-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, BsfKHX06WNCatQt+3i4f/8k8IFQQwqJrQtnxUGkZZMMHcrC/b8emyesKlrEwfsON 0SO///k2KyhyQQw2MjvnMA== 0001133872-06-000008.txt : 20060214 0001133872-06-000008.hdr.sgml : 20060214 20060214123042 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001133872-06-000008 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20060210 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers FILED AS OF DATE: 20060214 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20060214 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ZANETT INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001133872 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-BUSINESS SERVICES, NEC [7389] IRS NUMBER: 564389547 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-32589 FILM NUMBER: 06610280 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 135 E 57TH STREET STREET 2: 15TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: 2127595700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 135 E 57TH ST 15TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PLANET ZANETT INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20010206 8-K 1 r8kmgmtdirchanges021006.txt 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) February 10, 2006 ---------------- Zanett, Inc. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 0-27068 56-4389547 - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- (State or other jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.) 635 Madison Avenue, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10022 - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (646)502-1800 ----------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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): __ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) __ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) __ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) __ 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. Effective as of the close of business on February 10, 2006, Claudio M. Guazzoni, formerly President of the Zanett, Inc. (the "Company"), was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors and appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Company, replacing David M. McCarthy, who retired from the Company and the Board of Directors to pursue other entrepreneurial endeavors. Also, effective as of the close of business on February 10, 2006, Jack M. Rapport, formerly the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, was appointed President of the Company, and Kenneth A. DeRobertis was appointed Chief Financial Officer. Prior to being named Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Guazzoni had served as President since he co-founded the Company in 2000. Prior to such time, he had co-founded The Zanett Securities Corporation in 1993. At Zanett Securities Corporation, Mr. Guazzoni was instrumental in the success and initial public offering of a number of young technology companies, including YouthStream Media, Inc., Robotic Vision Systems, Inc., SmartServ Online, and FiberNet Telecom Group. His previous work in mergers and acquisitions for Salomon Brothers and past experience as a fund manager responsible for managing portfolios aggregating in excess of $1.4 billion, provides the Company with expertise in international finance and deal structuring. Prior to being named President of Zanett, Inc., Mr. Rapport had served as the Chief Financial Officer since April 2001. Prior to such time, Mr. Rapport served as the interim Chief Financial Officer of Adept, Inc. and then the Vice President of Corporate Development for Coriva, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Adept, Inc., since early 2000. From 1998 to early 2000, Mr. Rapport served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Whitehall Capital Associates, Ltd., a financial services company, in 1998 and Wyndham Capital Management, Ltd., a financial consulting firm, in 1999. From 1995 to 1997, Mr. Rapport was the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of The Pharmacy Fund, Inc., a healthcare finance company. In total, Mr. Rapport has over thirty years of financial and business experience in both public and private corporate settings including: Bank of America, Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co. (now JPMorganChase) and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Maryland. Prior to being named Chief Financial Officer, Mr. DeRobertis had served as the Corporate Controller of the Company since June 2004. Prior to such time, Mr. DeRobertis served as a consultant to the Company. Prior to joining the Company on a full time basis, he served as the Director of Corporate Reporting for Monster Worldwide (formally TMP Worldwide Inc.), the parent company of Monster, a leading global online careers property, from 2001 to 2003. From 1993 to 2001, Mr. DeRobertis was with The Man Group USA (formally E.D. & F. Man Inc.), an agricultural / financial services / asset management firm whose parent company was based in the United Kingdom and listed on the London Stock Exchange. During this period, he served as the Assistant Controller to the Brokerage Division from 1993 to 1996, Finance Director for a derivative bond trading desk in the Asset Management Division from 1996 to 1999 and form 1999 to 2001 he served as the Corporate Controller of North America. After the close of business on February 10, 2006, the Company issued a press release regarding the management changes discussed above, as well as the Company's strategic initiatives and financial plan for fiscal year 2006. The full text of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. 