UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D. C.  20549-1004

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 5, 2012
 
UNICO, INCORPORATED
 (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Arizona   000-30239   13-4171971
(State or other jurisdiction
Of incorporation)
  (Commission file number)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 
P. O. Box 503228, San Diego, CA 92150
   (Address of principal executive offices)  (zip code)

(858) 837-0428
 (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
 
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Section 5.     Corporate Governance and Management

Item 5.02      Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
 
Resignation of Kenneth C. Wiedrich

Effective January 5, 2012, Kenneth C. Wiedrich resigned as the CFO of Unico, Incorporated.

Appointment of Stephen B. Spencer
 
Effective January 11, 2012, Stephen B. Spencer was appointed as the CFO of Unico, Incorporated by its directors, in order to fill the vacancy created through the resignation of Kenneth C. Wiedrich. Mr. Spencer will also continue in his present role as a director of the Company. Unico intends to compensate Mr. Spencer for his service as the CFO, and the terms will be finalized in the future.

Unico has not engaged in any related party transactions with Mr. Spencer of the nature described in Item 404(a) of Regulation SK since the beginning of Unico’s last fiscal year, and none are contemplated at the present time, except as may otherwise be described above in this report.

Mr. Spencer, age 55, is a Certified Public Accountant.  From January 2011 through the present, Mr. Spencer has worked with J&J consulting, an outsourced CFO firm specializing in public companies. From September 2008 to the present Mr. Spencer has served as a consultant for Summit Digital Holdings, Inc.  Summit is a consolidator of rural cable television companies. From 2002 to 2007 Mr. Spencer was the CFO for Legends Capital Group, a venture capital company.  From 1996 to 2002 Mr. Spencer was an independent financial consultant focused on start-ups and mergers and acquisitions.  He has worked extensively, throughout his career assisting public companies with reporting and filing.
 
 
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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.
 
  UNICO INCORPORATED  
       
Date: January 11, 2012  
By:
/s/ Mark A. Lopez  
   
Mark A. Lopez,
Chief Executive Officer
 
 
 
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