-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, MFVg/1SabVqA7vQY4TnnE/NHRv4mQ6Zob9Pk1o7X8UenEGOIM0xWRFbexax5DNzZ r3hpYm/vWLtEDamiS41pzw== 0001193125-07-006941.txt : 20070116 0001193125-07-006941.hdr.sgml : 20070115 20070116164007 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-07-006941 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20070110 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20070116 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20070116 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: NOBLE INTERNATIONAL, LTD. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001034258 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MOTOR VEHICLE PARTS & ACCESSORIES [3714] IRS NUMBER: 383139487 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0624 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-13581 FILM NUMBER: 07532391 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 28213 VAN DYKE AVENUE CITY: WARREN STATE: MI ZIP: 48093 BUSINESS PHONE: 586-751-5600 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 28213 VAN DYKE AVENUE CITY: WARREN STATE: MI ZIP: 48093 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NOBLE INTERNATIONAL LTD DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19970515 8-K 1 d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 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 10, 2007

 


NOBLE INTERNATIONAL, LTD.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

Delaware   001-13581   38-3139487

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

  (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

28213 Van Dyke Avenue

Warren, Michigan

  48093
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number including area code: (586) 751-5600

Not Applicable

(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:

 

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Item 1.01 Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement

On January 10, 2007, Noble International, Ltd. (the “Company”) entered into a First Amendment to Amended and Restated Convertible Subordinated Notes (the “Amendment”) with the holders of the Company’s $32,500,000 Amended and Restated Convertible Subordinated Notes (the “Notes’). The Amendment amends the Notes, the terms of which were described in detail in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 17, 2006.

Pursuant to the Amendment: (i) the Conversion Price of the Notes was increased from $18.50 to $19.50; (ii) the mandatory reset of the Conversion Price on July 1, 2007 to 125% of the 45 consecutive trading day trailing average daily closing sale price of the Company’s common stock was eliminated; (iii) the interest rate payable on the Notes was increased from 6% to 8%; and (iv) the threshold price of the Company’s common stock required for the Company’s right to redeem some or all of the Notes on or after the third anniversary date of issuance was decreased from 140% of the Conversion Price to 120% of the Conversion Price. Terms not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Notes.

This description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amendment filed as an exhibit to this report and incorporated by reference into this Item 1.01.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(a) Not applicable.

(b) Not applicable.

(d) Exhibits

10.1 First Amendment to Amended and Restated Convertible Subordinated Notes

 

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

    NOBLE INTERNATIONAL, LTD.,
  a Delaware corporation
  (registrant)
January 16, 2007   By:  

/s/ Andrew J. Tavi

    Andrew J. Tavi
    Vice President and General Counsel

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

No.   

Description of Exhibit

10.1    First Amendment to Amended and Restated Convertible Subordinated Notes

 

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EX-10.1 2 dex101.htm FIRST AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED NOTES First Amendment to Amended and Restated Convertible Subordinated Notes

Exhibit 10.1

FIRST AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED NOTES

THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CONVERTIVBLE SUBORDINATED NOTES (“Amendment”) is made as of this 10th day of January 2007, by and between Noble International, Ltd. (the “Company”) and Whitebox Convertible Arbitrage Partners, L.P. (“WCAP”), Whitebox Diversified Convertible Arbitrage Partners, L.P. (“WDCAP”), Guggenheim Portfolio Company XXXI, LLC (“Guggenheim”) and HFR RVA Combined Master Trust (“HFR”, and, together with WCAP, WCAP and Guggenheim, the “Investors” and each, an “Investor”).

W I T N E S S E T H :

WHEREAS, on October 11, 2006, Company and each Investor executed a certain Amended and Restated Convertible Subordinated Note due October 11, 2011 (individually a “Note” and collectively the “Notes”); and

WHEREAS, Investors and Company desire to amend the Notes to change certain of the terms contained therein.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, Investors and Company agree as follows:

1. The introductory paragraph of each Note (which begins, “FOR VALUE RECEIVED”) is hereby amended by replacing the reference to “6% per annum” with “8% per annum.”

2. The definition of “Conversion Price” in Section 3 of each Note is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

“Conversion Price” means, as of any Conversion Date (as defined below) or other date of determination, $19.50 (as adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, reclassification or similar transaction).

3. The definition and concept of “Reset Date” in Section 27 of each Note is hereby deleted in its entirety.

4. Section 8 of each Note is hereby amended by replacing the reference to “140%” with “120%” in the second line thereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this First Amendment to Amended and Restated Convertible Subordinated Notes is hereby executed by the undersigned as of the day and year first above written.

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Whitebox Diversified Convertible Arbitrage Partners, L.P.   
By:   Whitebox Convertible Arbitrage Advisors, LLC, its Managing Member   
  By:    Whitebox Advisors, LLC, its Managing Member   
  By:   

/s/ Andrew Redleaf

  
     Andrew Redleaf, its Chief Executive Officer   
Whitebox Convertible Arbitrage Partners, L.P.   
By:   Whitebox Convertible Arbitrage Advisors, LLC, its Managing Member   
  By:    Whitebox Advisors, LLC, its Managing Member   
  By:   

/s/ Andrew Redleaf

  
     Andrew Redleaf, its Chief Executive Officer   
Guggenheim Portfolio Company XXXI, LLC   
By:   Whitebox Advisors, LLC, its Managing Member   
By:  

/s/ Andrew Redleaf

  
  Andrew Redleaf, its Chief Executive Officer   
HFR RVA Combined Master Fund   
By:   Whitebox Advisors, LLC, its Managing Member   
By:  

/s/ Andrew Redleaf

  
  Andrew Redleaf, its Chief Executive Officer   
Noble International, Ltd.   
By:  

/s/ Michael C. Azar

  
  Michael C. Azar, its Vice President and Secretary   
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