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 22, 1997 (JANUARY 17, 1997)
AST RESEARCH, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
0-13941 95-3525565
(Commission File Number) (IRS Employer Identification No.)
16215 ALTON PARKWAY
IRVINE, CALIFORNIA 92718
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code
(714) 727-4141
NOT APPLICABLE
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS
On January 17, 1997 AST Research, Inc. (the "Company") announced that Scott
Bower has been named Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Americas and an
officer of the Company. A copy of the press release is attached to this report,
and is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number Description
99.1 Press Release dated January 17, 1997 announcing that Scott Bower has
been named Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Americas and
an officer of the Company.
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.
AST Research, Inc.
_______________________________________
(Registrant)
By /s/ WON S. YANG
Won S. Yang
Senior Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer (Acting)
Date: January 22, 1997
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media & Analyst Contact: Emory Epperson
(714) 727-7958
AST COMPUTER NAMES SCOTT BOWER TO LEAD AMERICAS SALES EFFORTS
IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 17, 1997 -- AST Research Inc. (ASTA--NASDAQ) today
announced that Scott Bower has joined the company as senior vice president,
sales and marketing, Americas, and an officer.
Bower, 46, will be responsible for overseeing sales, channel development
and product marketing activities throughout the company's Americas region, which
includes the United States, Canada and Latin America.
"Scott will play a key role in AST's market share growth and return to
profitability activities," said Y.S. Kim, AST president and chief executive
officer. "Our goal is to leverage his dynamic energy and the successes he has
achieved throughout his career to improving revenues within our Americas
region."
Bower is a PC industry veteran, having spent more than 23 years at IBM
where he served in various sales and marketing positions, including market
introductions of the popular ThinkPad line of mobile systems and ValuePoint
family of desktop products. Most recently, Bower was vice president of sales
and marketing at Samsung Electronics America, where during a 18-month term he
led efforts which increased sales and brand awareness of the company's mobile
and peripheral products by more than 50 percent.
"AST represents an exciting opportunity," said Bower. "My objectives will
be to help our reseller partners receive ample quantities of the latest in PC
technologies and oversee implementation of our comprehensive service and sales
support programs. In addition, I will help further the efforts to drive
increasing customer demand for AST products through our reseller base."
AST Research Inc., a member of the Fortune 500 list of America's largest
industrial and service companies, is one of the world's leading personal
computer manufacturers. The company develops a broad spectrum of desktop,
mobile and server PC products that are sold in more than 100 countries
worldwide. AST systems meet a wide range of customer needs, ranging from
corporate business applications to advanced home and home office use. Corporate
headquarters is located at 16215 Alton Parkway, P.O. Box 57005, Irvine, Calif.
92619-7005. Telephone (714) 727-4141 or (800) 876-4278. Fax: (714) 727-9355.
Information about AST and its products can be found on the World Wide Web at
http://www.ast.com.
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