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

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 12, 2016

HAMPSHIRE GROUP, LIMITED

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

000-20201

(Commission File Number)

06-0967107

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

1924 Pearman Dairy Road, Anderson, SC

(Address of principal executive offices)

29625

(Zip code)

(864) 231-1200

(Registrant’s telephone number including area code)

114 W. 41st Street, New York, New York 10036

(Former name and former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On August 12, 2016, Hampshire Group, Limited (the “Company”) and certain of its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Borrowers”) entered into a Forbearance Agreement dated August 11, 2016 with Salus CLO 2012-1, Ltd. and Salus Capital Partners, LLC, as lenders, pursuant to which, among other things, (i) the lenders agreed to forbear from exercising their rights under the Credit Agreement with the Borrowers through November 7, 2016 as a result of the passage of the maturity and forbearance date of the Credit Agreement and with respect to certain specified defaults, provided that Borrowers are in compliance with the terms of the Forbearance Agreement and Credit Agreement, (ii) the Borrowers proposed a wind down budget for certain of their operations, (iii) the lenders agreed to continue to finance the Borrowers through November 7, 2016, subject to compliance with the wind down budget, the Forbearance Agreement and the Credit Agreement and (iv) the revolving credit commitment under the Credit Agreement was reduced to $17.0 million effective as of the date of the Forbearance Agreement and will be reduced to $10.0 million on October 1, 2016.

The foregoing summary of the Forbearance Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Forbearance Agreement, a copy of which is expected to be filed with the Company’s next periodic report.

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.

	HAMPSHIRE GROUP, LIMITED


	By:	/s/ William Drozdowski
		Name: William Drozdowski
		Title: Interim Chief Financial Officer

Dated: August 18, 2016

HAMPSHIRE GROUP LTD 8-K