-----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, LHh3YcgPOEBhVQEmQ0AwgFn1cbTcKWnKfheqxIbWT3oUEObL/z5vKvlp+CKQICBa O0J39o7NoUWwMGYla2ksQg== 0001109355-01-000039.txt : 20010412 0001109355-01-000039.hdr.sgml : 20010412 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001109355-01-000039 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20010411 ITEM INFORMATION: ITEM INFORMATION: FILED AS OF DATE: 20010411 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SONOMAWEST HOLDINGS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000102588 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CANNED, FROZEN & PRESERVED FRUIT, VEG & FOOD SPECIALTIES [2030] IRS NUMBER: 941069729 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-01912 FILM NUMBER: 1600263 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1448 INDUSTRIAL AVE CITY: SEBASTOPOL STATE: CA ZIP: 95472-4848 BUSINESS PHONE: 7078242548 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1448 INDUSTRIAL AVE CITY: SEBASTOPOL STATE: CA ZIP: 95472 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: VACU DRY CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 8-K 1 0001.txt CURRENT REPORT RE PRESS RELEASE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, DC 20549 FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) April 11, 2001 ----------------------------- SONOMAWEST HOLDINGS, INC. (formerly Vacu-dry Company) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) California - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) 01912 94-1069729 - ------------------------------------- ----------------------------------- Commission File Number (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) 1448 Industrial Avenue, Sebastopol, CA 95472-4848 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Address of Principal Executive Office) Zip Code (707) 824-2548 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) Item 5. Other Events The information set forth in the press release issued by SonomaWest Holdings, Inc., attached hereto as exhibit 99.1, is incorporated herein by reference. Item 7. Exhibits Exhibit 99.1 Press Release 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. SonomaWest Holdings, Inc. By: /s/ Gary L. Hess ---------------------------- Gary L. Hess President & CEO Date: April 11, 2001 EX-99.1 2 0002.txt PRESS RELEASE April 11, 2001 NEWS RELEASE Contact: Gary L. Hess, President (707) 824-2548 Headline: SonomaWest Holdings Announces Results of Tender Offer SEBASTOPOL, CA .................... SonomaWest Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: SWHI) (formerly Vacu-dry Company) today announced the results of the successful completion of its cash tender offer to purchase up to 500,000 shares of its common stock at a price of $8.00 per share. The cash tender offer, which was oversubscribed, expired at 5:00 p.m. Pacific Standard time, on Wednesday, April 4, 2001. SonomaWest Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") announced, that approximately 776,611 shares of the Company's common stock (approximately 51% of the outstanding shares of common stock) were properly tendered and not properly withdrawn, including approximately 4,100 shares subject to guarantees of delivery. The Company will accept the properly tendered shares on a pro rata basis. The proration factor for the tender offer is approximately 64.07% after accounting for the approximately 6,768 odd lot shares subject to repurchase in full in accordance with the terms of the offer. The total purchase price for the 500,000 shares being purchased pursuant to the offer is $4,000,000. Payment for shares accepted for payment, and return of all other shares tendered, will occur on April 11, 2001. This announcement is not an offer to purchase, a solicitation of an offer to purchase or a solicitation of consent with respect to any securities. The tender offer is being made solely by the Offer to Purchase dated January 8, 2001, as amended. # # # -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----