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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 11, 2005

 

Vital Images, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Minnesota

0-22229

41-1321776

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

(Commission
File Number)

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

 

3300 Fernbrook Lane No., Suite 200, Plymouth, Minnesota

55447

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

 

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

     (763) 852-4100

 

 

 

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

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instructions A.2. below):

 

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Section 1 – Registrant’s Business and Operations

 

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

 

(a)  By an agreement dated January 11, 2005 and signed by Mr. Michael H. Carrel on January 12, 2005, Vital Images, Inc. (the “Company”) retained Mr. Carrel as its part-time Interim Chief Financial Officer.  The terms of the agreement are described below in Item 5.02(c).

 

Section 5 – Corporate Governance and Management

 

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.

 

(c)  Effective January 17, 2005, the Company engaged Mr. Michael H. Carrel as Part-Time Interim Chief Financial Officer.

 

Under the terms of an agreement dated January 11, 2005 between the Company and Mr. Carrel, which Mr. Carrel signed on January 12, 2005, the Company will pay Mr. Carrel $4,500.00 per week, plus reasonable out-of-pocket expenses.  Mr. Carrel will continue to be employed by Technology Solutions Company (“TSC”) as its Senior Vice President of Strategy and Business Development on a part-time basis.  The amount of Mr. Carrel’s base salary from TSC will be reduced by an amount that is slightly less than the amount of compensation he is receiving from the Company.

 

Mr. Carrel, who is 34 years old, has served as Senior Vice President of Strategy and Business Development of TSC, a pubicly-held consulting company delivering business benefits through the application of information technology, since January 1, 2005.  He was President and Chief Executive Officer of Zamba Corporation (“Zamba”), a publicly-held customer relationship management services company, from July 1, 2004 until December 31, 2004, when Zamba was acquired by TSC.  Mr. Carrel served as Executive Vice President of Zamba from October 1998 until July 1, 2004 and as its Chief Financial Officer from October 1998 until December 31, 2004.  He also served as Chief Financial Officer of NextNet Wireless, Inc., a privately-held provider of non-line-of-sight plug and play broadband wireless access systems, from October 1, 2003 through March 31, 2004.

 

Section 9 – Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(c)                                  Exhibits.

 

The following exhibit is being furnished with this Current Report on Form 8-K and is hereby incorporated herein by reference:

 

10.1                           A copy of the letter agreement between the Company and Michael H. Carrel dated January 11, 2005.

 

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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.

 

 

Vital Images Inc.

 

 

 

Date: January 18, 2005

 

 

 

By

 /s/ Jay D. Miller

 

 

Jay D. Miller

 

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

(Chief Executive Officer)

 

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