-----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, WsB3KfTZP3MYVw1wVOxzi3ZWDv6V1+eKm7WJ4+P/Ev37XKQIkn7s3HmM1uAbvkr8 0N/fNmBMj5UnMamci8xDSQ== 0000844143-06-000017.txt : 20060517 0000844143-06-000017.hdr.sgml : 20060517 20060517165938 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000844143-06-000017 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20060512 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events FILED AS OF DATE: 20060517 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20060517 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: INNOVO GROUP INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000844143 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MISCELLANEOUS FABRICATED TEXTILE PRODUCTS [2390] IRS NUMBER: 112928178 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1130 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-18926 FILM NUMBER: 06849697 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5804 EAST SLAUSON AVENUE STREET 2: - CITY: COMMERCE STATE: CA ZIP: 90040 BUSINESS PHONE: 3237255516 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5804 EAST SLAUSON AVENUE STREET 2: - CITY: COMMERCE STATE: CA ZIP: 90040 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ELORAC CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19901009 8-K 1 inno_8k051706.txt 8-K DATED MAY 17, 2006 UNITED STATES 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): May 17, 2006 (May 12, 2006) Innovo Group Inc. (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) Delaware (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) 0-18926 11-2928178 (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer Identification No.) 5804 East Slauson Avenue, Commerce, California 90040 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) (323) 725-5516 (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 (see General Instruction A.2. below): [ ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) [ ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) [ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) [ ] 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 Compensation Arrangements On May 12, 2006, Innovo Group Inc., or the Company, conducted an annual meeting of its Board of Directors, or the Board. At such annual meeting, the Board approved certain resolutions relating to compensation for itself and its named executive officers. First, the Compensation Committee of the Board approved an stock option grant pursuant to the Company's 2004 Stock Incentive Plan for services as a member of the Board to each of its non-employee directors in the amount of a nonqualified option to purchase up to 75,000 shares of the Company's common stock at $1.02, which was the closing price of the Company's common stock on May 12, 2006. Each option will have a term of ten (10) years from the date of grant and will be exercisable in full immediately. The Board does not receive any cash compensation other than reimbursement for ordinary and customary business expenses incurred in connection with travel and attendance at meetings. In addition, the Compensation Committee of the Board authorized a direct amendment in accordance with the 2004 Stock Incentive Plan to certain of the options previously granted to Marc Crossman and Richard Quiroga, the Company's Named Executive Officers, to reduce the exercise price to $1.02, which was the closing price of the Company's common stock on May 12, 2006. Mr. Crossman also forfeited a previous option grant to purchase 1,000,000 shares of the Company's common stock pursuant to the Company's 2000 Employee Stock Incentive Plan in exchange for a new option to purchase 1,000,000 shares of the Company's common stock at $1.02 pursuant to the 2004 Stock Incentive Plan. This option will have a term of ten (10) years from the date of grant and be exercisable in full immediately. The Compensation Committee also evaluated Mr. Crossman's annual salary and made no changes to it. ITEM 2.01 Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets As previously disclosed in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended February 25, 2006 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 6, 2006, the Company announced that on March 31, 2006, the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement, or APA, with Cygne Designs, Inc., or Cygne. Cygne is a designer, merchandiser and manufacturer of branded and private label women's denim, casual and career apparel with its principal executive offices in New York, NY. Pursuant to the APA, the Company agreed to sell to Cygne certain assets related to its private label apparel division. These assets included the private label division's customer list, the assumption of current workforce related to the private label division, the assumption of all existing purchase orders and inventory related to the private label division, and the assumption of the benefit of a non-compete clause in favor of Azteca. In exchange for the purchased assets, Cygne assumed certain liabilities associated with the Company's private label division, including, the remaining obligation under the original promissory note executed in favor of Azteca Production International, Inc. under the original asset purchase agreement pursuant