0001104659-12-023812.txt : 20120404 0001104659-12-023812.hdr.sgml : 20120404 20120404134444 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-12-023812 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120403 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20120404 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120404 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Colt Defense LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001508677 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ORDNANCE & ACCESSORIES, (NO VEHICLES/GUIDED MISSILES) [3480] IRS NUMBER: 202902260 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-171547 FILM NUMBER: 12741093 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 547 NEW PARK AVENUE CITY: WEST HARTFORD STATE: CT ZIP: 06110 BUSINESS PHONE: 860-232-4489 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 547 NEW PARK AVENUE CITY: WEST HARTFORD STATE: CT ZIP: 06110 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Colt Finance Corp. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001512369 IRS NUMBER: 271237687 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-171547-01 FILM NUMBER: 12741094 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 547 NEW PARK AVENUE CITY: WEST HARTFORD STATE: CT ZIP: 06110 BUSINESS PHONE: (860) 244-1348 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 547 NEW PARK AVENUE CITY: WEST HARTFORD STATE: CT ZIP: 06110 8-K 1 a12-9106_18k.htm 8-K

 

 

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): April 3, 2012

 

COLT DEFENSE LLC
COLT FINANCE CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

333-171547

 

32-0031950

27-1237687

(Registration Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification Number)

 

547 New Park Avenue, West Hartford, CT

 

06110

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (860) 232-4489

 

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:

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


 

SECTION 8 — OTHER EVENTS

 

Item 8.01 Other Events

 

On April 3, 2012, Colt Defense LLC issued a press release, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein announcing that the members of the United Autoworkers Local 376 have ratified a new two-year labor agreement covering approximately 250 hourly production and maintenance employees at the Company’s West Hartford, Connecticut facility.

 

SECTION 9 — FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHBITS

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d)

 

Exhibit:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press Release issued on April 3, 2012

 

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.

 

 

COLT DEFENSE, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Gerald Dinkel

 

Name:

Gerald Dinkel

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer and Manager

 

 

 

 

Dated: April 4, 2012

 

 

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 EX-99.1 2 a12-9106_1ex99d1.htm EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

 

UAW AND COLT AGREE TO NEW CONTRACT

 

WEST HARTFORD, Conn. -Local 376 of the United Auto Workers and management at Colt Defense LLC came to agreement on a new labor contract with a two-year term. This new contract will replace one that expired on March 31, 2012 and which was in place for five years.  Terms of the new contract were not disclosed.

 

The parties have been meeting since February to negotiate the new contract terms.  The management negotiating committee presented their last, best and final offer to the union shortly before midnight on Saturday, just before an existing contract covering Local 376 workers expired.  At a meeting with its membership at 10:00 on April 1st, the union negotiating committee recommended the contract’s ratification and approval and the membership affirmed it.

 

These measures averted the possibility of labor action at the Colt Defense manufacturing facility on New Park Avenue and allowed over 250 workers to return to work yesterday after a weekend of uncertainty.  Management believes that the terms of the new contract will help make Colt Defense more competitive in the market while continuing to ensure high quality jobs for our employees.

 

About Colt Defense LLC

 

Colt Defense LLC is one of the world’s leading designers, developers and manufacturers of small arms weapon systems for individual soldiers and law enforcement personnel. The Company has been a supplier to the United States and other governments throughout the world for more than 160 years and has been the sole provider of the U.S. Army’s standard infantry weapon, the M4 Carbine. Colt Defense LLC and its subsidiaries maintain manufacturing facilities in West Hartford, Connecticut and Kitchener, Ontario. Colt Canada Corporation is the Canadian government’s Center of Excellence for small arms and is the Canadian military’s sole supplier of the C7 rifle and C8 carbine. For more information on Colt Defense LLC, log onto www.colt.com.

 

SYMBOL OF QUALITY SINCE 1836

 

Contacts

 

Colt Defense LLC

Mike Magouirk, 860-244-1463

jmagouirk@colt.com