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

 

January 22, 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
incorporation or organization)

 

(Commission
File No.)

 

(IRS Employer
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)

 

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Form 8-K

 

Item 1.01                                             Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

 

On January 22, 2010, Ballantyne Strong, Inc. (“Ballantyne”) entered into a definitive agreement with NEC Display Solutions of America, Inc. (“NEC Display”) to distribute NEC’s Display’s Digital Cinema Products. The agreement replaces an Authorized Digital Cinema Reseller Master Agreement dated May 23, 2005 between Ballantyne and NEC Solutions (America), Inc.

 

Under terms of the five (5)-year agreement, NEC Display appoints Ballantyne as an authorized, non-exclusive Master Reseller of NEC Digital Cinema Products within North and South America including the Caribbean Islands. The agreement automatically renews for additional twelve (12)-month successive terms unless either party terminates the agreement sooner. Either party may terminate this agreement without cause at any time upon ninety (90) days written notice.

 

 

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: January 27, 2010

By:

/s/ Kevin Herrmann

 

 

Kevin Herrmann

 

 

Secretary/Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

 

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