-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, FAKy/KWW0au2L84GM80/VHZ89bkz8gnOT/EYcXLSafXQ95vuqrumA+uTPysqIRnj kFjVNH0gpfHU01cIDDsZwg== 0001005477-99-003874.txt : 19990819 0001005477-99-003874.hdr.sgml : 19990819 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001005477-99-003874 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 19990812 ITEM INFORMATION: ITEM INFORMATION: FILED AS OF DATE: 19990818 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: UNITED NATURAL FOODS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001020859 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: WHOLESALE-GROCERIES & GENERAL LINE [5141] IRS NUMBER: 050376157 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0731 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-21531 FILM NUMBER: 99695448 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: PO BOX 999 STREET 2: 260 LAKE RD CITY: DAYVILLE STATE: CT ZIP: 06241 BUSINESS PHONE: 8607792800 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: PO BOX 999 STREET 2: 260 LAKE RD CITY: DAYVILLE STATE: CT ZIP: 06241 8-K 1 FORM 8-K 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, 1999 --------------- United Natural Foods, Inc. ------------------------------------------------------------ (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter) Delaware ------------------------------------------------------------ (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) 000-21531 05-0376157 - ------------------------ ------------------------------------ (Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) 260 Lake Road Dayville, CT 06241 - --------------------------------------- ------------ (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) (860) 779-2800 ------------------------------------------------------------ (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code) Not Applicable ------------------------------------------------------------ (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS. On August 12, 1999, United Natural Foods, Inc. announced in a press release (1) the resignation of its Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Robert T. Cirulnick, (2) the appointment of Kevin T. Michel to serve as its interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, and (3) the resignation of Barclay McFadden III from the Board of Directors of United Natural Foods. The complete text of this press release is included in this Form 8-K as exhibit 99 and is incorporated herein by reference. ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS. (c) EXHIBITS. 99 Press release dated August 12, 1999. SIGNATURE 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. Date: August 18, 1999 UNITED NATURAL FOODS, INC. -------------------------- (Registrant) By: /s/ Kevin T. Michel ------------------------ Kevin T. Michel Chief Financial Officer EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit Number Description - ------ ----------- 99 Press release dated August 12, 1999. EX-99 2 PRESS RELEASE EXHIBIT 99 [LETTERHEAD OF UNITED NATURAL FOOTS, INC.] IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 12, 1999 UNITED NATURAL FOODS , INC. ANNOUNCES THE RESIGNATION OF ITS CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Dayville, Connecticut - On August 12, 1999, United Natural Foods, Inc. (Nasdaq: UNFI) announced today that its Board of Directors has unanimously accepted the resignation of Robert T. Cirulnick, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company, for personal reasons. Mr. Cirulnick has served in that capacity since February 1998. He will serve as a consultant to the Company while it completes its Fiscal 1999 audit and to aid in the transition. United Natural Foods also announced that Kevin T. Michel, a member of the Board of Directors of the Company and Executive Vice President of United Natural Foods' Western Region, will serve as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer on an interim basis pending the completion of a search for Mr. Cirulnick's successor. Mr. Michel served as Chief Financial Officer of the Company's Western Region (and its predecessor, Mountain People's Warehouse Inc.) from January 1995 until December 1997. Separately, Barclay McFadden III has resigned his position as a Director of the Company effective July 31, 1999. Mr. McFadden has served on the Board since December 1997. Mr. McFadden had previously served as the Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Stow Mills, and joined the Board of Directors of United Natural Food following the acquisition of that company by United Natural Foods in November 1997. The Company expects to name a successor to Mr. McFadden at its next quarterly meeting. For more information on United Natural Foods, Inc., via fax at no charge, please dial 1-800-PRO-INFO and enter the Company's ticker symbol, UNFI. AT THE COMPANY: AT THE FINANCIAL RELATIONS BOARD: - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Norman Cloutier Joseph Calabrese Lynn Sawyer-Landau Chief Executive Officer General Information Analyst Information (860) 779-2800 (212) 661-8030 (212) 661-8030 This press release may contain forward-looking statements and such statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. Additional information concerning factors that could cause actual results to materially differ from those in the forward-looking statements is contained in the Company's SEC filings, including its periodic reports filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (copies of which are available upon request from the Company's investor relations department). -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----