UNITED STATES
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)

March 24, 2009


CONN’S, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

Delaware
(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)

000-50421

 

06-1672840

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

3295 College Street
Beaumont, Texas  77701
(Address of Principal Executive
Offices and zip code)


(409) 832-1696
(Registrant's telephone
number, including area code)


N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 5.02  Appointment of Principal Officer.

On March 24, 2009, our Board of Directors appointed Timothy L. Frank as our Chief Executive Officer effective June 2, 2009, to complete the transition from his previously appointed position as CEO designate.  Mr. Frank has served on our board of directors since his appointment by the board of directors on November 23, 2008, to fill the newly created tenth board position.  Mr. Frank was elected Chief Executive Officer Designate on June 3, 2008 by our Board of Directors, President of our Company by our board of directors on March 28, 2006, effective April 1, 2006, and Chief Operating Officer effective June 1, 2007.  Mr. Frank has previously served as our Senior Vice President – Retail from May, 2005.   He joined us in September 1995 and has served in various roles throughout our Company, including Director of Advertising, Director of Credit, Director of Legal Collections, Director of Direct Marketing, and as Vice President of Special Projects.  Prior to joining our Company, Mr. Frank served in various marketing positions with a nationally known marketing consulting company.  Mr. Frank holds a B.S. in Liberal Arts from Texas A&M University and an M.B.A. in Marketing from the University of North Texas.  Mr. Frank has also completed a post-graduate program at Harvard University.  Mr. Frank is the son of Thomas J. Frank, Sr., our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.  Mr. Frank is 41 years old.

Item 9.01(c) Exhibits.

Exhibit 99.1        Press Release, dated March 25, 2009, Appointment of Director and Principal Officers

All of the information contained in Item 9.01(c) in this Form 8-K shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and shall not be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.


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.

CONN'S, INC.

 

 

Date:

March 25, 2009

By:

/s/ Michael J. Poppe

 

Michael J. Poppe

 

Chief Financial Officer


EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.

Description

 
99.1 Press Release, dated March 25, 2009, Announcement of Management Changes

Exhibit 99.1

Conn’s, Inc. Announces Management Changes

BEAUMONT, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 25, 2009--Conn’s, Inc. (NASDAQ/NM:CONN), a specialty retailer of home appliances, consumer electronics, computers, mattresses, furniture and lawn and garden products, today announced that the Board of Directors appointed Timothy L. Frank to become Chief Executive Officer effective June 2, 2009, completing the previously announced transition. As part of the Company’s succession planning, Mr. Frank was previously named as the Chief Executive Officer Designate effective June 1, 2008.

Mr. Frank is currently the Company’s President and Chief Operating Officer. He has served on the Board of Directors since his appointment by the Board of Directors on November 23, 2008. The Company’s Board of Directors elected Mr. Frank as Chief Executive Officer Designate effective June 1, 2008, President of the Company effective April 1, 2006, and Chief Operating Officer effective June 1, 2007. Mr. Frank has previously served as the Senior Vice President – Retail from May, 2005. He joined the Company in September 1995 and has served in various roles throughout the Company, including Director of Advertising, Director of Credit, Director of Legal Collections, Director of Direct Marketing, and as Vice President of Special Projects. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Frank served in various marketing positions with a nationally known marketing consulting company. Mr. Frank holds a B.S. in Liberal Arts from Texas A&M University and an M.B.A. in Marketing from the University of North Texas. Mr. Frank has also completed a post-graduate program at Harvard University.

About Conn’s, Inc.

The Company is a specialty retailer currently operating 75 retail locations in Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma: 23 stores in the Houston area, 19 in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, nine in San Antonio, five in Austin, five in Southeast Texas, one in Corpus Christi, four in South Texas, six in Louisiana and three in Oklahoma. It sells home appliances, including refrigerators, freezers, washers, dryers, dishwashers and ranges, and a variety of consumer electronics, including LCD, plasma and DLP televisions, camcorders, digital cameras, computers and computer accessories, Blu-ray and DVD players, video game equipment, portable audio, MP3 players, GPS devices and home theater products. The Company also sells lawn and garden products, furniture and mattresses, and continues to introduce additional product categories for the home to help respond to its customers' product needs and to increase same store sales. Unlike many of its competitors, the Company provides flexible in-house credit options for its customers. In the last three years, the Company has financed, on average, approximately 61% of its retail sales.


This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Such forward-looking statements generally can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "may," "will," "expect," "intend," "could," "estimate," "should," "anticipate," or "believe," or the negative thereof or variations thereon or similar terminology. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements will prove to be correct, the Company can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. The actual future performance of the Company could differ materially from such statements. Further information on these risk factors is included in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's annual report on Form 10-K filed on March 27, 2008. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. Except as required by law, the Company is not obligated to publicly release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect the events or circumstances after the date of this press release or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

CONN-G

CONTACT:
Conn’s, Inc., Beaumont
Chairman and CEO
Thomas J. Frank, 409-832-1696 Ext. 3218