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

 

November 16, 2005  

(Date of report)

 

November 14, 2005  

(Date of earliest event reported)

 

Sotheby's Holdings, Inc.  

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Michigan
1-9750
38-2478409
(State or other
jurisdiction of
incorporation or
organization)
(Commission
File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
     
 
38500 Woodward Avenue, Suite 100
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
48303
(Address of principal executive offices)  
(Zip Code)
     

 

(248) 646-2400  

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

 

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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

 

On November 14, 2005, as permitted by its long-term senior secured revolving credit agreement with an international syndicate of lenders

arranged by Banc of America Securities LLC (“BofA”) and LaSalle Bank N.A. (the “BofA Credit Agreement”), the Company closed on $50 million in additional commitments from new lenders, thereby increasing the total borrowing capacity under the BofA Credit Agreement from $200 million to $250 million.

 

(For additional information with respect to the BofA Credit Agreement, see Note 8 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in the Company's Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2005.)

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

SIGNATURE

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  SOTHEBY'S HOLDINGS, INC.
     
     

 

By:

/s/ Michael L. Gillis
     
   

Michael L. Gillis
Senior Vice President,
Controller and Chief
Accounting Officer
     
  Date: November 16, 2005