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) January 26, 2010
DENNY’S
CORPORATION
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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0-18051
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13-3487402
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
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Commission
File No.
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(I.R.S.
Employer
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Incorporation
or organization
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Identification
No.)
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203 East Main
Street
Spartanburg, South Carolina
29319-0001
(Address
of principal executive offices)
(Zip
Code)
(864) 597-8000
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
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Item
5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers.
On
January 26, 2010, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Denny's Corporation
(the “Company”) appointed Laysha Ward to serve as a director of the Company. Ms.
Ward will be paid the same rate of compensation as the Company’s other
non-employee directors which include cash payments of $60,000 per year, payable
in quarterly installments of $15,000, and an annual award of deferred stock
units, valued at $50,000. Ms. Ward will receive a pro-rata portion of
these cash and equity awards granted to directors for the remaining 2009/2010
board term. There are no arrangements between Ms. Ward and any other person
pursuant to which Ms. Ward was selected as a director, nor are there any
transactions to which the Company or any subsidiary thereof is a party and in
which Ms. Ward has a material interest subject to disclosure under Item 404(a)
of Regulation S-K
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.
| Denny's Corporation | |
| Date: February 1, 2010 | /s/ Jay C. Gilmore |
| Jay C. Gilmore | |
| Vice President, | |
| Chief Accounting Officer and | |
| Corporate Controller |