-----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, AYHfqo0/1tlpps1qwF8+91epmnUzrGAn+46Hk0YPO59gFNqlnhpSu9TQMBVmRAFQ kPsVash4trt3rQY5iviE1Q== 0000950134-05-021203.txt : 20051110 0000950134-05-021203.hdr.sgml : 20051110 20051110163434 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950134-05-021203 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20051104 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20051110 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20051110 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CROWN CRAFTS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000025895 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: BROADWOVEN FABRIC MILLS, COTTON [2211] IRS NUMBER: 580678148 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0331 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-07604 FILM NUMBER: 051194381 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 916 SOUTH BURNSIDE AVENUE CITY: GONZALES STATE: LA ZIP: 70737 BUSINESS PHONE: 225-647-9100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: PO BOX 1028 CITY: GONZALES STATE: LA ZIP: 70707 8-K 1 d30125e8vk.htm FORM 8-K e8vk
 

 
 
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):
  November 4, 2005
 
   
Crown Crafts, Inc.
 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Delaware   001-07604   58-0678148
 
(State or other
jurisdiction of
incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer
Identification
Number)
     
916 S. Burnside Ave., Gonzales, Louisiana   70737
 
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)
     
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
  (225) 647-9100
 
   
 
(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))
 
 

 


 

Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
     On November 4, 2005, Crown Crafts, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an agreement (the “Agreement”) with Wynnefield Capital, Inc. (“Wynnefield”) and Mr. Frederick G. Wasserman pursuant to which Mr. Wasserman was given the right, on behalf of Wynnefield, to attend and participate in meetings of the Company’s board of directors in a non-voting observer capacity and to receive all information, whether written or oral, discussed with or provided to the Company’s directors in connection with such meetings. The Agreement provides that the rights granted to Mr. Wasserman may be terminated by the Company on or after the first to occur of the following dates: (i) the date of the next meeting of the Company’s stockholders at which directors are to be elected; (ii) the date on which either Wynnefield or Mr. Wasserman, directly or indirectly, (A) publicly offers to acquire more than 20% of the Company’s outstanding common stock, (B) solicits proxies for the purpose of electing one or more directors of the Company or effecting any change in the composition of the board of directors of the Company, or (C) otherwise communicates with the Company’s stockholders for the purpose of influencing them to vote in opposition to the Company’s management or take a position adverse to management that has been previously approved by a majority of the Company’s directors; (iii) the date on which either Wynnefield or Mr. Wasserman breaches the Agreement, in the opinion of a majority of the Company’s directors, where such breach is not cured within ten days after notice of such breach from the Company’s board of directors; and (iv) the date on which, in the opinion of a majority of the Company’s directors, either Wynnefield or Mr. Wasserman becomes engaged or involved, directly or indirectly, in any business or activity that competes with the business of the Company.
     The Agreement provides that Mr. Wasserman will not be paid any fees or other type of compensation by the Company. Mr. Wasserman will be reimbursed for reasonable out-of-pocket business expenses incurred by him in accordance with the Company’s reimbursement policies applicable to the Company’s directors generally.
     Under the Agreement, the Company’s board of directors may choose not to provide information to Mr. Wasserman and to exclude Mr. Wasserman from any meeting or portion thereof if a majority of the Company’s directors conclude in good faith, and upon the advice of the Company’s counsel, that (i) disclosure of such information to Mr. Wasserman, or attendance at such meeting by Mr. Wasserman, would result in the waiver of the attorney-client privilege between the Company and its counsel or (ii) the interests of Wynnefield and Mr. Wasserman in respect of the subject matter of such information or meeting are different than, in addition to or in conflict with the interests of the Company’s stockholders generally.
     Based upon publicly filed documents, Wynnefield owns beneficially approximately 15.0% of the Company’s outstanding common stock as of the date of the Agreement.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
     (d)    Exhibits.
  10.1   Agreement between the Company and Wynnefield Capital, Inc. and Frederick G. Wasserman dated November 4, 2005.

 


 

SIGNATURE
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Company has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
         
  CROWN CRAFTS, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Amy Vidrine Samson    
    Amy Vidrine Samson,   
    Vice President and Chief Financial Officer   
 
Dated: November 10, 2005

 


 

EXHIBIT INDEX
10.1   Agreement between the Company and Wynnefield Capital, Inc. and Frederick G. Wasserman dated November 4, 2005.

