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

 

March 30, 2010

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

BALLANTYNE STRONG, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

1-13906

 

47-0587703

(State or other jurisdiction of

 

(Commission

 

(IRS Employer

incorporation or organization)

 

File No.)

 

Identification Number)

 

4350 McKinley Street

 

 

Omaha, Nebraska

 

68112

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(402) 453-4444

(Registrant’s telephone number including area code)

 

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Form 8-K

 

Item 3.03               Material Modification of Rights of Security Holders

 

Effective March 30, 2010, the Company entered into a Twelfth Amendment (the “Amendment”) to its Revolving Credit Agreement (the “Original Credit Facility”) with First National Bank of Omaha, a national banking association to extend the maturity date of the Original Credit Facility to June 1, 2010.

 

The Original Credit Facility contains certain restrictions primarily related to restrictions on acquisitions and dividends. All of the Company’s personal property and certain stock in its subsidiaries secure the Original Credit Facility. No amount is currently outstanding under the Original Credit Facility. The Amendment also contains certain other nonmaterial amendments to the Original Credit Facility.

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

BALLANTYNE STRONG, INC.

 

 

 

 

Date: April 5, 2010

 

By:

/s/ Kevin Herrmann

 

 

Kevin Herrmann

 

 

Secretary/Treasurer and

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

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