8-K
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 13, 2007
EMERSON RADIO CORP.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
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Delaware
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001-07731
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9 Entin Road, Parsippany, New Jersey
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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Registrants telephone number, including area code: (973) 884-5800
Not Applicable
(Former Address, if changed since Last Report) (Zip Code)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On December 13, 2007, following the Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the Annual
Meeting) of Emerson Radio Corp. (the Company), the Board of Directors of the
Company (the Board) appointed as the President of the Company Adrian Ma, the Chief
Executive Officer of the Company. The Board also appointed as an Executive Vice
President of the Company each of Greenfield Pitts, the Chief Financial Officer of the
Company; Michael A.B. Binney, President-International Operations of the Company; and
John Spielberger, the President-North American Operations of the Company. Messrs. Ma,
Pitts, Binney and Spielberger will continue to serve Chief Executive Officer, Chief
Financial Officer, President-International Operations and President-North American
Operations of the Company, respectively. None of such officers will receive
additional compensation in exchange for his service as President or Executive Vice
President of the Company, as the case may be.
Information with respect to the prior employment with and outside the Company,
current compensation arrangements, if any, and other relevant information concerning
Messrs. Ma, Pitts, Binney and Spielberger are set forth in the Companys Proxy
Statement on Schedule 14A relating to the Annual Meeting, as filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on November 19, 2007.
A copy of the press release announcing the appointment of Mr. Ma as President of
the Company and each of Messrs. Pitts, Binney and Spielberger as an Executive Vice
President of the Company is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit
99.1.
Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
Effective as of December 13, 2007, the Board adopted an amendment (the Amendment)
to the Corporate Bylaws of the Company, as amended (the Bylaws), to update the
descriptions of the officer positions with the Company and to permit the Company to issue
uncertificated shares.
Pursuant to the Amendment, Article 5 of the Bylaws was amended and restated in its
entirety. Article 5 of the Bylaws previously contained titles and descriptions of duties
of officer positions that were inapplicable to the Company and its current management.
Accordingly, Article 5 of the Bylaws was amended and restated to update the titles and
descriptions of duties of the officer positions of the Company. In connection with the
Amendment, the Board appointed Mr. Ma as President of the Company and each of Messrs.
Pitts, Binney and Spielberger as an Executive Vice President of the Company. See Item
5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of
Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers of this Current Report
on Form 8-K.
Pursuant to the Amendment, Sections 7.1 and 7.2 of the Bylaws were amended and
restated in their entirety. Sections 7.1 and 7.2 of the Bylaws previously required that
all shares of capital stock of the Company be represented by certificates. Sections 7.1
and 7.2 of the Bylaws were amended and restated to permit the Company to issue
uncertificated shares in order for the Company to be eligible to participate in a direct
registration system (a Direct Registration System) as required by Section 135 of The
American Stock Exchange Company Guide. Pursuant to a Direct Registration System, a
stockholder may have securities registered in such stockholders name on the books of an
issuer or its transfer agent without the need for a physical certificate to evidence
ownership.
The full text of the Amendment is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on
Form 8-K, and the Amendment is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 8.01. Other Events.
On December 17, 2007, the Company announced the results of the Annual Meeting. A
total of 26,047,528 shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company
(the Common Stock), or approximately 96% of the total number of shares of Common Stock
of the Company entitled to vote at the meeting, were represented at the Annual Meeting.
At the Annual Meeting, the stockholders of the Company elected three new directors
and re-elected seven directors to serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders and
until their successors are duly elected and qualified. The three new directors elected
at the Annual Meeting are Mirzan Mahathir, David R. Peterson and Kareem E. Sethi, and the
seven directors re-elected at the Annual Meeting are Christopher Ho, Michael A.B. Binney,
W. Michael Driscoll, Adrian Ma, Greenfield Pitts, Eduard Will and Norbert R. Wirsching.
At the Annual Meeting, the stockholders of the Company ratified the appointment of
Moore Stephens, P.C. as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company
for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2008.
A copy of the press release announcing the results of the Annual Meeting is attached
to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.
Forward Looking Statements
This Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, contains forward-looking
statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements typically are identified by
use of terms such as may, will, should, plan, expect, anticipate, estimate
and similar words, although some forward-looking statements are expressed differently.
Forward-looking statements represent our managements judgment regarding future events.
Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking
statements are reasonable, the Company can give no assurance that such expectations will
prove to be correct. All statements other than statements of historical fact included in
this Current Report on Form 8-K are forward-looking statements. The Company cannot
guarantee the accuracy of the forward-looking statements, and you should be aware that
the Companys actual results could differ materially from those contained in the
forward-looking statements due to a number of factors, including the statements under
Risk Factors contained in the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
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Exhibit 3.1
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Amendment to Corporate Bylaws of Emerson Radio Corp. |
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Exhibit 99.1
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Press release, dated December 17, 2007 (Exhibit 99.1 is furnished as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K). |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company
has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.
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EMERSON RADIO CORP.
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/s/ Greenfield Pitts
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Greenfield Pitts |
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Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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Dated: December 19, 2007