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): March 21, 2005
SPHERION CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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| Delaware | | 1-11997 | | 36-3536544 |
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(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or
organization) | | (Commission
File Number) | | (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.) |
2050 Spectrum Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33309
(Address, including zip code, of Principal Executive Offices)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (954) 308-7600
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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ITEM 1.01 ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT.
On March 21, 2005, Spherion Corporation (the “Company”) entered into an Indemnification Agreement with Anne Szotak, the Company’s newly appointed director. The form of this agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 24, 1999. The Agreement provides indemnification protections to Ms. Szotak in her role as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors.
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| ITEM 5.02 | DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR PRINCIPAL OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF PRINCIPAL OFFICERS. |
On March 21, 2005, Anne Szotak was appointed as a Class II director of the Company and was named to the Board’s Corporate Governance Committee.
ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
Press release dated March 21, 2005 announcing that the Company appoints Anne Szotak to the Board of Directors is attached hereto as exhibit 99.1.
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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.
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| | SPHERION CORPORATION
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| Date: March 21, 2005 | By: | /s/ Roy G. Krause | |
| | | President & Chief Executive Officer | |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit No. | | Description |
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| 99.1 | | Press Release dated March 21, 2005 |
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