to which it purchased the private label division assets, or the Blue Concept APA, all other liabilities, excluding the original promissory note, owed in connection with our operation of the private label division to Azteca in excess of $1,500,000, all liabilities associated with our outstanding purchase orders and inventory schedules listed in the APA, and the obligation to continue to pay the earn out under the Blue Concept APA. The aggregate value of the assumed liabilities, which will represent the purchase price for the transaction, is approximately $10,437,000, and may be subject to certain post closing permitted adjustments related to the payment of certain audit related fees. On May 12, 2006, the Company completed the disposition of these assets after obtaining stockholder approval to approve the sale of certain of the assets of the private label division pursuant to the APA. The aggregate value of the assumed liabilities remained at $10,437,000 as of the closing date. On May 16, 2006,the Company issued a press release in connection with its annual meeting of stockholders held on May 12, 2006 announcing the approval of the four proposals on the ballot: (1) the election of seven directors, (2) the approval of the sale of certain assets of the private label division pursuant to an asset purchase agreement by and among Cygne, IAA and the Company dated March 31, 2006, (3) the approval of any proposal to adjourn the meeting to a later date, if necessary, to solicit additional proxies if there are not sufficient votes in favor of the approval of the sale of certain assets of the private label division, and (4) the ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Innovo Group's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending November 25, 2006. The Press Release is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. ITEM 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers In connection with the annual meeting of the Board on May 12, 2006, the Board appointed Marc Crossman to the position of Chief Executive Officer, President and Chief Financial Officer. ITEM 8.01 Other Events On April 21, 2006, the Company filed a Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A with the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to an annual meeting of our stockholders to be held on May 12, 2006. The purpose of the annual meeting was to vote on the following proposals: (1) to elect seven directors to serve on the Board of Directors until the next annual meeting of stockholders or until their respective successors are elected and qualified; (2) to approve the sale of certain assets of the private label division pursuant to an asset purchase agreement by and among Cygne, IAA and the Company dated March 31, 2006; (3) to approve any proposal to adjourn the meeting to a later date, if necessary, to solicit additional proxies if there are not sufficient votes in favor of the approval of the sale of certain assets of the private label division; and (4) to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ended November 25, 2006. The Board fixed the close of business on April 12, 2006 as the record date for identifying those stockholders entitled to notice of, and to vote, at the annual meeting. On April 21, 2006, the notice of annual meeting, proxy statement and proxy cards were first mailed to stockholders along with the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended November 26, 2005. On May 12, 2006, the Company conducted its annual meeting of stockholders and all four proposals were approved. On May 12, 2006, a maximum amount of 31,463,889 shares were represented in person or by proxy at the meeting, which reflected approximately 94% of total shares outstanding, which was 33,408,598 as of April 12, 2006 according to the records of our transfer agent, the record date of the annual meeting. This share amount reflects the addition of certain shares that the Company holds as treasury shares in a segregated brokerage account. The vote totals on the four proposals were as follows: 1. Election of seven directors: For Against Abstain Samuel J. Furrow 29,825,795 173 2,199,142 Samuel J. Furrow, Jr. 29,670,244 173 2,354,693 Marc B. Crossman 30,100,337 173 1,924,600 Kelly Hoffman 31,117,860 173 907,077 Tom O'Riordan 31,399,847 173 625,090 Suhail R. Rizvi 28,742,567 173 3,282,370 Kent Savage 30,598,209 173 1,426,728 For Against Abstain 2. The approval of the sale of 20,307,837 50,774 326,923 certain assets of the private label division pursuant to an asset purchase agreement by and among Cygne, IAA and the Company dated March 31, 2006 For Against Abstain 3. The approval of any proposal 29,374,751 2,215,979 434,378 to adjourn the meeting to a later date, if necessary, to solicit additional proxies if there are not sufficient votes in favor of the approval of the sale of certain assets of the private label division For Against Abstain 4. Appointment of Ernst & Young 31,474,300 195,799 355,010 LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending November 25, 2006 ITEM 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits (d) Exhibits. Exhibit Number Description 99.1 Press Release dated May 16, 2006 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 thereunto duly authorized. INNOVO GROUP