Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Principal Officers.
Rockford has elected William R. Jackson, age 46, as a director as of
October 29, 2007.
Mr. Jackson joined Rockford in 1995 as a regional sales manager and since
then has served in a variety of sales and management positions. He was named
Vice President of Sales and Marketing in February 2004 and was named President
in August 2006. He has over 25 years experience in the consumer electronics
industry. Prior to joining Rockford, he managed a retail consumer electronics
stores for 13 years and operated a manufacturer's sales representative firm for
three years.
Mr. Jackson will continue to serve as President and will be a salaried
employee of Rockford, serving on the same terms as he has served prior to his
appointment as a director. He will continue to have benefits comparable to those
of other Rockford executive officers. Rockford has entered into a change of
control agreement with Mr. Jackson comparable to those Rockford has with other
executive officers.
Mr. Jackson is not party to any arrangement or understanding with any other
person pursuant to which he was or is to be selected as an officer or director.
Mr. Jackson does not have any family relationship with any other director or
executive officer of Rockford nor has he engaged or proposed to engage, since
the beginning of the last fiscal year, in any transaction in which one of our
directors, nominees for election as a director, executive officers, security
holders that we know to hold more than 5% of our voting securities or any member
of the immediate family of the foregoing, is interested.
Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
On October 29, 2007, Rockford issued a news release announcing its financial
results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, and the election
of William Jackson to the board of directors. A copy of the news release is
furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(c) The following exhibit is furnished herewith:
99.1 News release of Rockford dated October 29, 2007, announcing its
financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30,
2007, and titled "Rockford Corporation Reports Third Quarter and Year to
Date 2007 Profit; Announces Appointment of President Bill Jackson to the
Board of Directors"
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