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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) April 5, 2007
Hurco
Companies, Inc.
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Indiana
(State
or
Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)
0-9143 35-1150732
(Commission
File Number) (IRS
Employer Identification No.)
One
Technology Way
Indianapolis,
Indiana &#
160; 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)
Check
the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
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Item
5.02 Departure
of Directors and Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of
Principal Officers.
Effective
April 5, 2007, the Board of Directors of Hurco Companies, Inc. (the
“Registrant”) elected Philip James to serve as a director. Mr. James is
currently President of James Consulting Associates LLC, providing strategic
advice to senior management of global manufacturing companies with a special
emphasis on China, where he has conducted business extensively for 25 years
combined with over 39 years of industry experience. Mr. James has not yet been
named to a committee of the board of directors.
A
press
release regarding Mr. James appointment is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this
Current Report on Form 8-K and the information set forth therein is incorporated
herein by reference and constitutes a part of this report.
Item
9.01 Financial
Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
99.1
Press Release dated April 5, 2007.
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:
April 9, 2007
HURCO
COMPANIES, INC.
By:
/s/
Michael Doar
Michael
Doar, Chairman and
Chief
Executive Officer
INDEX
TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
No. Description
(d) Exhibits
BDDB01
4486505v2
99.1
Press Release dated April 5, 2007.FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
WEDNESDAY,
APRIL 5, 2007
HURCO
NAMES PHILIP JAMES AS A NEW DIRECTOR
INDIANAPOLIS,
INDIANA - April 5, 2007 - Hurco Companies, Inc. (NASDAQ Global Market: HURC)
Hurco
Companies, Inc. (the “Company”) announces today that Philip James has been
appointed as a new Director of the Board of the Company effective April 5,
2007. Mr. James worked for The Ingersoll Milling Machine Company for more
than 30 years until 1997, with his last position as Executive Vice
President-International. From 1997 until April 2001, Mr. James was Group Vice
President of Brown & Sharpe Measuring Systems Division where he led the
acquisition of majority control of a Chinese manufacturer of coordinate
measuring machines and developed it into the leading manufacturer in China
for
this type of equipment. Mr. James led the acquisition by Dalian Machine Tool
Company in China of Ingersoll Production Machines and became its CEO in October
2002. In February 2004, Mr. James was elected as the only foreign member of
the
Board of Directors of Dalian Machine Tool Company and held that position until
his retirement in October 2006. Mr. James is currently President of James
Consulting Associates LLC, providing strategic advice to senior management
of
global manufacturing companies with a special emphasis on China, where he has
conducted business extensively for 25 years.
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
Contact:
Hurco Companies, Inc.
Michael Doar
317-293-5309