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 18, 2008
BEAZER
HOMES USA, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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DELAWARE
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001-12822
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54-2086934
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(State
or other jurisdiction
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(Commission
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(IRS
Employer
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of
incorporation)
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File
Number)
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Identification
No.)
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1000
Abernathy Road, Suite 1200
Atlanta
Georgia 30328
(Address
of Principal
Executive
Offices)
(770)
829-3700
(Registrant's
telephone number, including area code)
None
(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.
(c) On
January
18, 2008 and effective February 11, 2008, Robert L. Salomon, age 47, was
appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer and Controller
of
Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (the “Company”).
Mr.
Salomon joins the Company from
homebuilding company Ashton Woods Homes, where he has served as Chief Financial
Officer and Treasurer since 1998. Previously, he served with homebuilder
MDC
Holdings, Inc. in financial management roles of increasing responsibility
over a
6 year period. A Certified Public Accountant, Mr. Salomon has 24
years of financial management experience, 16 of which have been in the
homebuilding industry. Mr. Salomon is a member of the American Institute
of
Certified Public Accountants and a graduate of the University of Iowa with
a
Bachelor of Business Administration.
A
copy of
the Company’s press release, dated January 18, 2008, with respect to the above
matter is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.
Item
9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
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99.1
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Press
Release issued January 18, 2008.
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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.
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BEAZER
HOMES USA, INC.
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Date:
January 18, 2008
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By:
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/s/
Allan P. Merrill
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| Allan P. Merrill | |||
| Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |||
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EXHIBIT
99.1
| Press Release | ||
| For Immediate Release |
Beazer
Homes Names Robert L. Salomon as Chief Accounting Officer
ATLANTA,
January 18, 2008 –
Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (NYSE: BZH) (www.beazer.com)
today announced the appointment of Robert L. Salomon as Senior Vice President,
Chief Accounting Officer and Controller, effective February 11, 2008.
Mr.
Salomon joins Beazer Homes from homebuilding company Ashton Woods Homes,
where
he has served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer since 1998. Previously,
he served with homebuilder MDC Holdings, Inc. in accounting and finance roles
with increasing responsibility over a 6 year period. A Certified
Public Accountant, Mr. Salomon has 24 years of financial management experience,
16 of which have been in the homebuilding industry. Mr. Salomon is a member
of
the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a graduate of
the
University of Iowa with a Bachelor of Business Administration.
Allan
P.
Merrill, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer said, “We are
extremely pleased to welcome someone of Bob’s caliber to our management
team. His combination of accounting, financial management and
industry experience will be extremely valuable as we manage through the current
challenges in the housing market and position the Company to realize the
opportunities that will arise when our markets begin to recover.”
Beazer
Homes USA, Inc., headquartered in Atlanta, is one of the country’s ten largest
single-family homebuilders with operations in Arizona, California, Colorado,
Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey,
New
Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Texas, Virginia and West Virginia and also provides mortgage origination
and
title services to its homebuyers. Beazer Homes, a Fortune 500
company, is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol
“BZH.”
Contact:
Leslie
H. Kratcoski, Vice President;
(770) 829-3700; lkratcos@beazer.com