0001213900-13-001358.txt : 20130327 0001213900-13-001358.hdr.sgml : 20130327 20130327150151 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001213900-13-001358 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20130321 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20130327 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20130327 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SIONIX CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000764667 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REFRIGERATION & SERVICE INDUSTRY MACHINERY [3580] IRS NUMBER: 870428526 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NV FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 002-95626-D FILM NUMBER: 13719527 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 914 WESTWOOD BLVD., BOX 801 CITY: LOS ANGELES STATE: CA ZIP: 90024 BUSINESS PHONE: (847) 235-4566 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 914 WESTWOOD BLVD., BOX 801 CITY: LOS ANGELES STATE: CA ZIP: 90024 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SIONIX CORP /UT/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19960515 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: AUTOMATIC CONTROL CORP /NV DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19960422 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SIONIX CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19960214 8-K 1 f8k032113_sionix.htm FORM 8-K f8k032113_sionix.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): March 27, 2013 (March 21, 2013)
 
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Sionix Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada
 
002-95626-D
 
87-0428526
(State or other jurisdiction
 
(Commission
 
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)
 
File Number)
 
Identification No.)
 
2010 North Loop West, Suite 110
Houston, Texas
 
 
77018
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 
(713) 682-6500
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the Company under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2 below).
 
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On March 21, 2013, the Board of Directors of Sionix Corporation (the "Company") appointed Joseph W. Autem as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Autem, 55, has served as a director of ViewCast Corporation, a public communications company, since January 1999 and is currently the chairman of its audit committee. He co-founded CFO Partners, a financial advisory firm, in September 2009 and is currently one of its Managing Partners.  Mr. Autem has also held CFO positions with companies in the investment, technology, manufacturing and oil and gas industries, including Rainwater, Inc., Natural Gas Partners, Broadcast.com and TieTek.  He also served as the President and a Director of Paralegals Plus, Inc., a temporary paralegal staffing firm which filed for bankruptcy in November 2008. Early in his career, Mr. Autem was in public practice with the national accounting firm Arthur Andersen. Mr. Autem holds a B.S. in Accounting from Pittsburg State University.

There is no family relationship between Mr. Autem and any of the Company's directors or executive officers and Mr. Autem has not had any transaction with the Company during the past fiscal year through the present that would require reporting pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Mr. Autem will receive cash compensation in the amount of $80,000 per year in exchange for his services.

Item 8.01 Other Events

On March 21, 2013, the Company issued a press release announcing the appointment of Mr. Autem as its Chief Financial Officer. A copy of the press release is attached as exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
Exhibits:

(d) Exhibits:

99.1 Press release issued March 21, 2013.

 
 

 
 
SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this Current Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
Dated: March 27, 2013
 
 
SIONIX CORPORATION
 
       
 
   
                                                                           
                                                                         
By:
/s/ Ken  Calligar
   
Ken Calligar
   
Chief Executive Officer
 
 
 

 
 
Exhibit Index

Exhibit No. Description

99.1  Press release issued March 21, 2013.
 
 

EX-99.1 2 f8k032113ex99i_sionix.htm PRESS RELEASE ISSUED MARCH 21, 2013 f8k032113ex99i_sionix.htm
EXHIBIT 99.1
 
Sionix Announces the Appointment of Chief Financial Officer
3/21/2013 9:15:00 AM
 
 
HOUSTON, TX -- (Marketwire) -- 03/21/13 -- Sionix Corporation (OTCQB: SINX) announced today the appointment of Joseph W. Autem as its Chief Financial Officer.
 
Mr. Autem has over 30 years of financial and accounting experience in the oil and gas, technology, investment and manufacturing industries. Mr. Autem will work closely with the CEO and Board of Directors of Sionix to provide insight and strategic direction and to help create shareholder value.
 
Ken Calligar, Interim CEO of Sionix comments, "The hiring of Joe Autem is significant. Joe brings a wealth of relevant corporate experience to Sionix. He is well known and regarded in the Oil and Gas industry. I believe Sionix is assembling a management team that can leverage our proprietary technologies and technical skills into commercial results."
 
Mr. Autem is a founder of CFO Partners from its inception in September of 2009. His clients at CFO Partners have included drilling companies and exploration and production companies in the states of Texas and Oklahoma. Mr. Autem also has investments that include direct lease holdings of mineral interests in the Barnett Combo, the oil rich portion of the Barnett Shale, located in North Texas.
 
Prior to his association with CFO Partners, he has held CFO positions with leading companies in the investment, technology, manufacturing and oil and gas industries, in Fort Worth, Dallas and Houston. These companies include Rainwater, Inc., Natural Gas Partners, Broadcast.com, and TieTek. Mr. Autem began his career with Arthur Andersen in Kansas City. Mr. Autem currently serves on the Board of Directors of ViewCast Corporation; a Dallas based technology company and is the chairman of the audit committee.
 
About Sionix Corporation Sionix designs innovative and advanced water treatment systems intended for use in energy, government facilities, healthcare facilities, and emergency water supplies during natural disasters, housing development projects, and various industrial processes including subterranean fracturing used in oil and gas drilling. These systems can be located adjacent to contaminated water sites or as a pre-treatment for reverse osmosis and other membrane applications. Industries involved in dairy, agribusiness, meat processing, mining, poultry operations, and many others can benefit from Sionix' cost-effective, easily maintained, water treatment systems. For more information about the company, go to www.sionix.com.
 
Forward-Looking Statements All statements in this press release that are not statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements, including any projections of earnings, revenue, or other financial items, any statements of the plans, strategies, and objectives of management for future operations, any statements concerning proposed new products, services or developments, any statements regarding future economic conditions or performance, statements of belief and any statements of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. These statements are based on expectations and assumptions as of the date of this press release and are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, whether Sionix Corporation can raise capital as and when it needs to, whether the water purification systems will generate significant sales, whether it can compete successfully in its market and industry, and other factors beyond the control of Sionix Corporation, including those detailed from time to time in the reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Sionix Corporation assumes no obligation and does not intend to update these forward-looking statements.
 
 
Contact: Company Kenneth Calligar
Interim Chief Executive Officer
kcalligar@sionix.com