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U.S. 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) April 1, 1998
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Leading-Edge Earth Products, Inc.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Oregon 93-67656-S 93-1002429
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(State of incorporation) (Commission (I.R.S. Employer ID No.)
file number)
319 Nickerson St., #186, Seattle, WA 98109
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Issuer's telephone number 800-788-3599
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no change
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(former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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8-K INFORMATION
L. Eugene Laughlin of Duvall, Washington, has been retained by the Company to be
its Executive Vice President. The announcement of his appointment is attached as
an Exhibit.
Leading-Edge Earth Products, Inc.
Date: April 6, 1998 Grant C. Record, Secretary
8-K EXHIBIT
NEWS FROM LEADING-EDGE EARTH PRODUCTS, INC.
319 Nickerson Street, #186, Seattle, WA 98109
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Dick Keating
206-780-9458, or
1-800-788-3599
Twin Falls, ID, April 6, 1998--Grant C. Record, Chief Executive Officer of
Leading-Edge Earth Products, Inc. ("LEEP"), announced today the appointment of
L. Eugene Laughlin of Duvall, Washington, as LEEP's new Executive Vice
President, effective April 1, 1998, pending ratification by LEEP's Board of
Directors.
Mr. Laughlin will be responsible for corporate planning, operations support, and
administration. He brings to this assignment extensive experience in sales and
marketing at the Boeing Commercial Airplane Company and in controllership at the
Ford Motor Company. He is a graduate of the Wharton School of Business at the
University of Pennsylvania.
The appointment of Mr. Laughlin is the first in a series of executive hires to
support the Company's planned Idaho pilot facility and the program of expansion
to large-scale continuous lamination manufacturing of the LEEP STRUCTURAL CORE
product.
The patented LEEP STRUCTURAL CORE product is a high technology building panel
for constructing residential and commercial structures. The load-bearing panel
is fireproof, waterproof, insect-resistant, rot-resistant, sound-abating,
insulating, strong, lightweight, environmentally-friendly, and inexpensive.
Information about publicly-held LEEP and its products may be accessed on the
Internet at <www.leepinc.com>.
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