f8k0715_form-htlj.htm
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
DC 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of
1934
Date
of
Report (Date of earliest reported):September 18, 2007
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in charter)
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Maryland
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000-27045
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36-4286069
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(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation or Organization)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS
Employer Identification No.)
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124
Brooklyn Street
Cumberland
Gap, Tennessee 37724
(Address
of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
P.O.
Box 4320
Harrogate,
Tennessee 37752
(Mailing
address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
423-526-7030
(Registrant’s
telephone no., including area code)
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(17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Appointment
of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangement s of Certain
Officers
On
September 18, 2007, Jerry Gruenbaum resigned as the Chief Financial Officer
and
Secretary of Heartland, Inc. (the “Company”). Mr. Gruenbaum will
continue to serve as a director of the Company. In order to fill the
vacancies resulting from the resignation of Mr. Gruenbaum, the Board of
Directors of the Company appointed Thomas Miller as the Secretary of the Company
and Mitchell L. Cox as the Chief Financial Officer of the
Company. Mr. Cox will serve as Chief Financial Officer on a part time
basis and will be paid $1,500 per month.
For
the
last five years Mr. Mitchell has served as the President and owner of
Full-Charge Certified Public Accountant advising clients on all aspects of
the
accounting business. Further, Mr. Mitchell has also served as the
Controller for Lee Oil Company where he has managed all financial transactions and
record
keeping. Terry Lee, the Company’s CEO, is also a shareholder,
director and officer of Lee Oil Company. Mr. Mitchell received his BD
in Business from Carson Newman College in Jefferson City, TN in
1984.
Mr.
Miller has been with the Company since 2003 when it acquired Mound Technologies,
Inc. Mr. Miller was elected to the Board of Directors on May 23,
2006, as its Chief Operating Office on September 27, 2006 and as its Secretary
on September 18, 2007. From May 23, 2006 to September 27, 2006, Mr.
Miller acted as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Miller
graduated from Ohio State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil
Engineering in 1978 and continued his education at the University of Dayton
where he received a Master of Business Administration degree in
1983. He is a registered engineer in the state of
Ohio. Mr. Miller started on the shop floor at Mound Steel Corporation
as a welder. He spent time working in the engineering and sales
department before becoming Vice President of Sales and Quality in
1986. He became President of Mound Steel Corporation in
1990. The additional title of Chief Executive was added to his
responsibilities in 2001. In November of 2002, Mr. Miller became
Chief Executive officer of Mound Technologies, Inc. In 1988 he was
elected to the Lebanon City Council. He was re-elected in 1992 and
served as Vice Mayor during that time period. Mr. Miller has served
on various local boards including the Middletown Regional Hospital Foundation,
Dan Beard Council of Boy Scouts of America, and the Warren County Business
Advisory Council. Mr. Miller will continue as President of the
Company’s subsidiary Mound Technologies, Inc.
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.
HEARTLAND,
INC.
Date:
September 18,
2007 By:
/s/Terry Lee
Name:
Terry Lee
Title:
CEO