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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): April 1, 2005
INGLES MARKETS, INCORPORATED
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
NORTH CAROLINA 0-14706 56-0846267
(State or other jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
P.O. Box 6676, Asheville, NC 28816
(Address of Principal
Executive Offices)
(828) 669-2941
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
None
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of
Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.
On April 1, 2005, Ingles Markets, Incorporated ("Ingles") appointed
Ronald B. Freeman as Chief Financial Officer, effective April 18, 2005.
Mr. Freeman, 47 years old, has served as Chief Financial Officer of
Silver-Line Plastics Corporation, a plastic pipe manufacturer, since 2000. From
1998 to 2000, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
of MMS Incentives, LLC, a business-to-business loyalty and incentive programs
company. From 1994 to 1998, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Phillips &
Brooks/Gladwin, a telecommunications manufacturing and services company. Prior
to that time, Mr. Freeman was employed as Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer of The Merchant Bank of Atlanta and as Vice President and
Assistant Comptroller of Bank South Corporation. He began his career at Price
Waterhouse. Mr. Freeman graduated from the University of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill with a BS in Business Administration and is a certified public accountant.
Mr. Freeman will receive a salary of $170,000 annually and will be
eligible to participate in such benefits and perquisites, including any bonus
program, as is offered from time to time by the Company to similarly situated
employees.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(c) Exhibits.
99.1 Copy of press release issued by Ingles on April 4, 2005.
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.
INGLES MARKETS, INCORPORATED
Date: April 6, 2005 By: /s/ James W. Lanning
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James W. Lanning
President and Chief Operating Officer