DUCK HEAD APPAREL CO INC
8-K, 2000-12-19
APPAREL, PIECE GOODS & NOTIONS
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                        SECURITIES & EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20449


                                    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 29, 2000
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                         Duck Head Apparel Company, Inc.
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             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


                                     Georgia
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                          (State of Other Jurisdiction
                                of Incorporation)

         1-15585                                         58-2510086
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(Commission File Number)                       (IRS Employer Identification No.)


1020 Barrow Industrial Parkway, Winder, Georgia                          30680
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  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                            (Zip Code)

                                 (770) 867-3111
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                         (Registrant's Telephone Number
                              Including Area Code)

                                 Not Applicable
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                         (Former Name or Former Address,
                          if Changed Since Last Report)


                                   Copies to:
                       Eric B. Amstutz and Eric K. Graben
                     Wyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham, P.A.
                         44 East Camperdown Way (29601)
                                  P.O. Box 728
                            Greenville, SC 29602-0728
                                 (864) 242-8200



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ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS.

           On November 29, 2000, the Shareholder  Rights Agreement dated January
27, 2000 by and between the  Company and First Union  National  Bank,  as rights
agent (the "Rights Agreement"),  was amended to change the Final Expiration Date
(as defined in the Rights  Agreement)  from  January 20, 2010 to March 31, 2001.
The Rights  Agreement and the Rights,  as defined in the Rights  Agreement,  are
commonly referred to as a "poison pill." The effect of the amendment is that the
Rights  issued  pursuant to the Rights  Agreement  will cease to be  exercisable
after March 31, 2001.

ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

(a)      Financial statements of business acquired:  Not Applicable.

(b)      Pro forma financial information:            Not Applicable.

(c)      Exhibits.

         4.3.1    Amendment No. 1 dated November 29, 2000 to Shareholder  Rights
                  Agreement,  dated as of January 27, 2000,  between the Company
                  and First Union National Bank, as Rights Agent.


                                   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.


                                            DUCK HEAD APPAREL COMPANY, INC.


Date: November 29, 2000                     By: /s/ K. Scott Grassmyer
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                                                K. Scott Grassmyer
                                                Senior Vice President
                                                & Chief Financial Officer

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                                                                   Exhibit 4.3.1


                                 AMENDMENT NO. 1
                                       To
                          SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AGREEMENT

         This  Amendment  No.  1 (the  "Amendment")  to the  Shareholder  Rights
Agreement  dated  January 27, 2000 (the  "Agreement")  by and between  Duck Head
Apparel Company,  Inc., a Georgia  corporation (the "Company"),  and First Union
National  Bank as Rights  Agent (the  "Rights  Agent"),  is entered  into by and
between  the  Company  and the  Rights  Agent as of  November  29,  2000,  to be
effective  as of such date.  Capitalized  terms used in this  Amendment  and not
otherwise  defined herein have the same meaning as ascribed to such terms in the
Agreement.

         WHEREAS,  Section 27 of the Agreement  generally provides in part that,
prior to the  Distribution  Date, the Company and the Rights Agent shall,  if so
directed by the Company, amend the Agreement without the approval of any holders
of  certificates  representing  the Company's  Common  Stock,  provided that the
Rights Agent must consent to any such  amendment  changing the rights and duties
of the Rights Agent;

         WHEREAS,  no Distribution  Date has occurred,  the Company has directed
the Rights Agent to amend the  Agreement  as set forth below and the  amendments
set forth below do not change the rights and duties of the Rights Agent;

         NOW THEREFORE,  in  consideration  for the mutual  covenants  contained
herein and other good and valuable  consideration,  the  sufficiency of which is
hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Rights Agent hereby agree as follows:

     1. Change in Final  Expiration  Date:  Clause (i) of Paragraph  7(a) of the
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Agreement  setting forth the definition of the term "Final  Expiration  Date" is
hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety with the following:

          (i) the Close of Business  on March 31,  2001 (the  "Final  Expiration
     Date"),

     2. No Other  Amendments.  Except as explicitly  provided in this Amendment,
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the Agreement  shall remain in full force and effect and unamended  hereby.  All
references  to the  "Agreement"  set  forth  in the  Agreement  shall  mean  the
Agreement as amended by this Amendment.

     3.  Applicable  Law. This  Amendment  shall be deemed to be a contract made
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under the laws of the State of Georgia and for all purposes shall be governed by
and construed in accordance with the laws of such State  applicable to contracts
to be made and to be performed entirely within Georgia.

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     4. Headings.  The headings  contained in this Amendment are for convenience
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of  reference  only  and  shall  not be  used in any  way in  interpreting  this
Amendment or any provisions hereof.

     5.  Counterparts.   This  Amendment  may  be  executed  in  any  number  of
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counterparts, each of which may bear one or more of he signatures of the parties
hereto and each of which shall constitute an original, but all such counterparts
shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be
duly executed and attested as of November 29, 2000.


ATTEST:                                          DUCK HEAD APPAREL COMPANY, INC.


By: /s/ K. Scott Grassmyer                       By: /s/ Robert D. Rockey, Jr.
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      K. Scott Grassmyer                             Robert D. Rockey, Jr.
      Senior Vice President & Secretary              Chairman & Chief Executive
                                                     Officer


ATTEST:                                          FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK


By: /s/ Johnnie H. Coble                         By: /s/ Patrick J. Edwards
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Name:  Johnnie H. Coble                          Name:  Patrick J. Edwards
Title:  Corporate Trust Officer                         Title:  Vice President




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