SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
May 22, 1997
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
Interlink Computer Sciences, Inc.
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(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
000-21077 94-2990567
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(Commission File No.) (IRS Employer Identification Number)
47370 Fremont Boulevard,
Fremont, California 94538
(510) 657-9800
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Not Applicable
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 5. Other Events.
The purpose of this Current Report on Form 8-K is to report that
Charles W. Jepson, President and Chief Executive Officer of Interlink Computer
Sciences, Inc. (the "Company") and a member of the Company's Board of Directors,
has resigned his positions effective May 22, 1997 to pursue personal interests.
Ronald W. Braniff, a member of the Company's Board of Directors, has become the
Company's acting Chief Executive Officer for an interim period until a new Chief
Executive Officer can be identified.
Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed as part of this Report, where indicated.
(a) Exhibits in accordance with Item 601 of Regulation S-K:
Exhibit No. Description
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99.1 Press Release dated May 22, 1997
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT DESCRIPTION
NUMBER
99.1 Press Release dated May 22, 1997
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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.
Interlink Computer Sciences, Inc.
By: /S/ RONALD W. BRANIFF
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Ronald W. Braniff
Chief Executive Officer
Dated: May 30, 1997
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Exhibit 99.1
Contact:
Gloria Purdy, Chief Financial Officer
(510) 249-6293
For Immediate Release
INTERLINK COMPUTER SCIENCES ANNOUNCES RESIGNATION OF CHARLES W. JEPSON
(FREMONT, CA), May 22, 1997 - Interlink Computer Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ National
Market System Symbol: INLK), a leading supplier of high performance solutions
for enterprise networked systems management, today announced the resignation of
Charles W. Jepson as President & Chief Executive Officer to pursue personal
interests. Jepson joined Interlink as President & CEO in 1992. He completed a
turn around of the Company that led to a successful initial public offering
(IPO) in 1996 and a partnership arrangement with Cisco Systems earlier this
year.
Thomas Bredt, Chairman of the Board stated, "I want to acknowledge Charles and
his contributions to the Company's success thus far. Going forward, we feel we
are positioned to grow the business and take it to the next level. We plan to
initiate a search immediately to identify a new CEO who has successfully taken a
business like ICS and grown it into a several hundred million dollar business."
In the interim, Ronald Braniff who sits on the Company's Board will become
acting CEO. He is the former President & CEO of ASK Computers Systems from 1984
through 1989 and is currently both an investor and advisor to several young
software companies. He will manage the daily operations of the Company.
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The Company has scheduled a conference call for investment analysts on Friday,
May 23rd at 6:00am PDT. Additional information on the call may be obtained by
contacting Gloria Purdy, Chief Financial Officer.
Interlink Computer Sciences, Inc., is a leading supplier of high performance
solutions for enterprise networked systems management. Interlink's products and
services enable customers to transport, access and manage data across
distributed client/server environments. The Company produces the TCPaccess
product family for mainframe TCP/IP connectivity, fault tolerance, remote
printing services and CICS-to-LAN application integration. Interlink also
develops and distributes the HARBOR product suite for backup, archive and
restore, and application, data and software distribution. The Company is
headquartered in Fremont, California. Additional information is available at
http://www.interlink.com.
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