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): May 23, 2007
DENNY’S
CORPORATION
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
|
Delaware
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0-18051
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13-3487402
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
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Commission
File No.
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(I.R.S.
Employer
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Incorporation
or organization
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Identification
No.)
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203
East Main Street
Spartanburg,
South Carolina 29319-0001
(Address
of principal executive offices)
(Zip
Code)
(864)
597-8000
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
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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
Denny’s
Corporation (the "Company") announced today that Jay C. Gilmore, Vice President
and Corporate Controller, has assumed the additional title of Chief Accounting
Officer effective May 23, 2007. The addition of the title recognizes the
shifting of the principal accounting role, previously held by Denny’s Chief
Financial Officer, to the Company’s Corporate Controller. Mr. Gilmore
will continue to report to F. Mark Wolfinger, Executive Vice President,
Growth
Initiatives and Chief Financial Officer.
Mr.
Gilmore, 38, joined the Company in February 1999 as Assistant Corporate
Controller and became Corporate Controller of the Company in February 2001
and
Vice President in January 2005. Previously, he was with KPMG LLP in
Greenville, SC for approximately eight years where he was a senior audit
manager.
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.
| Denny's Corporation | |
| Date: May 30, 2007 | /s/ F. Mark Wolfinger |
| F. Mark Wolfinger | |
| Executive Vice President, | |
| Growth Initiatives and | |
| Chief Financial Officer |