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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) July 21, 2006 (July 18, 2006)
Hurco
Companies, Inc.
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Indiana
(State
or
Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)
0-9143 35-1150
73
(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)
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Item
5.02 Departure
of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment
of Principal Officers.
On
July
18, 2006, Stephen J. Alesia, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of
Hurco
Companies, Inc. (the "Company"), notified the Company of his intention to resign
from his positions with the Company. The effective date of Mr. Alesia's
resignation will be September 1, 2006. The Company has not formally
designated a new or acting Chief Financial Officer at this time.
On
July 21, 2006, the Company issued a press release relating to this
event. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and
is incorporated herein by reference.
Item
9.01 Financial
Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
99.1 Press
Release, dated July 21, 2006
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:
July 21, 2006
HURCO
COMPANIES, INC.
By:
/s/ Michaeld Doar
Michael
Doar, Chairman and
Chief
Executive Officer
INDEX
TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
No. Description
99.1 Press
Release dated July 21, 2006.
BDDB01
4466190v1
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FRIDAY,
JULY 21, 2006
HURCO
REPORTS DEPARTURE OF CFO
INDIANAPOLIS,
INDIANA - July 21, 2006 - Hurco Companies, Inc. (NASDAQ Global
Market: HURC)
today
announced that its Chief Financial Officer, Stephen J. Alesia, has notified
the
company that he intends to resign from his position effective September 1,
2006,
to pursue another business opportunity.
Michael
Doar, Chief Executive Officer, stated, “Steve has been an important contributor
to our success in recent years and we wish him success in his new position.
We
appreciate the fact that he has agreed to continue to remain through the end
of
August to assist us in completing our financial reporting requirements for
our
third quarter. We have initiated a search for qualified candidates, both
internal and external, for the CFO position.”
Hurco
Companies, Inc. is an industrial technology company that designs and produces
interactive computer controls, software and computerized machine tools for
the
worldwide metal cutting industry. The end market for the company’s products
consists primarily of independent job shops and short-run manufacturing
operations within large corporations in industries such as aerospace, defense,
medical equipment, energy, transportation and computer equipment. The Company
is
based in Indianapolis, Indiana, and has sales, application engineering and
service subsidiaries in High Wycombe, England; Munich, Germany; Paris, France;
Milan, Italy; Shanghai, China and Singapore, along with manufacturing operations
in Taiwan. Products are sold through independent agents and distributors in
the
United States, Europe and Asia. The Company also has direct sales forces in
the
United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy and Asia.
Web
Site:
www.hurco.com
This
news release contains forward looking statements which involve known and unknown
risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results,
performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results,
performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements. These factors include, among others, changes in general economic
and
business conditions that affect demand for computerized machine systems,
computer numerical control systems and software products, changes in
manufacturing markets, innovations by competitors, quality and delivery of
performance by our contract manufacturers and governmental actions and
initiatives including import and export restrictions and
tariffs.
Contact: Hurco
Companies, Inc.
Michael
Doar
317-298-2600