Form 8-K

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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) January 14, 2011

 

 

PHOENIX FOOTWEAR GROUP, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

001-31309   15-0327010

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

840 El Camino Real, Suite 106, Carlsbad, California   92008
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

(760) 602-9688

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

  

 

(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT

 

Item 8.01 Other Events.

Phoenix Footwear Group, Inc. (the “Company”) is filing this Current Report on Form 8-K solely for the purpose of filing the attached exhibits. Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 were originally filed as exhibits to Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on June 19, 2008 and July 13, 2009, respectively. As originally filed, these exhibits omitted certain schedules, annexes and/or exhibits to the filed agreements. All such agreements are re-filed with this report in their entirety with all schedules, annexes and/or exhibits to such agreements.

The Company’s compensatory arrangements with its named executive officers Messrs. Hall and Nelson described in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 2, 2010, and originally disclosed on a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 17, 2009, are not set forth in any formal document. Mr. Hall resigned as Chief Executive Officer and as President of the Company effective September 10, 2010, and the Company’s employment arrangement with him is no longer effective. The Company’s intends to formalize its existing employment arrangement with Dennis Nelson, which is subject to a written agreement being signed. Nevertheless, we have included a written description of these arrangements as Exhibits 10.3 and 10.4, respectively.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

10.1    Credit and Security Agreement dated June 10, 2008, by and among Phoenix Footwear Group, Inc., Penobscot Shoe Company, H.S. Trask & Co., Chambers Belt Company and Phoenix Delaware Acquisition, Inc., and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
10.2    Amendment and Forbearance Agreement dated July 9, 2009 among Phoenix Footwear Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
10.3    Written Description of the employment arrangement between Phoenix Footwear Group, Inc. and Russell Hall
10.4    Written Description of the employment arrangement between Phoenix Footwear Group, Inc. and Dennis Nelson


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.

 

    PHOENIX FOOTWEAR GROUP, INC.
Date: January 14, 2011     By:   /s/    DENNIS T. NELSON        
    Name:   Dennis T. Nelson
    Title:   Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

10.1    Credit and Security Agreement dated June 10, 2008, by and among Phoenix Footwear Group, Inc., Penobscot Shoe Company, H.S. Trask & Co., Chambers Belt Company and Phoenix Delaware Acquisition, Inc., and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
10.2    Amendment and Forbearance Agreement dated July 9, 2009 among Phoenix Footwear Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
10.3    Written Description of the employment arrangement between Phoenix Footwear Group, Inc. and Russell Hall
10.4    Written Description of the employment arrangement between Phoenix Footwear Group, Inc. and Dennis Nelson