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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): July 28, 2000
PRECISION OPTICS CORPORATION, INC.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Massachusetts 001-10647 04-2795294
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(State or other jurisdiction of (Commission (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization) File Number) Identification No.)
22 East Broadway, Gardner, Massachusetts 01440
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (978) 630-1800
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Item 5. Other Events.
Pursuant to an agreement dated July 28, 2000, Precision Optics
Corporation, Inc. (the "Company") reached an agreement to resolve its claims
under Section 16(b) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 involving four
investment funds and certain related persons and entities, and to settle and
dismiss with prejudice a related shareholder lawsuit pending in the U.S.
District Court for the Southern District of New York. Under the parties'
agreement, which is subject to court approval, the funds and related persons and
entities will pay the Company a total of $2,650,000 to resolve claims of
"short-swing" trading profits allegedly made in violation of Section 16(b).
Also, as part of the same agreement, counsel to the shareholder will seek court
approval for, and the Company has agreed not to oppose, an award of attorney's
fees in an amount not to exceed $150,000, which is to be paid out of the
proceeds of the Company's settlement with the funds. Under the agreement, none
of the funds or the related persons and entities admitted liability in
connection with the claims.
The shareholder lawsuit, KLEIN V. MG ADVISERS L.L.C. ET. AL. (No.
00-Civ.3470(JSM)), is a derivative action brought on May 9, 2000, by a
shareholder of the Company on behalf of the Company to recover amounts allegedly
due under Section 16(b) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 resulting
from purchases and sales of the Company's common stock made between July 1, 1999
and December 1, 1999 by the investment funds. The four funds, which are
defendants in the action, are Special Situations Cayman Fund, L.P., Special
Situations Fund III, L.P., Special Situations Private Equity Fund, L.P., and
Special Situations Technology Fund, L.P. Also named as defendants in the action
were AWM Investment Company, MGP Advisers Limited Partnership, MG Advisers
L.L.C., SST Advisers L.L.C., Inc., the respective investment advisers to the
funds, along with Austin W. Marxe and David M. Greenhouse, who are principals of
the funds and their advisers. Mr. Marxe is also a director of the Company. In
addition, the Company was named as a nominal defendant in the action.
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SIGNATURE
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.
PRECISION OPTICS CORPORATION, INC.
Date: July 28, 2000 By: /s/ JACK P. DREIMILLER
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Name: Jack P. Dreimiller
Title: Senior Vice President, Finance
and Chief Financial Officer
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SIGNATURE
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.
PRECISION OPTICS CORPORATION, INC.
Date: July 28, 2000 By:
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Name: Jack P. Dreimiller
Title: Senior Vice President, Finance
and Chief Financial Officer