UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THESECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) January 23, 2013

DENNY’S CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	0-18051	13-3487402
(State or other jurisdiction of	Commission File No.	(I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or organization		Identification No.)

203 East Main Street

Spartanburg, South Carolina 29319-0001

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

(864) 597-8000

(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 obligations of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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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 January 23, 2013, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Denny’s Corporation (the “Company”) appointed José M. Gutiérrez to serve as a director of the Company. Mr. Gutiérrez will be paid the same rate of compensation as the Company’s other non-employee directors, which includes cash payments of $75,000 per year, payable in quarterly installments of $18,750, and an annual award of deferred stock units, valued at $75,000. Mr. Gutiérrez will receive a pro-rata portion of these cash and equity awards granted to directors for the remaining 2012/2013 board term. There are no arrangements between Mr. Gutiérrez and any other person pursuant to which Mr. Gutiérrez was selected as a director, nor are there any transactions to which the Company or any subsidiary thereof is a party and in which Mr. Gutiérrez has a material interest subject to disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit 99.1 -- Press release issued by Denny's Corporation on January 25, 2013.

SIGNATURES

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.

	Denny's Corporation
Date: January 25, 2013	/s/ F. Mark Wolfinger
	F. Mark Wolfinger
	Executive Vice President,
	Chief Administrative Officer and
	Chief Financial Officer