, 2006.
Item
9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d)
Exhibits
Exhibit
No. 10.1 Amendment
dated November 10, 2006 to the Employment Agreement dated May 11, 2005 between
Denny’s Corporation, Denny’s Inc. and Nelson J. Marchioli
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.
| Denny's Corporation | |
| Date: November 13, 2006 | /s/ Rhonda J. Parish |
| Rhonda J. Parish | |
| Executive Vice President, | |
| Chief Legal Officer, | |
| and Secretary |