-----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, AnzqUtGj0lK09QjAgK0Cs1IyqIie/26RmCzfoDvJFA/PW4C+1/j4TT1nU/gNvPN5 PAmP2ydm2erlFv2AmoM8/Q== 0001170918-03-000125.txt : 20030331 0001170918-03-000125.hdr.sgml : 20030331 20030331162148 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001170918-03-000125 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20030314 ITEM INFORMATION: Other events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial statements and exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20030331 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: INTERPLAY ENTERTAINMENT CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001057232 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE [7372] IRS NUMBER: 330102707 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-24363 FILM NUMBER: 03631055 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 16815 VON KARMAN AVE CITY: IRVINE STATE: CA ZIP: 92606 BUSINESS PHONE: 9495536655 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 16815 VON KARMAN AVE CITY: IRVINE STATE: CA ZIP: 92606 8-K 1 fm8k-031403.txt FORM 8-K MARCH 14, 2003 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) March 14, 2003 INTERPLAY ENTERTAINMENT CORP. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 0-24363 33-0102707 (State or other jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.) 16815 Von Karman Avenue, Irvine, CA 92606 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (949) 553-6655 ITEM 5. - OTHER EVENTS AND REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE On March 14, 2003, Interplay Entertainment Corp. (the "Registrant") issued a press release announcing the Registrant's sale of all future interactive entertainment publishing rights to the "Hunter: The Reckoning" franchise to Vivendi Universal Games. A copy of the press release is attached to this Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. ITEM 7. - FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS (a) Financial Statements. None. (b) Pro Forma Financial Information. None. (c) Exhibits. 99.1 Press release dated March 14, 2003 2 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. INTERPLAY ENTERTAINMENT CORP. March 31, 2003 /S/ HERVE CAEN ----------------------------------- Herve Caen Chief Executive Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer 3 EXHIBIT INDEX EXHIBIT NUMBER DESCRIPTION - -------------- ----------- 99.1 Press release dated March 14, 2003 4 EX-99 3 ex991-031403.txt EX-99.1 PRESS RELEASE DATED MARCH 14, 2003 EXHIBIT 99.1 NEWSLEAD Contact: Luke Haase 231.932.0400 INTERPLAY ANNOUNCES SALE OF HUNTER: THE RECKONING PUBLISHING RIGHTS, SHARPENS FOCUS ON BALANCE SHEET AND CONTENT IRVINE, CA, March 14, 2003 -- Interplay Entertainment Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: IPLY.OB) announced today the company has sold all future interactive entertainment publishing rights to the HUNTER: THE RECKONING franchise to Vivendi Universal Games. Interplay retains the rights to the previously published HUNTER: THE RECKONING titles on Microsoft Xbox and Nintendo GameCube. The HUNTER: THE RECKONING franchise is a property of White Wolf Publishing Inc. Interplay Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Herve Caen said, "This sale represents another step in our turnaround. Since January 2002, our focus has been on improving our balance sheet and steering the company toward highly profitable content. What we have done with the Hunter franchise highlights many of Interplay's strengths: the ability to secure a license, create an acclaimed game franchise from scratch, then leverage that asset to fund future development of the company's core products like BALDUR'S GATE: DARK ALLIANCE, the recently announced FALLOUT: BROTHERHOOD OF STEEL, ICEWIND DALE, and several other soon-to-be-announced properties." Interplay Entertainment is a leading developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment software for both core gamers and the mass market. Interplay develops games for personal computers as well as next generation video game consoles, many of which have garnered industry accolades and awards. SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT UNDER THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995 Statements contained in this release except for historical information are forward-looking statements that are based on current expectations and involve risks and uncertainties. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, words such as "may," "will," "expect," "believe," "anticipate," "intend," "could," "estimate," or "continue" or the negative or other variations thereof or comparable terminology are intended to identify forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties inherent in such statements may cause actual future events or results to differ materially and adversely from those described in the forward-looking statements. For example, Interplay's ability to continue as a going concern is dependent on securing external sources of funding to continue operations. In addition, there can be no assurance that the Company will be successful in completing any strategic alliances, licensing transactions, and financings, or that the Company's current scheduled titles will ship in the projected time frame or that they will be as popular as the Company presently anticipates, that the Company will be able to achieve its projected continued revenues from its existing titles, or that the Company will be able to increase the number of console titles it releases. Additional important factors that may cause a difference between projected and actual results for Interplay include, but are not limited to, future capital requirements, that equity or bank financing will be available on terms satisfactory to the company or at all, risk of delays in development and introduction of new products, dependence 5 on new product introduction which achieve significant market acceptance and the uncertainties of consumer preferences, risks of product returns and markdown allowances, dependence on third party software developers for a significant portion of new products, risks of rapid technological change and platform change, intense competition, seasonality, risks of product defects and resulting returns, dependence upon licenses from third parties, risks associated with, dependence upon third party distribution, dependence upon key personnel and risks associated with international business, intellectual property disputes and other factors discussed in the Company's filings from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including but not limited to the Company's annual reports on Form 10-K and the Company's subsequent quarterly filings on Form 10-Q. Interplay disclaims any obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements that may be made from time to time by it or on its behalf. 6 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----