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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): January 26,
2010
NXT
Nutritionals Holdings, Inc.
(EXACT
NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN CHARTER)
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Delaware
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333-147631
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(STATE
OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF
INCORPORATION
OR ORGANIZATION)
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(COMMISSION
FILE NO.)
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(IRS
EMPLOYEE
IDENTIFICATION
NO.)
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56
Jackson Street
Holyoke,
MA 01040
(ADDRESS
OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)
(413)
533-9300
(ISSUER
TELEPHONE NUMBER)
(FORMER
NAME OR FORMER ADDRESS, IF CHANGED SINCE LAST REPORT)
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 PRINCIPAL OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS;
APPOINTMENT OF PRINCIPAL OFFICERS.
On
January 26, 2010, with the majority written consent of the board of directors
(the “Board”) of NXT Nutritionals Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”), the
Company entered into an Employment Agreement with Mark A. Giresi, pursuant to
which Mr. Giresi was appointed as the Chief Operating Officer of the
Company. As the date of this filing, Mr. Giresi also serves on the
Board of the Company. Mr. Giresi does not have any family relationship with any
other director or executive officer of the Company.
A copy of the
Employment Agreement dated January 26, 2010 is attached hereto as Exhibit
10.1.
Mark
A. Giresi, COO, Director
Mark A. Giresi is a retail executive
with almost 25 years of experience in various operations and legal roles in the
United States and internationally. Most recently, he served as Executive
Vice President, International for Limited Brands, Inc., a $9 billion dollar
specialty retail business trading under the Victoria’s Secret, Bath & Body
Works, White Barn Candle Co., and Henri Bendel brands. In that role, he led the
development of the Company’s International growth strategy and the day-to-day
management of the growth of Victoria’s Secret and Bath & Body Works outside
of the United States. In May 2005, he was appointed EVP, Retail
Operations, responsible for the Company’s Real Estate, Store Design and
Construction, Visual Merchandising, Store Operations, and Loss Prevention and
Brand Protection functions. He was on the Executive Committee of the
Company, responsible for its strategy and the overall business performance of
its branded specialty retail businesses. Mr. Giresi joined Limited Brands in
February, 2000 as Vice President of Store Operations and in August, 2001 was
promoted to Senior Vice President, Chief Stores Officer for the Company’s almost
4,000 retail stores.
Prior to joining Limited Brands, Mr.
Giresi was Senior Vice President of U.S. Franchise Operations and Development
for Burger King Corporation, responsible for the restaurant operations and
support to almost 8,000 franchise-owned and operated stores
together with all real estate investments in the U.S. business. From 1993
through 1998 he held the position of Senior Vice President, Worldwide General
Counsel and Secretary for Burger King. During that time, he was also a
member of the Board of Directors of Restaurant Services, Inc., the independent
purchasing cooperative for the U.S. Burger King System. He began his
career with Burger King as a real estate attorney in 1985 and has published
numerous articles and spoken on various franchise and intellectual property law
topics. Mr. Giresi was a member of the first United States – South Africa
Commercial Law Delegation established by the United States Department of
Commerce and the government of South Africa.
Mr.
Giresi has served on several philanthropic and business association boards,
including the Board of Directors of the Beacon Council, the business development
agency for Miami-Dade County, Florida, the Miami Philharmonic, the International
Franchise Association and the Boys and Girls Clubs of Columbus, Ohio where he served as the Treasurer and a member of the
Executive and Human Resources Committees. He currently serves on the
Board of Directors of UFood Grille, a publicly-traded, franchised restaurant
business, and on the audit committee of Fiduciary Trust
International of the South, an investment management firm.
Mr.
Giresi is a past recipient of the Italian-American businessman of the year by
the National Italian American Foundation in South Florida. In 2004, he received
the Champions Award from Safe Horizons, a leading domestic violence prevention
organization in New York City. He is an attorney at law of the State of
New Jersey. He earned a law degree in 1983 from Seton Hall University and a
Bachelor of Science degree in accounting in 1980 from Villanova
University.
ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL
STATEMENT AND EXHIBITS.
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(d)
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Exhibits
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Exhibit
Number
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Description
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10.1
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Employment
Agreement with Mark A. Giresi dated January 26,
2010.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has
duly caused this Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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NXT
Nutritionals Holdings, Inc.
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By:
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/s/ Francis
McCarthy
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Francis
McCarthy
President
& Chief Executive Officer
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Dated:
January 27, 2010