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. ZANETT, INC. Date: February 14, 2006 By: /s/ Kenneth DeRobertis Kenneth DeRobertis Chief Financial Officer Exhibit Index 99.1 Press Release EX-99 2 r8kexhibit991.txt EXHIBIT 99.1 Zanett Positions for 2006 Profitability Acquisition & Organic Growth Strategy Affirmed NEW YORK--Feb. 10, 2006--Zanett Inc. ("Zanett", "Company") today announced highlights of its fiscal year 2006 Strategic Initiatives and Financial Plan targeting full fiscal year 2006 profitability: 2006 Financial Goals - - Significant organic revenue growth currently forecasted from continuing operations. - - Corporate Overhead Expenses to be cut by more than 30%. - - Fiscal Year 2006 comparable results ("comps") to benefit from one-time year-end 2005 non-cash charges of up to $2.0 million, primarily related to the sale of a discontinued or non-performing hardware group. 2006 Strategic Initiatives - - Government sector acquisitions targeted to increase homeland defense footprint - - Commercial sector acquisitions targeted to increase the breadth and geography of Oracle service offerings. - - Leveraging of commercial capabilities to win Department of Defense transformation contracts. Management Alignment At a special meeting of the Company's Board of Directors several management changes were made to take effect today - - Claudio Guazzoni, current President and newly elected Chairman of the Board, to assume the title of CEO, replacing David McCarthy. - - Jack Rapport, current CFO, promoted to Zanett President. - - Ken DeRobertis, current comptroller, promoted to CFO. David McCarthy, outgoing CEO, stated, "As a founding entrepreneur in this company, I take great pride having led Zanett from $0 to almost $40 million in business revenue during its initial phase of development. Our 2006 plan to continue acquiring while accelerating organic growth and focusing on the bottom-line is sound and has my support. The management team for our next stage of development is stellar and I believe the shareholders will be pleased with their results." About Zanett (www.zanett.com) Zanett is an information technology ("IT") company that provides customized, mission-critical IT solutions to Fortune 500 corporations, mid-market companies, and classified government agencies involved in Homeland Defense and Homeland Security. The Company operates in two segments: Government Solutions and Commercial Solutions. The Government Solutions segment specializes in providing advanced software and satellite engineering services with domain area expertise in the realm of classified geospatial data exploitation and representation as well as IT infrastructure related to Homeland Defense and Homeland Security. The Company's Commercial Solutions segment provides full lifecycle, high value, end-to-end business solutions including services to initiate, develop and implement e-business systems, application development, project management, business analysis, architecture design, package customization, testing and quality assurance and implementation management, implementation of ERP, supply chain management ("SCM") and customer relationship management ("CRM") systems, and voice and data communications network integration solutions that include the provision of hardware, peripheral equipment and telecommunications lines for voice and data communications networks as well as related security and design services. Zanett is headquartered in New York City and has offices in Boston, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, and Denver. Founded in 2000, Zanett is listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol ZANE. PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING Certain statements in this news release regarding projected results of operations or, projected results of financial plans or future strategies and initiatives, including, but not limited to, projections of revenue, projections of profitability, any and all future expectation, and plans for future activities may and should be regarded as "forward looking statements" within the meaning of the Securities Litigation Reform Act. These statements involve, among other things, known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause Zanett, Inc.'s actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Zanett currently is considering, but in reality may or may not in the future implement any or all of the items and issues listed in any planned budget or strategic initiative, due to, among other things, such known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors. Circumstances do change, and when the facts change, Zanett shall endeavor to remain as flexible as possible, and adjust its strategy accordingly. Zanett, Inc. undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward- looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, change in strategy, or otherwise. The abovementioned listing of risks and uncertainties is not inclusive. For a more detailed discussion of some of the risks and uncertainties that may affect Zanett, Inc., see Zanett, Inc.'s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-KSB, as amended, for the year ended December 31, 2004 and its Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the quarter ended June 30, 2005 and September 30, 2005. Contact: BPC Financial Marketing John Baldissera, 800-368-1217 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----