f8k-100610.htm
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): October 6, 2010
SPICY PICKLE FRANCHISING, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Colorado
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
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0-53000
(Commission
File Number)
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38-3750924
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
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90 Madison Street, Suite 700, Denver, Colorado 80206
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(303) 297-1902
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 5.02
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Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
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Effective October 6, 2010, Carl R. Vertuca, Jr. was appointed as a Director of the Registrant.
Mr. Vertuca, age 63, has served as president of The Vertuca Group, a venture capital and real estate investment company based in Boulder, Colorado, since 2000. He is also a managing member of the limited liability company that is the general partner of SOB Ventures, a private equity fund. From 2003 to the present, Mr. Vertuca has been on the Board of Directors of DDi Corp. (“DDi”), a publicly held company based in Anaheim, California, that is a provider of time-critical, technologically-advanced printed circuit board (“PCB”) engineering and manufacturing services. Mr. Vertuca currently is the Chairman of the Audit Committee and is a member of the Finance and Nomination and Corporate Governance Committees of the Board of Directors of DDi. Since 1993, he served as Executive Vice President of Finance and Administration and a board member of The Dii Group, a publicly held PCB provider and contract manufacturing company, until it was acquired by Flextronics International in 2000. Prior to his tenure at The Dii Group, Mr. Vertuca held various senior level management positions in manufacturing, engineering and finance at IBM Corporation and StorageTek Corporation.
Mr. Vertuca will receive an annual compensation of $25,000 for his services as a Director of the Registrant.
The Registrant has concluded that Mr. Vertuca is an experienced financial executive with the skills necessary to serve as Director
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.
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SPICY PICKLE FRANCHISING, INC.
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October 12, 2010
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By: Arnold Tinter
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Arnold Tinter
Chief Financial Officer
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