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): November
7, 2007
ICONIX
BRAND GROUP, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
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0-10593
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11-2481093
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(State
or Other
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(Commission
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(IRS
Employer
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Jurisdiction
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File
Number)
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Identification
No.)
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Incorporation)
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1450
Broadway, New York, NY
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10018
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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 (212)
730-0030
(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
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Instruction A.2. below):
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240.13e-4(c))
Item
1.01 Entry
into a Definitive Material Agreement.
Iconix
Brand Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Registrant”), is a 50% member of
Scion LLC (“Scion”), a joint venture between the Registrant and SCJM Brand
Holdings LLC.
To
finance the acquisition of the intellectual property rights of Artful Dodger
by
Artful Holdings LLC (“AH”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Scion, the Registrant
made available to AH a senior secured term loan facility in the aggregate
principal amount of $12,000,000 pursuant to that certain Note and Security
Agreement (as amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time,
referred to as the “Note”) executed by AH in favor of the Registrant dated
November 7, 2007 (the “Closing Date”). The facility consists of two tranches,
one in the principal amount of $10,500,000, which was advanced to AH by the
Registrant on the Closing Date, and the other in the principal amount of
$1,500,000. The second tranche is available for borrowing by AH provided that
no
Event of Default (as defined in the Note) has occurred and is continuing at
the
time of such request. The interest rate on the outstanding principal balance
of
the Loan is prime plus 5.00% provided that upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, the interest rate increases to prime plus
7.50%. The outstanding principal amount of the Loan is due on November 7, 2012
(“Maturity Date”). Interest on the Loan is payable on the first business day of
each month and on the Maturity Date. The Obligations (as defined in the Note)
are secured by a first priority lien in favor of the Registrant on all of the
assets of AH. The Obligations are guaranteed by Scion, the sole manager/member
of AH, and are also guaranteed, in part, by a manager of Scion.
AH
is
required to make payments under the Loan on the last day of each January, April,
July and October, commencing on January 30, 2008 through the Maturity Date
in an
amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the Excess Cash Flow (as defined in
the
Note) for the most recently completed fiscal quarter immediately preceding
such
last business day.
The
foregoing summary of the Note and the transactions contemplated thereby does
not
purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by,
the
full text of such document that is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report
and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item
8.01 Other
Events.
On
the
Closing Date, AH completed its acquisition of the intellectual property assets
of Sovereign State LLC (“Sovereign”) associated with the Artful Dodger brand
pursuant to an asset purchase agreement dated as of the Closing Date by and
among AH, Sovereign and Fashion Overseas Bureau NY, Inc and Pan Mellowtex LLC,
the principals of Sovereign. The purchase price for the assets was approximately
$15 million, with $1.5 million deferred and payable upon the occurrence of
certain events. The purchase price paid on the Closing Date was paid in
cash.
Item
9.01 Financial
Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits.
Exhibit
No.
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Exhibit
10.1
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Note
and Security Agreement dated November 7, 2007 made by Artful Holdings,
LLC
in
favor of Iconix Brand Group,
Inc.
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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 thereunto
duly authorized.
ICONIX
BRAND GROUP, INC.
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(Registrant)
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By:
/s/ Warren
Clamen
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Warren
Clamen
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Chief
Financial Officer
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Dated:
November 14, 2007