-----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, J79bcZMnrfJI1YSvc62t58dUmfbM+Th1FwAicNSqoEG3+y0NQD3b52ZN5NhuJ3TL rC4OZfQrydOTraxq9pIF4Q== 0000930413-06-006142.txt : 20060824 0000930413-06-006142.hdr.sgml : 20060824 20060824161514 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000930413-06-006142 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20060821 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events FILED AS OF DATE: 20060824 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20060824 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PREMIERE GLOBAL SERVICES, INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000880804 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-BUSINESS SERVICES, NEC [7389] IRS NUMBER: 593074176 STATE OF INCORPORATION: GA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-13577 FILM NUMBER: 061053271 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3399 PEACHTREE RD NE STREET 2: THE LENOX BUILDING, SUITE 700 CITY: ATLANTA STATE: GA ZIP: 30326 BUSINESS PHONE: 4042628400 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3399 PEACHTREE RD NE STREET 2: THE LENOX BUILDING, SUITE 700 CITY: ATLANTA STATE: GA ZIP: 30326 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PTEK HOLDINGS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20000306 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PREMIERE TECHNOLOGIES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19951219 8-K 1 c44132_8k.htm

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) August 21, 2006

PREMIERE GLOBAL SERVICES, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 
Georgia

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)


   
001-13577  59-3074176 

(Commission File Number)  (IRS Employer Identification No.) 

 
3399 Peachtree Road, NE, Suite 700, Atlanta, Georgia  30326 


(Address of Principal Executive Offices) 
(Zip Code) 

 
404-262-8400

(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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CFR 240.13e-4(c)) 


Item 8.01     Other Events

     As previously disclosed in our quarterly and annual filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, we have received letters from A2D, L.P., an affiliate of Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P., offering the license of certain of Katz’s patents and informing us of the potential applicability of those patents to certain of our Conferencing & Collaboration services. We continued to consider the matter raised in these letters and have had preliminary discussions with A2D, L.P. On August 21, 2006, a lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas by Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P. against three conferencing service providers, including us, alleging that the defendants’ “automated telephone conferencing systems that enable [their] customers to perform multiple-party meetings and various other functions over the telephone” infringe six of plaintiff’s patents. The complaint seeks undisclosed monetary damages, together with pre- and post-judgment interest, treble damages for what is alleged to be willful infringement, attorneys’ fees and costs and injunctive relief. We have not been served in this matter yet and intend to vigorously defend ourselves against these claims. However, due to the inherent uncertainties of litigation, we are unable to predict the outcome of this matter, and an adverse outcome could have a material effect on our business, financial condition and results of operation.

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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 hereunto duly authorized.

     
PREMIERE GLOBAL SERVICES, INC. 
 
 
Date:   
August 24, 2006 
By: /s/ L. Scott Askins 

        L. Scott Askins 
        Senior Vice President – Legal, General 
        Counsel and Secretary 

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