form8k.htm
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 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): July 6, 2009

Playboy Enterprises, Inc. 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
  
001-14790
  
36-4249478
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
  
(Commission File Number)
  
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

680 North Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60611
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (312) 751-8000


Not applicable.
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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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Section 5—Corporate Governance and Management

Item 5.02. 
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain
Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On July 6, 2009, Playboy Enterprises, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that Jerome Kern has resigned from the Company’s board of directors, effective immediately, in order to focus on other business opportunities. With Mr. Kern’s resignation, the Company’s board now has five outside directors and two executive directors.
 
Section 7—Regulation FD

Item 7.01.
Regulation FD Disclosure.
 
On July 6, 2009, the Company issued a press release regarding Mr. Kern’s resignation. A copy of the press release is filed as an exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference into this Item 7.01.
 
 
Section 9—Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
Item 9.01. 
Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)           Exhibits

99.1           Press Release issued by Playboy Enterprises, Inc. on July 6, 2009


 
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.

Date:  July 6, 2009
PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES, INC.
  
         
         
    By:
/s/ Howard Shapiro
  
     
Howard Shapiro
  
     
Executive Vice President, Law and
  
     
Administration, General Counsel and
  
     
Secretary
  


 

 
 
EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number
Description
   
99.1
Press Release issued by Playboy Enterprises, Inc. on July 6, 2009