-----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, Crsk6ALZrock5zpgQ0GbgIw/uXNo33uyr1zRdzAqCO+/zz7CflxJQDwFAHHSSCaV pJBuGV1MQPfFvTyBWWhEfw== 0001029506-07-000018.txt : 20070322 0001029506-07-000018.hdr.sgml : 20070322 20070322093153 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001029506-07-000018 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20070319 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20070322 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20070322 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RALCORP HOLDINGS INC /MO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001029506 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: GRAIN MILL PRODUCTS [2040] IRS NUMBER: 431766315 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MO FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-12619 FILM NUMBER: 07710646 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 800 MARKET STREET STREET 2: SUITE 2900 CITY: ST LOUIS STATE: MO ZIP: 63101 BUSINESS PHONE: 3148777000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 800 MARKET STREET STREET 2: SUITE 2900 CITY: ST LOUIS STATE: MO ZIP: 63101 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NEW RALCORP HOLDINGS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19961223 8-K 1 bloomfield.htm CLOSING Closing
 
 
 



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):
March 19, 2007


RALCORP HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Missouri
1-12619
43-1766315
(State or other jurisdiction
(Commission
(IRS Employer
of incorporation)
File Number)
Identification No.)

800 Market Street, Suite 2900, Saint Louis, MO
63101
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
314-877-7000

____________________________________________________________________
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)


Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Only the items indicated below are covered by this report.

Item 8.01
Other Events.

On March 19, 2007, Ralcorp Holdings, Inc. issued a press release announcing that it had completed the purchase of 100% of the ownership interests in Bloomfield Bakers, LLP, and its affiliated entity, Lovin Oven, L.L.C.  Both entities are California-based manufacturers of nutritional and cereal bars and natural and organic specialty cookies, crackers and cereals sold to branded businesses under co-manufacturing arrangements and to private label customers. The press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.


Item 9.01
Exhibits.

Exhibit 99.1
Press Release dated March 19, 2007.



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 thereunto duly authorized.


 
RALCORP HOLDINGS, INC.
 
(Registrant)


Date:
March 22, 2007
By:        /s/ T. G. Granneman        
   
T. G. Granneman
   
Duly Authorized Signatory and
   
Chief Accounting Officer


 
 
 
 
 
 
 














 
EXHIBIT INDEX
 


Exhibit
Number
Description
   
Exhibit 99.1
Press Release dated March 19, 2007.






EX-99.1 2 pressrelease.htm PRESS RELEASE Press Release
 
 
 

Exhibit 99.1
 
    PRESS RELEASE
 

For Release:
Immediate 
   
Contact:
Scott Monette 
 
314/877-7113

 
RALCORP HOLDINGS COMPLETES
PURCHASE OF BLOOMFIELD BAKERS

St. Louis, MO, March 19, 2007 . . . Ralcorp Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: RAH) announced today that it has completed the purchase of Bloomfield Bakers, a leading manufacturer of nutritional and cereal bars and natural and organic specialty cookies, crackers and cereals sold to branded businesses under co-manufacturing arrangements and to private label retail customers. Bloomfield and its affiliated entity, Lovin Oven, L.L.C., will continue their operations in Azusa and Los Alamitos, California.
David P. Skarie, Co-Chief Executive Officer and President of Ralcorp Holdings, Inc., said, “We welcome the Bloomfield and Lovin Oven management team and employees to the Ralcorp family. Bloomfield and Lovin Oven will become a key part of the Ralston Foods business unit and will enhance Ralcorp’s natural and organic product offerings.”
Ralcorp produces a variety of value brand and store brand foods that are sold under the individual labels of various grocery, mass merchandise and drugstore retailers, and frozen bakery products that are sold to in-store bakeries, restaurants and other foodservice customers. Ralcorp’s diversified product mix includes: ready-to-eat and hot cereals; snack mixes, corn-based chips and extruded corn snack products; crackers and cookies; snack nuts; chocolate candy; salad dressings; mayonnaise; peanut butter; jams and jellies; syrups; sauces; frozen griddle products including pancakes, waffles, and French toast; frozen biscuits and other frozen pre-baked products such as breads and muffins; and frozen dough for cookies, Danishes, bagels and doughnuts. In addition, Ralcorp holds an interest of approximately 19 percent in Vail Resorts, Inc., the leading mountain resort operator in the United States.
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NOTE: Information in this press release that includes information other than historical data contains forward-looking statements as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are sometimes identified by their use of terms and phrases such as “should,” “will,” “can,” “believes,” “could,” “likely,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “expects,” or similar expressions. Any such forward-looking statements are made based on information currently known and are subject to various risks and uncertainties and are therefore qualified by the Company's cautionary statements contained in its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


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