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): March 28, 2007
TARRANT APPAREL GROUP
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
CALIFORNIA 0-26006 95-4181026
(State or Other Jurisdiction (Commission (I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
3151 EAST WASHINGTON BOULEVARD
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90023
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(323) 780-8250
(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
ARRANGEMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS.
RESIGNATION OF CURRENT CFO AND DIRECTOR
Effective March 28, 2007, Corazon Reyes has resigned from the position
of Chief Financial Officer of Tarrant Apparel Group and as a member of our board
of directors, and will take another position with our company.
APPOINTMENT OF NEW CFO
In addition, our board of directors has approved the appointment of
David N. Burke to replace Ms. Reyes as our Chief Financial Officer and serve as
our principal financial and accounting officer, which appointment was effective
March 28, 2007. In connection with his appointment, we agreed to pay Mr. Burke
an annual salary of $185,000 and he was granted an option to purchase 30,000
shares our common stock that vests over a period of two years.
David N. Burke (age 57) has served as our Vice President of Finance
since May 2006. In this role, Mr. Burke's responsibilities included corporate
development and financing transactions. Prior to joining us, Mr. Burke was a
Vice President at Citibank from 2004 to May 2006, where he focused on corporate
banking for middle market companies in Southern California. From 2001 to 2003,
he was a Vice President with J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Mr. Burke has also
previously served as Principal, Finance and Development for Program Planning
Professionals, Inc.; Senior Vice President of The Fuji Bank, Ltd.; and Vice
President with Bankers Trust Company. Mr. Burke earned a bachelor's degree in
English from Princeton University and an MBA in Finance and Accounting from the
Columbia University School of Business.
There are no understandings or arrangements between Mr. Burke and any
other person pursuant to which Mr. Burke was selected as Chief Financial
Officer. Mr. Burke does not have any family relationship with any director,
executive officer or person nominated or chosen by our board of directors to
become a director or executive officer. Mr. Burke did not have any material
interest, direct or indirect, in any material transaction to which we were a
party since January 1, 2006, or which is presently proposed.
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SIGNATURE
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.
TARRANT APPAREL GROUP
Date: March 28, 2007 By: /S/ DAVID BURKE
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David Burke, Chief Financial Officer
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