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 11, 2008

 

IHOP CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

001-15283

 

95-3038279

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

(Commision
File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

450 North Brand, Glendale, California

 

 

 

91203

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

 

 

(Zip Code)

 

(818) 240-6055
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

 

Not applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

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

 

(b)           On January 9, 2008, Dennis R. Farrow, Senior Vice President, Operations, of the IHOP business unit informed the Company that he would be leaving his position.  His last day of work was January 11, 2008.  Jim Peros, currently the business unit’s Vice President, Operations Services, will immediately assume responsibility for Operations on an interim basis. Mr. Peros has served as IHOP’s Vice President, Operations Services since July, 2007. From February 2005 to July 2007 he served as Executive Director of Operations Services. From 1990 until he joined IHOP in 2005, Mr. Peros was employed by Taco Bell Corp, where he held several positions, the most recent being Director of Operations Services from March, 1995 to February, 2005.

 

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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.

 

 

IHOP CORP.

Date: January 14, 2008

By: /s/ MARK D. WEISBERGER

 

 

       

Mark D. Weisberger

 

       

Vice President-Legal, Secretary and General Counsel

 

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