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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): August 27, 2014
SINGLE TOUCH SYSTEMS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 000-53744 | 13-4122844 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
The Newport Corporate Center, 100 Town Square Place, Suite 204, Jersey City, NJ 07301
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(201) 275-0555
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
n/a
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.
On August 27, 2014, Single Touch Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that Jerry Hug has been appointed as the Company’s interim Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Hug, previously Single Touch’s Executive Vice President of Corporate Development, replaces James Orsini, who departs on September 19, 2014 to pursue other opportunities.
Mr. Hug, 47, joined the Company in 2011 as our Director of Corporate Development and was then promoted to Executive Vice President in March 2013. Between 2007 and 2010, Mr. Hug was the co-founder and President of Waveyard Development LLC, a water-sports resort destination development company. From 2003 to June 2006, Mr. Hug served as Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer of Wireless Retail Inc., a $400 million wireless services company that was among the first U.S. businesses to use the store-in-store business model to sell mobile phones for wireless carriers through large nationwide retailers. Mr. Hug was interim CFO for Wireless Retail Inc. leading up to its sale to Radio Shack Corporation. From 2002 to 2004, Mr. Hug was Managing Partner of Redwood Partners, an early-stage merchant bank and advisory firm that focused on providing early-stage capital and executive management to technology, media and telecommunications businesses.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
| (c) | Exhibits |
| 99.1 | Press Release dated as of August 27, 2014. |
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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.
Date: August 27, 2014
| SINGLE TOUCH SYSTEMS INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Kurt Streams | |
| Name: | Kurt Streams | |
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |
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