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): October 23, 2012
EFT HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
| Nevada | 000-53730 | 20-1211204 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
17800 Castleton Street
Suite 300
City of Industry, CA 91748
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(626) 581 3335
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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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 November 4, 2011, William E. Sluss was appointed as the principal financial and accounting officer of EFT Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) until such time as the Company was able to appoint a chief financial officer. On October 23, 2012, the Company appointed Mr. Sluss as its chief financial officer, with effect from that date.
Mr. Sluss, age 57, served as the Company’s corporate controller from August 2010 to November 2011. Mr. Sluss has more than twenty years of experience providing financial, operational and managerial expertise for companies in both the private and public sectors. He has extensive experience with SEC reporting companies and U.S. GAAP, including acting as the controller during the successful initial public offering of Heritage Federal Bank, FSB (NYSE). Mr. Sluss’s experience includes four years with Quebecor Printing (one of the world’s largest printers of bibles and textbooks) and two years with Flour City International (a U.S. publicly traded (Nasdaq) construction/manufacturing company). In 2002, Mr. Sluss joined Studsvik, Inc. (a publicly traded nuclear service company (Stockholm Exchange) headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden) as its chief financial officer for the U.S. operations. Mr. Sluss has extensive experience with IFRS over his career while working for several international companies. In addition, throughout his career, Mr. Sluss has worked closely with the world's largest accounting firms (e.g., KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers), serving as the main contact with those firms. He also has extensive experience with the COSO framework and SOX compliance. Mr. Sluss received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting from the University of Virginia’s College at Wise in 1990 and became a licensed Certified Public Accountant in the same year.
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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.
| EFT Holdings, Inc. | ||
| (Registrant) | ||
| Date: October 29, 2012 | By: | /s/ William E. Sluss |
| William E. Sluss Chief Financial Officer | ||
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