 

EX-10.1 2 d30125exv10w1.htm AGREEMENT WITH WYNNEFIELD CAPITAL, INC. AND FREDERICK G. WASSERMAN exv10w1
 

EXHIBIT 10.1
(CROWN CRAFTS LOGO)
November 4, 2005
Wynnefield Capital, Inc.
450 Seventh Avenue
Suite 509
New York, New York 10123
Mr. Frederick G. Wasserman
4 Nobadeer Drive
Pennington, NJ 08534
     
Re:
  Crown Crafts, Inc. (the “Company”)/Wynnefield Capital, Inc. (“Wynnefield”)
Gentlemen:
     This will confirm the understanding and agreement among us with respect to the subject matter hereof.
     1. Subject to the limitations set forth below and until the Company shall notify you otherwise, which it may do at any time and for any reason on or after the Determination Date (as hereinafter defined), Mr. Wasserman shall have the right, on behalf of Wynnefield, (i) to attend and participate in (and be given timely written notice of) all meetings of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), whether held in person or by telephone, in a non-voting observer capacity; and (ii) to receive (and disclose to Wynnefield) all information (written or oral) discussed with or provided to the Board in connection therewith. For purposes hereof, “Determination Date” shall mean the first to occur of the following dates: (i) the date of the next meeting of the Company’s stockholders at which directors are to be elected; (ii) the date on which either of you, directly or indirectly, (A) publicly offers to acquire more than 20% of the Company’s

 


 

outstanding shares of common stock, (B) shall solicit proxies for the purpose of electing one or more directors of the Company or effecting any change in the composition of the Board, or (C) shall otherwise communicate with the Company’s stockholders for the purpose of influencing them to vote in opposition to management or take a position adverse to management that has been previously approved by a majority of the Board; (iii) the date on which either of you, in the opinion of a majority of the Board, shall breach or violate any term or covenant hereof, and such breach is not cured within 10 days after receiving notice thereof from the Board; and (iv) the date on which the representation and warranty in Paragraph 5 hereof shall no longer be true and correct in the opinion of a majority of the Board.
     2. Mr. Wasserman will not be paid any fees or other type of compensation by the Company hereunder. The Company, however, will reimburse Mr. Wasserman for all reasonable out-of-pocket business expenses incurred by him hereunder upon submission to the Company of invoices and other pertinent data in accordance with the Company’s reimbursement policies applicable to the Company’s directors generally.
     3. The Board reserves the right not to provide information to Mr. Wasserman and to exclude him from any meeting or portion thereof if a majority of the Board concludes in good faith, upon the advice of the Company’s counsel, that (i) disclosure of such information to him, or attendance at such meeting by him, would result in the waiver by the Company of the attorney-client privilege between the Company and its counsel; or (ii) the interests of Wynnefield or Mr. Wasserman in respect of the subject matter thereof are different than, in addition to, or in conflict with, the interests of the Company’s stockholders generally.
     4. Each of you agrees to act in a fiduciary manner in accordance with applicable law with respect to all non-public information disclosed to you in respect of the foregoing and to be subject to all of the duties with respect thereto as would be the case if Mr. Wasserman were a member of the Board. Each of you acknowledges that you will be deemed to be an “insider” of the Company and that you may not buy or sell any securities of the Company, either in the open market or in private transactions, other than in compliance with all applicable laws and with such policies and procedures of the Company as may be in effect from time to time relating thereto to which the Company’s directors are subject.

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     5. Each of you hereby represents and warrants to the Company that you are not engaged or involved, directly or indirectly, in any business or activity that competes with the business of the Company, and each of you agrees to notify the Company immediately in the event you should become so engaged or involved; provided, however, that together you may own, in the aggregate, up to five percent (5%) of the outstanding securities of an issuer that competes with the Company so long as such issuer is subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
     If the foregoing accurately sets forth our understanding and agreement, please so indicate in the space provided for that purpose below, whereupon this letter shall constitute a binding agreement among us as of the date first above written.
     This letter may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Executed counterparts may be delivered by facsimile transmission.
         
Very truly yours,
 
       
CROWN CRAFTS, INC.
 
       
By:   /s/ Amy Vidrine Samson
     
 
  Its:   Vice President, CFO
 
       
ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED:
WYNNEFIELD CAPITAL, INC.
         
By:   /s/ Nelson Obus
     
 
  Its:    
 
       
 
       
/s/ Frederick G. Wasserman
 
FREDERICK G. WASSERMAN

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