UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): November 25, 2010

 

HEELYS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

 

 

75-2880496

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

Commission
File No.: 001-33182

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

3200 Belmeade Drive, Suite 100, Carrollton, Texas 75006

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

 

(214) 390-1831

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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Item 8.01                                           Other Events.

 

On November 25, 2010, a subsidiary of Heelys, Inc., Heeling Sports Limited (the “Company”), notified Privee AG Corporation (“Privee AG”), the Company’s independent distributor in Japan, that the Company will not be renewing its distributor agreement with Privee AG (the “Notice”), under which Privee AG acts as the Company’s exclusive distributor in Japan (the “Agreement”). Pursuant to the Notice, the Agreement will terminate on February 28, 2011 (the “Termination Date”), which is the expiration date of the current term of the Agreement.  For the nine months ended September 30, 2010, Privee AG accounted for 22.8% of the Company’s net sales. Privee AG acquired the Company’s previous Japanese distributor, AG Corporation, and terminated the management team responsible for selling the Heelys line in 2009. Sales in the Japanese market had dropped $1.1 million (17.0%) for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 compared to the same period in 2009. The Company will make alternate distribution arrangements prior to the Termination Date, and is currently exploring its opportunities in replacing its distribution capacity in Japan.

 

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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.

 

 

 

 

Heelys, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: November 29, 2010

By:

/s/ Thomas C. Hansen

 

 

Thomas C. Hansen

 

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

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