0001104659-10-047739.txt : 20100908 0001104659-10-047739.hdr.sgml : 20100908 20100908163414 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-10-047739 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20100907 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20100908 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20100908 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ROLLINS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000084839 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-TO DWELLINGS & OTHER BUILDINGS [7340] IRS NUMBER: 510068479 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-04422 FILM NUMBER: 101062601 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2170 PIEDMONT RD NE CITY: ATLANTA STATE: GA ZIP: 30324 BUSINESS PHONE: 4048882000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2170 PIEDMONT ROAD NE CITY: ATLANTA STATE: GA ZIP: 30324 8-K 1 a10-17059_18k.htm 8-K

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): September 7, 2010

ROLLINS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware		1-4422		51-0068479
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

2170 Piedmont Road, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30324

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (404) 888-2000

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On September 7, 2010, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Rollins, Inc. (the “Company”), acting through its independent directors, terminated the employment, effective immediately, of Glen W. Rollins as Executive Vice President of the Company.

On September 7, 2010, the Company issued a press release describing these actions. A copy of the press release is furnished with this Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press Release Dated September 7, 2010

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Rollins, Inc. has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	ROLLINS, INC.


Date: September 8, 2010	By:	/s/Harry J. Cynkus
	Name:	Harry J. Cynkus
	Title:	Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

EX-99.1 2 a10-17059_1ex99d1.htm EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

	For further information contact
	Harry J Cynkus (404) 888-2922

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Rollins, Inc. Announces Changes in Executive Officers

ATLANTA,GA., - September 7, 2010. The Board of Directors of Rollins, Inc. (NYSE: ROL) (the “Company”), acting through its independent directors, acted today to terminate the employment, effective immediately, of Glen W. Rollins as Executive Vice President of the Company and as President of the subsidiaries of the Company including Orkin, LLC.

The Company also disclosed that Glen Rollins and his siblings recently filed a lawsuit naming as defendants Gary W. Rollins, R. Randall Rollins and Henry B. Tippie, in their capacities as trustees of certain Rollins family trusts. The lawsuit does not implicate the Company or its operations. Gary Rollins, Randall Rollins and Henry Tippie are each directors of the Company. Gary Rollins is also the Chief Executive Officer of the Company and Randall Rollins is the Chairman of the Company.

Gary Rollins, who served as Orkin’s President until 2004 and has been Rollins’ President since 1984, will assume these responsibilities for the time being.

Rollins, Inc. is a premier North American consumer and commercial services company. Through its wholly owned subsidiaries, Orkin, LLC., PCO Services, HomeTeam Pest Defense, Western Pest Services, The Industrial Fumigant Company, Waltham Services, Inc. and Crane Pest Control, the Company provides essential pest control services and protection against termite damage, rodents and insects to over 2 million customers in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, the Middle East, Asia, the Mediterranean and Europe from over 500 locations. You can learn more about our subsidiaries by visiting our web sites at www.orkin.com, www.pestdefense.com, www.westernpest.com, www.indfumco.com, www.walthamservices.com, www.cranepestcontrol.com and www.rollins.com. You can also find this and other news releases at www.rollins.com by accessing the news releases button.