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): June 23, 2020

 

 

Iconix Brand Group, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware 001-10593 11-2481093
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

1450 Broadway, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10018
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (212) 730-0030

 

Not Applicable
(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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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share ICON The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (Nasdaq Global Select Market)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company  ¨

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ¨

 

 

 

 

 

Item 8.01. Other Events.

 

On June 23, 2020, Iconix China Limited (“Iconix China”), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Iconix Brand Group, Inc. (the “Company”), entered into a share purchase agreement (the “SPA”) to sell all of the equity interests of Starter China Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Iconix China (the “Starter China Sale”), for consideration of $16.0 million. The Starter China Sale includes the sale of the Starter brand in the mainland of China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau. The Starter China Sale is anticipated to close on or prior to September 15, 2020, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of customary closing conditions. The sale agreement contains representations, warranties, and covenants of the parties that are customary for transactions of this type. The Company anticipates using the net proceeds from the Starter China Sale to repay amounts due under its existing financing arrangements, and otherwise for general corporate purposes.

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

This Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The matters discussed in this Form 8-K involve estimates, projections, goals, forecasts, assumptions, risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements. All statements in this Form 8-K that are not purely historical facts are forward-looking statements, including statements containing the words “may,” “will,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “continue,” “believe,” “plan,” “project,” “will be,” “will continue,” “will likely result” or similar expressions. 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: the parties’ ability to close the Starter China Sale; and other risks. The Company discusses certain of these factors more fully in its additional filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), including its annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 and subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC, and this Form 8-K should be read in conjunction with those reports, together with all of the Company’s other filings, including other current reports on Form 8-K, through the date of this Form 8-K. The Company urges you to consider all of these risks, uncertainties and other factors carefully in evaluating the forward-looking statements contained in this Form 8-K.

 

Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. Since the Company operates in a rapidly changing environment, new risk factors can arise and it is not possible for the Company’s management to predict all such risk factors, nor can the Company’s management assess the impact of all such risk factors on the Company’s business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. The Company’s future results, performance or achievements could differ materially from those expressed or implied in these forward-looking statements. The Company does not undertake any obligation to publicly revise these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as may be required by law.

 

 

 

 

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.

 

  ICONIX BRAND GROUP, INC.
  (Registrant)
     
     
  By: /s/ John T. McClain
    Name: John T. McClain
    Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
     
Date: June 25, 2020