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 13, 1996
ROSS SYSTEMS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
CALIFORNIA
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
0-19092 94-2170198
Commission File Number (I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
555 Twin Dolphin Drive
Redwood City, California 94065
(Address of principal executive offices)
(415) 593-2500
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Item 5. Other Events
On May 13, 1996, Ross Systems, Inc. issued the Press Release
which is attached to this Form 8-K as Exhibit 1.
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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 hereunder duly authorized.
ROSS SYSTEMS, INC.
Date: May 20, 1996
James A. Watts, Jr.
Vice President, Finance and
Administration and Chief
Financial Officer and Secretary
EXHIBIT 1
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Dennis Vohs, Ross Systems (404) 851-1872
Don Campbell, Ross Systems (404) 851-1872
ROSS SYSTEMS ANNOUNCES THE
APPOINTMENT OF NEW CFO
ATLANTA, May 13, 1996 -- Ross Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:ROSS), a
leading provider of business software solutions for the
client/server market, today announces that James A. Watts, Jr. Has
been named Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for the
Company. Watts will replace Selby "Bud" Little, III, who will
leave the Company at the end of May. The Company made the
decision to centralize its management team into a single location
and to relocate the finance and accounting operations to that same
location, Atlanta. For personal reasons, Mr. Little determined
not to participate in the relocation.
"Bud Little made major contributions in the resolution of various
issues that faced the Company during the past three years" said
Dennis Vohs, Chairman and CEO of Ross Systems. "Without his
efforts we would have not returned the Company to its current
position. We expect to achieve significant operating efficiencies
as a result of the relocation of our finance and accounting
functions to the same location as the corporate management. This
completes the migration of our corporate functions to Atlanta."
"We were extremely fortunate to attract an executive of Jim Watts'
stature and experience. He brings significant expertise and
experience to Ross Systems from both public accounting and
industry," said Dennis Vohs. James Watts was a partner with
Coopers & Lybrand and Deloitte & Touche for 23 years, during which
time he worked with numerous public companies and managed a "High
Technology" practice, as well as a Merger and Acquisition
practice. During the past eight years, he has served as a CFO and
CEO for three companies in the technology sector in Atlanta and
Houston.
Ross Systems, Inc. Develops and markets a broad range of client
server business solutions, including financials, manufacturing,
maintenance, materials management, and human resources
applications, as well as comprehensive application development
products. Ross Systems products are available for the following
open systems environments: Hewlett-Packard's MPE/iX and HP-UX;
IBM's RS/6000; and Digital's Alpha architecture, OpenVMS and
Digital UNIX. More than 2700 companies around the world use
business solutions from Ross Systems to run their operations.
Ross Systems employs 450 professionals in offices around the world
to serve its customers. Corporate headquarters are located at
x1100 Johnson Ferry Road, Center Two, Suite 750, Atlanta, Ga
30342. Please visit Ross Systems World Wide Web site at
http://www.rossinc.com.
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