-----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, C9I1f4UK+peyR/obw/QlGpdRPPwu8jt5vne6h7esoN+G1iHKTfYe9bhuh9drYVX6 ulcagNPStjVBfph7SsdefQ== 0000922907-05-000225.txt : 20050321 0000922907-05-000225.hdr.sgml : 20050321 20050321152246 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000922907-05-000225 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20050318 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers FILED AS OF DATE: 20050321 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20050321 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: COLLINS INDUSTRIES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000021759 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MOTOR VEHICLES & PASSENGER CAR BODIES [3711] IRS NUMBER: 430985160 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MO FISCAL YEAR END: 1031 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-12619 FILM NUMBER: 05694115 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 15 COMPOUND DR CITY: HUTCHINSON STATE: KS ZIP: 67502 BUSINESS PHONE: 6206635551 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 15 COMPOUND DRIVE STREET 2: PO BOX 648 CITY: HUTCHINSON STATE: KS ZIP: 67502 8-K 1 form8k_032105.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K for Collins Industries, Inc. 


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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
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                                    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 18, 2005
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                            Collins Industries, Inc.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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         Missouri                        0-12619                43-0985160
(State or other jurisdiction           (Commission             (IRS Employer
     of incorporation)                 File Number)          Identification No.)

           15 Compound Drive, Hutchinson, KS                       67502
       (Address of principal executive offices)                  (Zip Code)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (620) 663-5551

                                 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.

     (b)  On March 18, 2005, the Executive Vice President - Operations of
Collins Industries, Inc. (the "Company"), Terry L. Clark, retired, effective
immediately. On March 18, 2005, the Chief Financial Officer of the Company,
Larry W. Sayre, retired, effective immediately. The Company has instituted a
search to identify candidates for the positions of Executive Vice President -
Operations and Chief Financial Officer.

     (c)  In the interim, the Board of Directors of the Company has appointed
Donald Lynn Collins, President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of the
Company to assume the role of acting principal financial and accounting officer
and to assume the role of principal operating officer. Mr. Collins, 52, joined
the Company in 1980 after being associated with Arthur Andersen LLP, an
international accounting firm. Mr. Collins has served as Chief Executive Officer
of the Company since 1998, as President since 1990 and as a director since 1983.
He served as the Chief Operating Officer from 1988 until 1998. He is Chairman of
the Board's Executive Committee and a member of the Board's Policy Committee. He
is the son of Don L. Collins, founder of the Company and Chairman of the Board.


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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.



                                       COLLINS INDUSTRIES, INC.


Date:  March 21, 2005
                                       By:      /s/ Donald Lynn Collins
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                                       Name:    Donald Lynn Collins
                                       Title:   President and Chief Executive
                                                Officer


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