8-K 1 a05-20357_18k.htm CURRENT REPORT OF MATERIAL EVENTS OR CORPORATE CHANGES

 

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):  November 8, 2005

 

Langer, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

1-12991

 

11-2239561

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification Number)

 

 

 

 

 

450 Commack Road, Deer Park, New York

 

11729-4510

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  631-667-1200

 

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

 

GRAPHIC              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

 

Kanders & Company Restricted Stock Award

 

On November 8, 2005, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the form of and the Company entered into a restricted stock agreement providing for the grant of 100,000 shares of restricted stock to Kanders & Company, Inc. (“Kanders & Company”), the sole stockholder of which is Warren B. Kanders, our Chairman of the Board of Directors.  Such grant was previously approved by the Company’s Board of Directors in November 2004, subject to Mr. Kanders continuing to serve as Chairman of the Board of Directors through September 1, 2005.  The restricted stock vests on November 12, 2007, provided that Mr. Kanders is then serving as a director of the Company.  Such restricted stock award immediately vests and becomes nonforfeitable in the event of (i) the termination by the Company, without cause, of the consulting agreement dated November 12, 2004 between the Company and Kanders & Co.,  or (ii) the death of Mr. Kanders, or (iii) a change-of-control of the Company.

 

Chairman of the Board Replacement Award

 

In addition, on November 8, 2005, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the grant to Warren B. Kanders, our Chairman of the Board of Directors, of ten-year stock options to purchase 240,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $7.50 per share, vesting in three equal annual installments beginning on November 12, 2005.  Such grant replaced a previously approved and disclosed grant dated November 12, 2004 of ten-year stock options to Kanders & Co. on substantially the same terms as set forth above.  These stock option awards immediately vest and become exercisable in the event of a change-of-control of the Company.

 

Director and Executive Officer Option Awards

 

On November 8, 2005, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the grant of ten-year options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock to the members of the Board of Directors and certain executive officers as set forth in the table below as an inducement to continue to serve the Company in the capacities set forth below.  Such stock option awards have an exercise price of $4.89 per share.

 

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Name

 

Title

 

Number of Stock Options

 

Vesting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Warren B. Kanders

 

Chairman of the
Board of Directors

 

275,000

 

three equal annual installments beginning on April 1, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Burtt R. Ehrlich

 

Director

 

37,500

 

three equal annual installments beginning on November 8, 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stuart P. Greenspon

 

Director

 

37,500

 

three equal annual installments beginning on November 8, 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arthur Goldstein

 

Director

 

37,500

 

three equal annual installments beginning on November 8, 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

W. Gray Hudkins

 

Chief Operating
Officer

 

50,000

 

three equal annual installments beginning on April 1, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Joseph P. Ciavarella

 

Vice President and
Chief Financial
Officer

 

25,000

 

three equal annual installments beginning on April 1, 2008

 

Item 1.02                                             Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement

 

On November 8, 2005, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the cancellation of stock options to purchase 240,000 shares of common stock that were issued pursuant to a stock option agreement dated November 12, 2004 by and between the Company and Kanders & Company, the sole stockholder of which is Warren B. Kanders, our Chairman of the Board of Directors.  As discussed above, such cancelled options were replaced by new ten-year stock options granted to Mr. Kanders to purchase 240,000 shares of common stock on substantially the same terms as the cancelled options.  Such options were cancelled to facilitate the issuance of similar options under the Company’s shareholder approved 2005 Stock Incentive Plan.

 

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Item 3.02                                             Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities

 

The stock option and restricted stock awards discussed above in Item 1.01, were issued under the Company’s 2005 Stock Incentive Plan and were exempt from registration under Section 5 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, including by virtue of Section 4(2) thereof.

 

Item 5.02                                             Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.

 

(c)                                  Appointment of Director.

 

On November 8, 2005, the Board of Directors appointed Mr. Stuart P. Greenspon to fill a vacancy on the Board of Directors, for a term to continue until the next annual meeting of stockholders, which is expected to be held in June 2006.  Mr. Greenspon was also appointed by the Board of Directors to the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors.  Mr. Greenspon has been an independent business consultant for more than ten years. He was an owner and operating officer of Call Center Services, Inc. from 1990 to 1995 and of Pandick Technologies, Inc. from 1982 to 1989. He is currently president and a board member of SCAN-NEW YORK, a family social services agency in New York City and a trustee of St. Francis College in Brooklyn Heights, NY.

 

As discussed above in Item 1.01, in connection with the appointment of Mr. Greenspon to the Board of Directors, the Company issued him 37,500 ten-year options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock.

 

Item 8.01                                             Other Events

 

On November 15, 2005, the Company issued a press release announcing that Gregory R. Nelson resigned from its Board of Directors and Stuart P. Greenspon was appointed to its Board of Directors.

 

A copy of the press release issued by the Company on November 15, 2005, is attached hereto as an exhibit.

 

Item 9.01                                             Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)                           Exhibits

 

The following exhibit is hereby filed as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K:

 

Number

 

Exhibit

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press release dated November 15, 2005

 

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.

 

Date: November 15, 2005

Langer, Inc.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Joseph P. Ciavarella

 

 

 

Joseph P. Ciavarella, Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer

 

Exhibit Index

 

Number

 

Exhibit

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press release dated November 15, 2005

 

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