Ethan Allen Interiors Inc - Current report filing (8-K)
November 16 2007 - 2:47PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
United states
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
13, 2007
ETHAN ALLEN INTERIORS INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its
charter)
Delaware
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1-11692
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06-1275288
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(State or other
jurisdiction of incorporation)
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(Commission File
Number)
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
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Ethan Allen
Drive
Danbury,
CT
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06811
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(Address of principal
executive offices)
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(Zip Code)
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Registrant’s telephone number, including area
code:
(203) 743-8000
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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240.13e-4(c))
INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN Report
SECTION 5 – CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND
MANAGEMENT
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers;
Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of
Certain Officers.
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(c)
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On November 13, 2007, at
the organizational meeting of the Board of Directors (“Board”) of
Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. (the “Company”), the Board appointed
John P. Birkelund, 77, as an independent Director of the Company to serve for a
term to expire in 2008. Mr. Birkelund will be a member of the
Nominations/Corporate Governance Committee and shall be entitled to the
standard compensation available to all non-employee directors.
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Mr. Birkelund co-founded Saratoga
Partners in 1984 and serves as its Managing Director as well as a member of the Saratoga
Partners Investment Committee since its inception. He joined Dillon Read & Co., Inc. in
1981. Mr. Birkelund served successfully as President, Chief Executive and Chairman from
1981 to 1997 when the firm was sold to Swiss Bank. Prior to joining Dillon Read, Mr.
Birkelund co-founded New Court Securities in 1967 (now Rothschild, Inc.) and served as its
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and as a non-executive director of N.M. Rothschild
& Sons.
Mr. Birkelund is a past director of the
New York Stock Exchange and the Securities Industry Association and, in recent years,
served on the corporate boards of N.M. Rothschild & Co., Barings Brothers, C.R. Bard,
Copperweld Corporation, Darden Restaurants, NacRe Corporation, Lenox, Inc., and the
advisory boards of the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development and ORIX USA
Corporation.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly
authorized.
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ETHAN ALLEN INTERIORS
INC.
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Date: November 16,
2007
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By:
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/s/ M. Farooq
Kathwari
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M. Farooq
Kathwari
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Chairman, President
and
Chief Executive
Officer
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