U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
/X/ CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date or Report (Date of earliest event reported) May 21, 1996
REAL GOODS TRADING CORPORATION
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)
California 0-22524 68-0227324
(State or other Jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer
of Incorporation) File Number) ID Number)
555 Leslie Street Ukiah, California 95482
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's Telephone Number (707) 468-9292
Item 5. Other Events
The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference the
information contained in Attachment A hereto in response to
this Item 5.
Pursuant to the requirements on 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.
REAL GOODS TRADING CORPORATION
(Registrant)
Date: 5/31/96 By Donna Montag
Title: Controller
Press Release
For Immediate Release
For More Information: Helen Sizemore; 707.468.9292
Real Goods Elects Three New Board Members
Real Goods Trading Corporation president John Schaeffer
announced that three new members have been elected to its
board of directors and were officially installed at its
meeting on May 21.
Barry Reder, the company's attorney, a partner in the
prestigious San Francisco law firm of Coblentz, Cahen,
McCabe, and Breyer was the first director announced.
Reder, 51, represented Real Goods since 1990 and has
much experience with securities issues, mergers and
acquisitions, mail order, and retail businesses. The other
two board members announced were John Lenser and Linda
Francis.
Lenser, 51, is currently an independent catalog consultant,
who founded the San Francisco Music Box Company and grew it
to over 50 retail stores in less than two years. More
recently Lenser served as president and CEO of both the
Hearthsong and David Kay mail order catalogs, where his
area of expertise was in merchandising and creative
product development. Linda Francis, is an organizational
consultant who has worked with Real Goods extensively to
fine tune its organization and corporate structure and who
has extensive experience in open book management and
employee motivational programs.
The three new board members bring the Real Goods board to six
adding to the existing members: John Schaeffer, president and
CEO of the company; Jim Robello, former company CFO; and
Stephen Morris, marketing consultant, publisher and former
Real Goods COO.
Board chairman John Schaeffer stated "I am extremely pleased
with the make up of our new board. We now have expertise in
all areas of mail order, strategic development, retail,
merchandising, and finance. I expect that this board will
help immensely as the company prospers and grows." The first
meeting of the new board of directors was held May 21 at the
company's recently opened Solar Living Center in Hopland,
California.
Real Goods Trading Corporation sells a broad range of energy
and conservation products through its catalogs and retail
store (call 800.762.7325 for a free catalog). The Company
believes that it is the largest retailer of these products in
the world. The corporation's common stock is publicly traded
on the Pacific Stock Exchange under the symbol "RGT.P."
