Edgar Filing: BASSETT FURNITURE INDUSTRIES INC

BASSETT FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

Date: April 7, 2009

/s/ Robert H. Spilman, Jr

Robert H. Spilman, Jr.

President and Chief Executive Officer

Form 8-K

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) April 7, 2009

BASSETT FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

VIRGINIA

0-209

54-0135270

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(Commission File No.)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

3525 FAIRYSTONE PARK HIGHWAY

BASSETT, VIRGINIA

24055

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code 276/629-6000

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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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 April 7, 2009, Bassett Furniture Industries, Inc. appointed J. Michael Daniel as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Daniel joined the Company in December 2006 as a consultant and was appointed the Corporate Controller in March 2007. Prior to joining the Company, he was with the international bedding manufacturer, Sealy, Inc., from 1998 through 2006 where he was the Director of Corporate Accounting and Financial Controls. He also worked for the international accounting firm of Ernst & Young from 1985 to 1998 rising to the level of Senior Manager. Mr. Daniel graduated from Appalachian State University with a double major in Accounting and Information Systems. He is a Certified Public Accountant.

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.