0001140361-15-044009.txt : 20151209 0001140361-15-044009.hdr.sgml : 20151209 20151209160010 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001140361-15-044009 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20151208 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events FILED AS OF DATE: 20151209 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20151209 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MOTORCAR PARTS AMERICA INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000918251 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MOTOR VEHICLE PARTS & ACCESSORIES [3714] IRS NUMBER: 112153962 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NY FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-33861 FILM NUMBER: 151278361 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2929 CALIFORNIA STREET CITY: TORRANCE STATE: CA ZIP: 90503 BUSINESS PHONE: 3109724015 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2929 CALIFORNIA STREET CITY: TORRANCE STATE: CA ZIP: 90503 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MOTORCAR PARTS AMERICA INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20040112 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MOTORCAR PARTS & ACCESSORIES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19940128 8-K 1 form8k.htm MOTORCAR PARTS OF AMERICA, INC. 8-K 12-8-2015
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): December 8, 2015
 
 
Motorcar Parts of America, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
 
 
New York
001-33861
11-2153962
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

2929 California Street, Torrance, California
  
90503
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  
(Zip Code)

(310) 212-7910
(Registrant’s telephone number including area code)

N/A
(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 8.01 Other Events

On December 8, 2015, the Company entered into a settlement agreement that resolves the pending federal court litigation in California brought by the Company involving the purchase of Fenwick Automotive Products Limited and various of its subsidiaries, styled Motorcar Parts of America, Inc. v. FAPL Holdings Inc., et al., Case No. 2:14-cv-01153-GW-JEM (“MPA Action”). The agreement also resolves the pending Ontario, Canada, litigation brought by individual defendants in the MPA Action against the Company relating to their employment.  The Company will receive a net payment of $5.8 million and none of the parties admit the allegations made by any other party.  Dismissals of the litigation will be filed after payment is received by the Company.
 
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 thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
Motorcar Parts of America, Inc.
     
Date:  December 9, 2015
By:
/s/ Michael M. Umansky
    Michael M. Umansky
    Vice President and General Counsel