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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):
  November 4, 2005
 
   
Crown Crafts, Inc.
 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Delaware   001-07604   58-0678148
 
(State or other
jurisdiction of
incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer
Identification
Number)
     
916 S. Burnside Ave., Gonzales, Louisiana   70737
 
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)
     
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
  (225) 647-9100
 
   
 
(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 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
     On November 4, 2005, Crown Crafts, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an agreement (the “Agreement”) with Wynnefield Capital, Inc. (“Wynnefield”) and Mr. Frederick G. Wasserman pursuant to which Mr. Wasserman was given the right, on behalf of Wynnefield, to attend and participate in meetings of the Company’s board of directors in a non-voting observer capacity and to receive all information, whether written or oral, discussed with or provided to the Company’s directors in connection with such meetings. The Agreement provides that the rights granted to Mr. Wasserman may be terminated by the Company on or after the first to occur of the following dates: (i) the date of the next meeting of the Company’s stockholders at which directors are to be elected; (ii) the date on which either Wynnefield or Mr. Wasserman, directly or indirectly, (A) publicly offers to acquire more than 20% of the Company’s outstanding common stock, (B) solicits proxies for the purpose of electing one or more directors of the Company or effecting any change in the composition of the board of directors of the Company, or (C) otherwise communicates with the Company’s stockholders for the purpose of influencing them to vote in opposition to the Company’s management or take a position adverse to management that has been previously approved by a majority of the Company’s directors; (iii) the date on which either Wynnefield or Mr. Wasserman breaches the Agreement, in the opinion of a majority of the Company’s directors, where such breach is not cured within ten days after notice of such breach from the Company’s board of directors; and (iv) the date on which, in the opinion of a majority of the Company’s directors, either Wynnefield or Mr. Wasserman becomes engaged or involved, directly or indirectly, in any business or activity that competes with the business of the Company.
     The Agreement provides that Mr. Wasserman will not be paid any fees or other type of compensation by the Company. Mr. Wasserman will be reimbursed for reasonable out-of-pocket business expenses incurred by him in accordance with the Company’s reimbursement policies applicable to the Company’s directors generally.
     Under the Agreement, the Company’s board of directors may choose not to provide information to Mr. Wasserman and to exclude Mr. Wasserman from any meeting or portion thereof if a majority of the Company’s directors conclude in good faith, and upon the advice of the Company’s counsel, that (i) disclosure of such information to Mr. Wasserman, or attendance at such meeting by Mr. Wasserman, would result in the waiver of the attorney-client privilege between the Company and its counsel or (ii) the interests of Wynnefield and Mr. Wasserman in respect of the subject matter of such information or meeting are different than, in addition to or in conflict with the interests of the Company’s stockholders generally.
     Based upon publicly filed documents, Wynnefield owns beneficially approximately 15.0% of the Company’s outstanding common stock as of the date of the Agreement.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
     (d)    Exhibits.
  10.1   Agreement between the Company and Wynnefield Capital, Inc. and Frederick G. Wasserman dated November 4, 2005.

 


 

SIGNATURE
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Company has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
         
  CROWN CRAFTS, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Amy Vidrine Samson    
    Amy Vidrine Samson,   
    Vice President and Chief Financial Officer   
 
Dated: November 10, 2005

 


 

EXHIBIT INDEX
10.1   Agreement between the Company and Wynnefield Capital, Inc. and Frederick G. Wasserman dated November 4, 2005.