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): December 29, 2006
CHAPEAU, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Utah 033-01289-D 87-0431831
(State or other jurisdiction (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer of incorporation) Identification No.)
1190 Suncast Lane, Suite 2, El Dorado Hills, California 95762
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (916) 939-8700
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On December 29, 2006 Chapeau, Inc. (the "Registrant") entered into a definitive Strategic Alliance Agreement (the "Alliance Agreement") with Cummins Power Generation ("Cummins"), a subsidiary of Cummins Inc., a global power leader serving customers in more than 160 countries through a network of 550 company-owned and independent distributor facilities and more than 5,000 dealer locations. The definitive Alliance Agreement calls for, among other things, collaborative product development, joint marketing and selling activities, and certain exclusivities between Cummins and the Registrant as defined in the Alliance Agreement.
Pursuant to the definitive Alliance Agreement: (i) Cummins will contribute to the alliance its expertise in developing, marketing, selling and distributing Cummins power generation and related products ("Cummins Products"); (ii) the Registrant will contribute to the alliance its expertise in developing, engineering, packaging and financing combined heat and power ("CHP") products 1 megawatt and below incorporating its BluePoint Energy EnviroGen™ Energy Module line of CHP products; (iii) the Registrant will integrate, manufacture and supply EnviroGen™ Energy Modules utilizing Cummins Products to be exclusively co-branded as or similar to "BluePoint Energy EnviroGen™ Energy Modules – Powered by Cummins;" and (iv) Cummins will make available for sale through its worldwide distribution network on an exclusive basis, except as otherwise precluded by any previous commitments, alliances or agreements entered into by Cummins, co-branded BluePoint Energy EnviroGen™ Energy Modules – Powered by Cummins. The Alliance Agreement has an initial term of five years but may be terminated prior thereto upon the occurrence or non-occurrence of certain events detailed in the Alliance Agreement.
The Parties further agree and anticipate that they will mutually benefit from this definitive Alliance Agreement due to the additional credibility, product availability and revenues achieved as an anticipated result of the definitive Alliance Agreement.
The foregoing description of the Alliance Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Alliance Agreement, which will be filed as an exhibit to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the quarter ended December 31, 2006.
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