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 17, 2008
MGP
Ingredients, Inc.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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KANSAS
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0-17196
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48-0531200
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(State
or other jurisdiction
of
incorporation)
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(Commission
File
Number)
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(IRS
Employer
Identification
No.)
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100
Commercial Street
Box
130
Atchison,
Kansas 66002
(Address
of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(913)
367-1480
(Registrant's
telephone number, including area code)
Not
Applicable
(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item
8.0 Other Events
Reference is made to Note 2 of our
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in our Quarterly Report on
form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2008 for a description of the
interim financial covenant to which we are subject under our credit agreement
dated May 5, 2008, as amended. On December 17, 2008, we furnished our
lenders with a compliance certificate reporting that we were in compliance with
the interim financial covenant as of November 30, 2008.
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.
MGP INGREDIENTS,
INC.
Date: December
17,
2008 By : /s/ Timothy W.
Newkirk
President
and Chief Executive Officer