8K - 1132014 - Martin No Longer Employee

 

 

 

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 3, 2014

 

 

 

CRIMSON WINE GROUP, LTD.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delaware

 

000-54866

 

13-3607383

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

 

(Commission File
Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

2700 Napa Valley Corporate Drive, Suite B, Napa, California

94558

 

 

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

 

 

 

 

 

(800) 486-0503

 

 

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

 

 

 

5901 Silverado Trail, Napa, California

 

 

(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:

 

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Item 5.02Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

Effective November 3, 2014 Erle Martin is no longer an employee of Crimson Wine Group, Ltd. (the “Company”) and as a result is no longer President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. The Board of Directors is immediately commencing a search to fill the President and Chief Executive Officer positions. 

 

Effective November 3, 2014, the Board of Directors of the Company appointed Patrick M. DeLong, age 49, to act as interim President and Chief Executive Officer until such time as a new President and Chief Executive Officer is appointed by the Company’s Board of Directors. Mr. DeLong will continue to serve in and fill the positions of Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer, which he has held since July 2007, while also holding the position of interim President and Chief Executive Officer.

 

 

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.

 

Dated:  November 3, 2014

 

CRIMSON WINE GROUP, LTD.

 

 

By:  /s/ Patrick M. DeLong

Name:  Patrick M. DeLong

Title:  Chief Financial & Operating Officer