eth20131231_8k.htm

 

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 31, 2013

 

ETHAN ALLEN INTERIORS INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

1-11692

06-1275288

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

Ethan Allen Drive

Danbury, CT


06811

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (203) 743-8000

 

                                          Not Applicable                                         
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

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INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN Report

 

SECTION 1 – REGISTRANT’S BUSINESS AND OPERATIONS

 

Item 1.01     Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

 

Effective January 1, 2014, Ethan Allen Global, Inc. and Ethan Allen Retail, Inc., subsidiaries of Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. (collectively, “Ethan Allen” or the “Company”) entered into the Fourth Amendment to its Second Amended and Restated Private Label Consumer Credit Card Program Agreement (the “Agreement”).

 

The Agreement amends the prior Second Amended and Restated Private Label Consumer Credit Card Program Agreement, originally entered into on July 23, 2007, as amended. The Agreement extends the term for an additional five (5) years to July 31, 2019, and sets forth terms and conditions under which GE Money Bank will provide third-party financing associated with the Company’s private label credit card portfolio. All such financing is provided on a non-recourse basis to Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates.

 

The foregoing description of the Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such Agreement, which will be filed in accordance with SEC rules and regulations.

 

 
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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

ETHAN ALLEN INTERIORS INC.

   

Date: December 31, 2013

By:

/s/ David R. Callen

   

David R. Callen

   

Vice President, Finance and

Treasurer

 

 

 

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