TAX 8-K 08.18.14

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549
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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 15, 2014

LIBERTY TAX, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
 
Delaware
(State of Incorporation)
001-35588 
(Commission File Number)
27-3561876 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

1716 Corporate Landing Parkway, Virginia Beach, Virginia 23454
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)  (Zip Code)

(757) 493-8855
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)


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Item 5.02.     Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(b) On August 15, 2014, Mark Baumgartner, Chief Investment Officer and CEO of JTH Financial, LLC, a subsidiary of Liberty Tax, Inc. (the “Company”), advised the Company of his resignation from the Company effective August 30, 2014. Mr. Baumgartner will receive the payments to which he is entitled in accordance with the terms of his employment agreement, in a manner consistent with the description of potential payments found in the Company’s Proxy Statement filed with the SEC on August 15, 2014.  A copy of the press release that includes an announcement of Mr. Baumgartner’s departure and certain other matters is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 9.01.                      Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)
Exhibits

Exhibit Number
Description
99.1
Press Release dated August 18, 2014.



   
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.
 
 
 
 
LIBERTY TAX, INC.
 
 
Date:  August 18, 2014
By:/s/ James J. Wheaton                                                    
 
      James J. Wheaton
 
      Vice President and General Counsel




 
 

 


EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit 99.1                      Press Release dated August 18, 2014.