May 29, 2009 (FinancialWire) — Spartan Motors, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPAR) said that senior vice president, chief financial officer, chief compliance officer and treasurer James Knapp will be retiring from the company within the next few months.

Knapp has been Spartan’s chief financial officer, secretary and treasurer for the past seven years, senior vice president since 2004 and chief compliance officer since 2008.

Spartan Motors said it has initiated a search for Knapp’s successor led by the board of directors with assistance from a national executive search firm.

Charlotte, Michigan-based Spartan Motors designs, engineers and manufactures custom chassis and vehicles for the recreational vehicle, fire truck, ambulance, emergency-rescue and custom vehicle markets.

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