-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, GKrJ8bxM1oWUWNhXqNwqaFqiaK8ooeO7y4LBKS1DvifjC8XZDJ7DZoSrzuBFsT41 R2Be1jSaigFKDv/rHgsn2Q== 0001018871-06-000039.txt : 20060519 0001018871-06-000039.hdr.sgml : 20060519 20060519164806 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001018871-06-000039 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20060519 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers FILED AS OF DATE: 20060519 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20060519 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: HEALTHTRONICS, INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001018871 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTROMEDICAL & ELECTROTHERAPEUTIC APPARATUS [3845] IRS NUMBER: 582210668 STATE OF INCORPORATION: GA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-30406 FILM NUMBER: 06855854 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1301 CAPITAL OF TEXAS HWY. STREET 2: SUITE B-200 CITY: AUSTIN STATE: TX ZIP: 78746 BUSINESS PHONE: 512.328.2892 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1301 CAPITAL OF TEXAS HWY. STREET 2: SUITE B-200 CITY: AUSTIN STATE: TX ZIP: 78746 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HEALTHTRONICS SURGICAL SERVICES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20010613 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HEALTHTRONICS INC /GA DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19980623 8-K 1 f8k051906fr.htm Form 8-K

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)
May  19, 2006

HEALTHTRONICS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Georgia   000-30406   58-2210668
  		 
  		 
 
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation) 		  (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

1301 Capital of Texas Highway, Suite 200B
Austin, Texas 78746
(Address of principal executive office including Zip Code)

(512) 328-2892

(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. Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.

 

(d) On May 19, 2006, the Board of Directors of HealthTronics, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Sam B. Humphries to the Company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Humphries was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company effective on May 11, 2006. The material terms of his employment agreement with the Company are described in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 1, 2006. In joining the Company, Mr. Humphries resigned from his position as President and Chief Executive Officer of Uroplasty, Inc., a publicly-traded medical device company, in which positions he served since January 2005. He was previously a partner of Ascent Medical Technology Fund, L.P., a venture capital fund founded in 1995. Mr. Humphries has over 25 years experience in the healthcare and medical device industry, including serving as President and Chief Executive Officer of American Medical Systems, Inc., a publicly-traded manufacturer of medical devices primarily for the urology market. Mr. Humphries serves on the Board of Directors of Uroplasty, Inc., Criticare Systems, Inc. and Universal Hospital Services, Inc.

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

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.

 

       

HEALTHTRONICS, INC.
(Registrant)

Date: May 19, 2006       By:   /s/ James S.B. Whittenburg
         
            Name:
Title:		  

James S.B. Whittenburg

President – AK Specialty Vehicles,

Senior Vice President –
Development and General Counsel

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