- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ---------------- Form 10-K/A [X]ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 1998 OR [_]TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (No fee required) ---------------- COMMUNICATIONS INSTRUMENTS, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) North Carolina 56-182-82-70 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification No.) 1396 Charlotte Highway, Fairview, NC 28730 (Address of principal executive (Zip Code) offices) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (828)628-1711 Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 (b) of the Act: NONE Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 (g) of the Act: NONE Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. [X] Yes [_] No All of the voting stock of the registrant is held by an affiliate of the registrant. On March 31, 1999, the registrant had 1,000 shares of common stock outstanding. Indicate by check mark if disclosures of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of regulation S-K (Section 229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. [_] - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Explanatory Note - ---------------- On March 31, 1999, Communications Instruments, Inc. filed its Annual Report on form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 1998. Due to an inadvertent error in transmission, however, the Annual Report was filed without a signature page. As such, this Amendment on form 10-K/A is filed solely for the purpose of supplementing such Annual Report with its proper signature page. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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 on March 31, 1999. COMMUNICATIONS INSTRUMENTS, INC. By: /s/ Ramzi A. Dabbagh -------------------------------- Ramzi A. Dabbagh, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below, by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities indicated on March 31, 1999. Signature Capacity --------- -------- * Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive - -------------------------------------- Officer and Director (Principal Ramzi A. Dabbagh Executive Officer) * Chief Financial Officer (Principal - ------------------------------------- Financial Officer and Principal Richard Heggelund Accounting Officer) * President, Chief Operating Officer, - -------------------------------------- and Director Michael A. Steinbeck * Executive Vice President and Business - ------------------------------------- Development Director G. Daniel Taylor * Director - -------------------------------------- Brian P. Simmons * Director - ------------------------------------- Andrew W. Code * Director - -------------------------------------- Steven R. Brown * Director - ------------------------------------- Jon S. Vesely * Director - -------------------------------------- Donald Dangott * The undersigned, by signing his name hereto, does sign and execute this report pursuant to the Power of Attorney executed by the above named officers and directors of the registrant and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on behalf of such officers and directors. /s/ Ramzi A. Dabbagh - -------------------------------- Ramzi A. Dabbagh Attorney-in-Fact