t61506_8k.htm
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)


DELAWARE
001-12822
54-2086934
(State or other jurisdiction
(Commission
(IRS Employer
of incorporation)
File Number)
Identification No.)

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

99.1
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.



 
BEAZER HOMES USA, INC.
  
       
       
Date: January 18, 2008
By:
/s/ Allan P. Merrill
  
  Allan P. Merrill  
  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
 
 
 
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