-----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, Pef43rSR7Mu68Zw1+rEZPnxPVS5EK4DFf3Dvsc/iRuwivn9YBvr9u1Qww0nlD7NR RBrJObPpVh3KKf8ImzRKYw== 0000102588-11-000002.txt : 20110105 0000102588-11-000002.hdr.sgml : 20110105 20110105160517 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000102588-11-000002 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20101231 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers FILED AS OF DATE: 20110105 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110105 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SONOMAWEST HOLDINGS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000102588 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: LESSORS OF REAL PROPERTY, NEC [6519] IRS NUMBER: 941069729 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-01912 FILM NUMBER: 11510912 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2064 HIGHWAY 116 NORTH CITY: SEBASTOPOL STATE: CA ZIP: 95472 BUSINESS PHONE: 707-824-2534 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2064 HIGHWAY 116 NORTH CITY: SEBASTOPOL STATE: CA ZIP: 95472 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: VACU DRY CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 8-K 1 dec20108k.htm CHANGE IN OFFICERS dec20108k.htm


 
UNITED STATES
 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
 
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
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FORM 8-K
 
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CURRENT REPORT
 
 
 
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
 
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
 
 
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): December 31, 2010
 
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SonomaWest Holdings, Inc.
 
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 
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Delaware
  
000-01912
  
94-1069729
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
  
(Commission File Number)
  
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
 
 
2064 Highway 116 North
Sebastopol, California
  
95472
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  
(Zip Code)
 
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (707) 824-2534
 
 
 
Same
 
(Former name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report.)
 
 
 
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Item 5.02    Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangement of Certain Officers.
 
(b)  On December 31, 2010, Walker R. Stapleton, the President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of SonomaWest Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”), tendered his resignation from such positions and as a director of the Company, effective as of such date. Mr. Stapleton will begin serving as the Colorado State Treasurer on January 11, 2011.
 
(c)      On December 31, 2010, the Board appointed Craig R. Stapleton, Mr. W. Stapleton’s father and the Company’s largest stockholder, to the positions of President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective upon the resignation by Mr. W. Stapleton from such positions. The Board also elected Mr. Craig Stapleton as a director of the Company and as Chairman of the Board to fill the vacancies in these positions resulting from Mr. W. Stapleton’s resignation. Mr. Craig Stapleton will serve as a director of the Company until the next annual meeting of stockholders. Mr. Craig Stapleton will receive an annual base salary of $60,000 for his service as the Company’s President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer.
 
Mr. Craig R. Stapleton, age 65, is a Senior Advisor of Stone Point Capital LLC, in Greenwich, Connecticut, and is Lead Director on the Board of Abercrombie and Fitch. He served the United States as Ambassador to France from 2005 to 2009 and as Ambassador to the Czech Republic from 2001 to 2004. From 1982 to 2001, he was the President of Marsh and McLennan Real Estate Advisors of New York. Mr. Craig Stapleton was a director of the Company from 1995 to 2001.  Mr. Craig Stapleton is President of the Vaclav Havel Foundation in the United States.  He was awarded the Jan Masaryk Medal for service to the Czech Republic.  He served on the Board of the Peac e Corps under President George H. W. Bush.  In May 2009, President Nicholas Sarkozy named Ambassador Stapleton a Commandeur of the Legion of Honor.  Mr. Craig Stapleton is currently serving as a Trustee of the George W. Bush Library and Foundation, the 9/11 Memorial Foundation, the de Tocqueville/United Way Foundation, CERGE (the Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education), and the Association François-Xavier Bagnoud.  He has served on the Visiting Committee for Harvard College and the Committee on University Resources. He holds a B.A. (magna cum laude) from Harvard University and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration.
 
(d)      Information set forth in Item 5.02(c) of this Current Report on Form 8-K with respect to the election of Mr. Craig Stapleton as a director of the Company is incorporated into this Item 5.02(d) by reference. 
 
(e)       Mr. Stapleton will continue to provide consulting services to the Company pursuant to a consulting agreement dated January 1, 2011 (the “Consulting Agreement”) between the Company and Rocky Mountain Trust, LLC. Under the Consulting Agreement, Mr. Stapleton will receive an hourly fee of $250, with an annual maximum of $150,000. The term of the Consulting Agreement is for one year, unless earli er terminated pursuant to the terms therein.
 

 
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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.
 
 
 
   
SONOMAWEST HOLDINGS, INC.
     
            Date: January 3, 2011
  
By:
  
/s/ Craig R. Stapleton      
       
Craig R. Stapleton
       
President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer

 

 
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