UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 6-K

 

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 or 15d-16 UNDER

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of May, 2011

Commission file number: 001-32635

 

 

BIRKS & MAYORS INC.

(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)

 

 

1240 Phillips Square

Montreal Québec

Canada

H3B 3H4

(Address of principal executive office)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

x  Form 20-F            ¨  Form 40-F

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):             

Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to security holders.

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):             

Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted to furnish a report or other document that the registrant foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized (the registrant’s “home country”), or under the rules of the home country exchange on which the registrant’s securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is not a press release, is not required to be and has not been distributed to the registrant’s security holders, and, if discussing a material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other Commission filing on EDGAR.

 

 

 

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EXPLANATORY NOTE:

Birks & Mayors Inc. and its subsidiary, Mayor’s Jewelers, Inc. (collectively, the “Company”), have each entered into an Addendum to Employment Agreement with Mr. Thomas Andruskevich, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, dated April 21, 2011, extending the employment agreement indefinitely on the same terms and conditions until either party provides ninety (90) days prior written notice to the other to terminate the employment agreement. The termination date cannot be prior to March 31, 2012, and as such, the notice of termination cannot be given prior to December 31, 2011.

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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, thereunto duly authorized.

 

		BIRKS & MAYORS INC.
		(Registrant)
		By:		/s/ Miranda Melfi
				Miranda Melfi
Date: May 3, 2011				Group Vice President, Legal Affairs and Corporate Secretary