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): April 30, 2009
Red
Mile Entertainment, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
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000-50814
(Commission
File
Number)
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20-4441647
(IRS
Employer
Identification
Number)
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223 San
Anselmo Way, #3
San
Anselmo, CA 94960
(Address
of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(415)
339-4240
(Registrant's
telephone number, including area code)
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appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
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Section
1 – Registrant’s Business and Operations
Item
1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On April
30, 2009, Red Mile entered into a Settlement Agreement (the “
Settlement
Agreement
”) with Atari
Interactive, Inc. (“
Atari
”) and IR Gurus Pty
Ltd., dba Transmission Games (“
Transmission
”) to settle
certain claims among the parties and to facilitate the transfer of rights in the
interactive game with the working title “Heroes over Europe” (the “
Title
”) to a third-party
publisher (the “
New
Publisher
”).
Previous Agreements Among
the Parties
As
previously reported on May 10, 2006, Red Mile and Transmission entered into a
Software Development and Licensing Agreement on March 3, 2006 for the
development of the Title (the “
Development Agreement
”),
which was amended by a Variation and Settlement Agreement dated March 28,
2008. Under the Development Agreement, Red Mile agreed to make
periodic payments to Transmission on achievement of certain development
milestones.
As
previously reported on June 26, 2008, Red Mile and Atari entered into a
Publishing Agreement on June 20, 2008 (the “
Publishing Agreement
”)
pursuant to which Red Mile granted Atari an exclusive worldwide license to
publish, sell and distribute the Title for certain entertainment platforms. A
copy of the Publishing Agreement was attached as Exhibit 10.7 to the
Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (“
SEC
”) on
August 14, 2008.
As
previously reported on February 18, 2009, Atari sent Red Mile a termination
notice on February 11, 2009 with respect to the Publishing Agreement and ceased
making milestone payments to Red Mile, claiming that Red Mile had breached the
Publishing Agreement, and Transmission sent Red Mile a termination notice on
February 11, 2009 with respect to the Development Agreement alleging that Red
Mile had failed to make one of its periodic payments to
Transmission.
As
previously reported on March 2, 2009, Red Mile and Atari entered into a Buyout
Agreement on February 24, 2009 (the “
Buyout Agreement
”) pursuant
to which Atari would have released to Red Mile the rights to the Title in
exchange for certain payments from Red Mile.
The Settlement
Agreement
Under the
Settlement Agreement, Atari has the irrevocable right to enter into a rights
buyout agreement (the “
Rights
Buyout Agreement
”) with the
New Publisher to transfer to the New Publisher all rights that were granted or
were purported to have been granted to Atari under the Publishing Agreement (the
“
Transferred Rights
”).
In the Settlement Agreement, Transmission granted to Atari a fully paid,
irrevocable, worldwide license to the Transferred Rights and Red Mile
acknowledged and affirmed the rights granted by Transmission. Red Mile also
expressly waived and released all rights in the Transferred Rights. Upon the
effectiveness of the Settlement Agreement, the Development Agreement, the
Publishing Agreement, and the Buyout Agreement will be terminated and of no
further force or effect.
Under the
Settlement Agreement, each party releases the other parties from all known
claims, including those arising under the Publishing Agreement, Development
Agreement, or Buyout Agreement. Each party also makes customary representations
and warranties in the Settlement Agreement and agrees to indemnify, defend and
hold the other parties harmless from all third-party claims in connection with
any breach or alleged breach of their respective representations and warranties
in the Settlement Agreement.
In
exchange for the grant of rights and the release in the Settlement Agreement,
Atari agrees to pay Red Mile $400,000 within fourteen days after the mutual
execution of the Rights Buyout Agreement with the New Publisher.
On April
30, 2009, Red Mile and Transmission entered into a letter agreement pertaining
to certain sequel rights in the Title (the “
Sequel Side Letter
”). Under
the Sequel Side Letter, if Transmission and the New Publisher determine that the
New Publisher will not publish the first sequel, then Red Mile will have the
right to bid on the sequel. Red Mile’s right to bid on the first sequel will
expire on March 3, 2016. Similarly, if Red Mile submits a bid for the first
sequel, Red Mile will have the same right to bid on the second sequel. Each
party makes customary representations and warranties in the Sequel Side Letter
and each party agrees to indemnify, defend and hold the other harmless from
claims arising out of such party’s breach of the Sequel Side
Letter.
The
mutual execution of the Rights Buyout Agreement between Atari and the New
Publisher is a condition precedent to the effectiveness of the Settlement
Agreement and the Sequel Side Letter.
Red Mile
intends to file the Settlement Agreement and Sequel Side Letter as attachments
to its annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31,
2009.
SilverBirch
Agreement
As previously disclosed on January 6, 2009, Red Mile entered into a
Standstill Agreement (the “
Standstill Agreement
”) with
SilverBirch Inc., an Ontario (Canada) corporation (“
SilverBirch
”) pursuant to
which, among other things, SilverBirch agreed to forbear from exercising its
rights and remedies against Red Mile under a secured credit facility for a
period of time, subject to certain conditions. A copy of the Standstill
Agreement was filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Form 8-K filed by Red Mile with the
SEC on January 6, 2009. As previously disclosed on March 24, 2009, Red Mile
and SilverBirch entered into an amendment to the Standstill Agreement on March
19, 2009 to modify Red Mile’s payment obligations.
On April
30, 2009, Red Mile entered into an agreement (the “
Agreement
”) with SilverBirch
and Red Mile’s outside legal counsel, Bullivant Houser Bailey, PC (“
Company Counsel
”) pursuant to
which Company Counsel agrees to disburse to SilverBirch CAD $235,000, which is
the amount due to SilverBirch under the Standstill Agreement, as amended, upon
Company Counsel’s receipt of such funds on behalf of Red Mile under the
Settlement Agreement.
Red Mile
intends to file the Agreement as an attachment to its annual report on Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended March 31, 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.
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Red
Mile Entertainment, Inc.
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By:
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/s/ Simon
Price
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Simon
Price
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Chief
Executive Officer
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Date:
May 6, 2009
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