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): May 21, 2015

 

GENERAL EMPLOYMENT ENTERPRISES, INC

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Illinois

 

1-05707

 

36-6097429

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(Commission File
Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

 

184 Shuman Blvd., Ste. 420, Naperville, Illinois

 

60563

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (630) 954-0400

 

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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.

 

General Employment Enterprises, Inc. (the "Company" or “General Employment”) announced today that the Company has appointed Peter Tanous, age 77, to the General Employment Board of Directors effective immediately.

 

Mr. Tanous is an independent director and has served on several boards of directors of public and private companies, including staffing giant and publicly traded (NYSE) MPS Group, Inc. ("MPS"), which was sold to the largest staffing company in the world, Adecco Group for $1.3 billion in 2009.

 

Mr. Tanous is Chairman of Lynx Investment Advisory of Washington D.C., an SEC registered investment advisory firm. In prior years, Mr. Tanous was International Regional Director with Smith Barney and a member of the executive committee of Smith Barney International, Inc. He served for ten years as executive vice president and a director of Bank Audi (USA) in New York, and was earlier chairman of Petra Capital Corporation in New York. A graduate of Georgetown University, he serves on the university's investment committee and as a member of the Georgetown University Library Board. 

 

On May 21, 2015, Dennis Baker and Jack Zwick resigned from the Registrant’s Board of Directors. Mr. Baker and Mr. Zwick’s resignation was not due to a disagreement with the Registrant on any matter relating to the Registrant’s operations, policies or practices. George Bajalia was appointed to the audit committee and elected the Audit Committee Chairman on April 18, 2015.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

99.1

 

Press release issued by General Employment Enterprises, Inc. dated May 26, 2015.

 

 
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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, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

GENERAL EMPLOYMENT ENTERPRISES, INC.

 

(Registrant)

     

Date: May 26, 2015

By:

/s/ Andrew J. Norstrud

 

   

Andrew J. Norstrud

 

   

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

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