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):  July 25, 2013

 

AMERICA’S SUPPLIERS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

000-27012		27-1445090
(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)
7575 E. Redfield Rd., Suite 201, Scottsdale, AZ		85260
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

 

480-922-8155

(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.

 

Effective July 25, 2013, Jeffrey Dorsey was appointed as the Vice President of Finance and Operations of America’s Suppliers, Inc. (the “Company”). Mr. Dorsey’s job responsibilities include functions typically performed by persons serving as a principal financial officer or principal accounting officer of a company of similar size and organizational structure as the Company.

 

Mr. Dorsey has 12 years of financial and accounting experience. For approximately two years prior to joining the Company, Mr. Dorsey served as the Director of Finance for the Specialty Solutions division of Cardinal Health, Inc., a Fortune 19 company that provides products and services that help pharmacies, hospitals, surgery centers, physician offices and other healthcare providers (“Cardinal Health”). In that capacity, he acted as divisional controller and was responsible for the financial planning and analysis, as well as accounting oversight functions, of the division. From 2008 to 2011, Mr. Dorsey was the Director of Financial Planning and Analysis for Cardinal Health’s Pharmaceutical Segment, where his primary responsibilities included managing the budgeting, forecasting and reporting process for the Pharmaceutical reporting segment. Prior to that, from 2006 to 2008, he oversaw and was involved in the testing and documenting of Cardinal Health’s key financial statement controls as its Director of Internal Control Services. Mr. Dorsey is 34 years of age and received his Bachelors of Science in Business Administration from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.

 

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.

 

Dated: July 31, 2013	AMERICA’S SUPPLIERS, INC.
	/s/ Marc Joseph
	Name: Marc Joseph
	Title: President and Chief Executive Officer