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): January 7, 2004 PPOL,INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) CALIFORNIA 000-50065 95-4436774 (State or other (Commission File (I.R.S. Employer jurisdiction of Number) Identification Number) organization) 1 City Boulevard West, Suite 870 92868 Orange, California (Zip Code) (Address of principal executive offices) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (714) 221-7250 ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS AND REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE The Company has issued a press release today, as fully noted in exhibit 99.1, announcing the appointment of Youichi Awagakubo as director and CFO, replacing Kazushige Shimizu who will return to Japan to assume directorship responsibilities of Forval Corporation which is the parent company of PPOL, Inc. * * * SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. Dated: January 7, 2004 PPOL, Inc. By: /s/ Nobuo Takada --------------------------------- Nobuo Takada Chief Executive Officer EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit # 99.1 - Press release dated January 7, 2004 titled "PPOL NAMES YOUICHI AWAGAKUBO DIRECTOR AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER"