form8k-energizerlicense.htm
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): March 19, 2008
AUDIOVOX
CORPORATION
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
DELAWARE
(State or
Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
0-28839
13-1964841
(Commission File
Number) (IRS
Employer Identification No.)
180
Marcus Boulevard, Hauppauge, New
York 11788
(Address of Principal Executive
Offices) (Zip
Code)
(631)
231-7750
(Registrant’s
Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Check the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
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provisions:
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pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(e))
Item
8.01 Other Events.
On March 19, 2008, Audiovox Corporation
(the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that its wholly owned
subsidiary, Audiovox Accessories Corporation (“AAC”) had entered into a
trademark licensing agreement with Eveready Battery Company, Inc., owner of the
Energizer Brand.
The licensing agreement gives AAC the
right to market and distribute Energizer branded rechargeable power packs and
other power related accessories throughout Mexico, Central America, the
Caribbean and South America, excluding Argentina, Bolivia, Uruguay, Paraguay and
Chile. A press release relating to the Energizer License is furnished
as Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto.
The information furnished under this
Item 8.01 shall not be deemed to be filed for the purposes of Section 18 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and will not be incorporated by
reference in any registration statement filed under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, unless specifically identified therein as being incorporated therein
by reference.
Item
9.01(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit
No. DESCRIPTION
99.1 Press
Release dated March 19, 2008 by Audiovox Corporation
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.
AUDIOVOX CORPORATION
(Registrant)
Date: March
20, 2008
/s/ Charles M.
Stoehr
Charles M.
Stoehr
Senior Vice President
and
Chief Financial
Officer