INC. (Registrant) Date: May 17, 2006 By: /s/ Marc Crossman Marc Crossman Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer) Exhibit Index Exhibit Number Description 99.1 Press Release dated May 16, 2006 EX-99 2 inno_ex991.txt PRESS RELEASE DATED MAY 16, 2006 [INNOVO GROUP INC. LETTERHEAD] Innovo Group Completes Sale of Private Label Business Innovo Group Announces Results of Annual Meeting of Stockholders LOS ANGELES, May 16, 2006 - Innovo Group Inc. (NASDAQ: INNO) announced today that it has completed the sale of the assets of its private label apparel division. In addition, the Company announced the results from its annual stockholders' meeting held on May 12, 2006. The voting results of the annual meeting are as follows: -- A majority of the shares outstanding voted in person or by proxy in favor of the proposal to approve the sale of the assets of the Company's private label apparel division to Cygne Designs, Inc. (NASDAQ: CYDS). A total of approximately 20.3 million shares voted in favor of this proposal. --A majority of the shares present in person or by proxy voted in favor of the ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending November 25, 2006. --The seven director nominees who received the highest number of votes for election to the Company's Board of Directors were: Samuel Furrow, Samuel J. Furrow, Jr., Marc Crossman, Kelly Hoffman, Suhail Rizvi, Kent Savage, and Tom O'Riordan. --A total of approximately 32 million shares of the Company's common stock were represented by proxy at the annual meeting, which reflected approximately 96% of the total shares outstanding as of the April 12, 2006 record date. The Company also announced that immediately following the annual meeting of stockholders, at the annual meeting of the Board of Directors, the newly elected Board voted unanimously to re-elect Sam Furrow as Chairman. Marc Crossman, Chief Executive Officer and director, stated, "We are extremely pleased with the results of our 2006 annual stockholders' meeting, and are further pleased with the number of stockholders who voted for the proposals presented at the annual meeting. In particular, the approval of the sale of the private label division represents an important step toward carrying out our strategic objectives which we have previously announced, namely to focus on our core asset, Joe's Jeansr and our Joe'sr branded products. After obtaining the approval of our stockholders, we were able to close this transaction effective May 12, 2006." Crossman further added, "We are also pleased to receive approval of our slate of directors and the ratification of Ernst & Young as our independent registered public accounting firm. We believe that the continuity of our current Board and its composition will assist management in carrying out our strategic objectives." About Innovo Group Inc. Innovo Group Inc., through its operating subsidiaries Innovo Azteca Apparel, Inc. and Joe's Jeans, Inc., is a sales and marketing organization designing and selling apparel products to the retail and premium markets. The Company's apparel products consist of men's and women's denim and denim-related apparel products, including, high-end denim jeans and knit shirts featuring Joe's(r) and Joe's Jeans(r) branded products. More information is available at the company web site at www.innovogroup.com. Statements in this news release which are not purely historical facts are forward-looking statements, including statements containing the words "intend," "believe," "estimate, "project," "expect" or similar expressions. Forward looking statements in this press release include, without limitation, our ability to achieve our strategic objectives of focusing on our Joe's Jeansr branded products. These statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All forward-looking statements are based upon information available to Innovo Group Inc. on the date of this release. Any forward-looking statement inherently involves risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Factors that would cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to: uncertainty regarding the effect or outcome of the Company's decision to explore strategic alternatives; continued acceptance of the Company's products in the marketplace, particularly acceptance and near-term sales of the Company's brands such as Joe'sr; successful implementation of its strategic plan; the extension or refinancing of its existing bank facility and the restrictions any such extension or refinancing could place on the company; the ability to obtain new financing from other financing sources; the ability to generate positive cash flow from operations; competitive factors, including the possibility of major customers sourcing product overseas in competition with our products; dependence upon third-party vendors; a possible oversupply of denim in the marketplace; and other risks detailed in the Company's periodic report filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. By making these forward-looking statements, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Contact: Innovo Group, Inc. Shane Whalen 323-278-6764 Integrated Corporate Relations Investors: Brendon Frey Media: John Flanagan 203-682-8200 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----