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 30, 2009 (March 26, 2009)
ALLIANCE LAUNDRY SYSTEMS LLC
ALLIANCE LAUNDRY CORPORATION
ALLIANCE LAUNDRY HOLDINGS LLC
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| DELAWARE | 333-56857 | 39-1927923 | ||
| DELAWARE | 333-56857-01 | 39-1928505 | ||
| DELAWARE | 333-56857-02 | 52-2055893 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
Shepard Street, P.O. Box 990
RIPON, WISCONSIN 54971-0990
(Address of Principal executive offices, including Zip Code)
(920) 748-3121
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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 8.01 | OTHER EVENTS |
On March 26, 2009, Alliance Finance LLC (“Alliance Finance”), the parent company of Alliance Laundry Holdings LLC (“Alliance Holdings”), entered into an Investor Purchase Agreement with Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (“OTPP”) pursuant to which Alliance Finance issued and sold to OTPP $15 million aggregate principal amount of Alliance Finance’s 17.0% Pay-in-Kind Notes due July 15, 2013 at a purchase price of 100% of the principal amount thereof in a private placement under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Alliance Finance contributed the proceeds of the sale to Alliance Holdings’ wholly-owned subsidiary, Alliance Laundry Systems LLC (“Alliance Laundry”), which intends to use the proceeds and cash on hand to repay $20 million of indebtedness outstanding under the term loan portion of Alliance Holdings’ and Alliance Laundry’s Credit Agreement, dated as of January 27, 2005 (as in Effect on March 12, 2009).
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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 hereunto duly authorized.
| ALLIANCE LAUNDRY SYSTEMS LLC | ||||||
| (Registrant) | ||||||
/s/ Thomas L’Esperance | ||||||
| Date: March 30, 2009 | Name: | Thomas L’Esperance | ||||
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |||||
/s/ Bruce P. Rounds | ||||||
| Name: | Bruce P. Rounds | |||||
| Title: | Vice President Chief Financial Officer | |||||
| ALLIANCE LAUNDRY CORPORATION | ||||||
| (Registrant) | ||||||
/s/ Thomas L’Esperance | ||||||
| Date: March 30, 2009 | Name: | Thomas L’Esperance | ||||
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |||||
/s/ Bruce P. Rounds | ||||||
| Name: | Bruce P. Rounds | |||||
| Title: | Vice President Chief Financial Officer | |||||
| ALLIANCE LAUNDRY HOLDINGS LLC | ||||||
| (Registrant) | ||||||
/s/ Thomas L’Esperance | ||||||
| Date: March 30, 2009 | Name: | Thomas L’Esperance | ||||
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |||||
/s/ Bruce P. Rounds | ||||||
| Name: | Bruce P. Rounds | |||||
| Title: | Vice President Chief Financial Officer | |||||
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