0001041803-11-000025.txt : 20110607 0001041803-11-000025.hdr.sgml : 20110607 20110607125024 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001041803-11-000025 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110607 ITEM INFORMATION: Results of Operations and Financial Condition ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20110607 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110607 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PRICESMART INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001041803 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-VARIETY STORES [5331] IRS NUMBER: 330628530 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0831 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-22793 FILM NUMBER: 11897853 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9740 SCRANTON ROAD CITY: SAN DIEGO STATE: CA ZIP: 92121 BUSINESS PHONE: 8584048800 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9740 SCRANTON ROAD CITY: SAN DIEGO STATE: CA ZIP: 92121 8-K 1 form8k.htm MAY 2011 SALES PRESS RELEASE form8k.htm
 
 

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):  June 7, 2011
 
 
PriceSmart, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware
000-22793
33-0628530
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
 Identification No.)
 
9740 Scranton Road, San Diego, CA 92121
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (858) 404-8800
 

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Item 2.02.    Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
 
On June 7, 2011, PriceSmart, Inc. issued a press release regarding its sales for the month of May.  A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.  Pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, such exhibit and the information set forth therein and herein shall be deemed “furnished” and not “filed” for purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to liability under that section.
 
Item 9.01.   Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(d)
  
The following exhibit is furnished herewith:
 
Exhibit
No.
  
Description
99.1
  
Press Release of PriceSmart, Inc. dated June 7, 2011.
 

 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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.
 
 

 
     
     
Date: June 7, 2011
  
/S/ JOHN M. HEFFNER
   
John M. Heffner
   
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
   
(Principal Financial Officer and
   
Principal Accounting Officer)



 
 
 
 
 
 




PriceSmart Announces May Sales

 
San Diego, CA (June 7, 2011) – PriceSmart, Inc. (NASDAQ: PSMT) today announced that for the month of May 2011, net sales increased 18.7% to $140.7 million from $118.5 million in May a year earlier.  For the nine months ended May 31, 2011, net sales increased 22.8% to $1,239.2 million from $1,008.8 million for the nine months ended May 31, 2010.  There were 28 warehouse clubs in operation at the end of May 2011 and 27 warehouse clubs in operation at the end of May 2010.
 
For the five-week period ended June 5, 2011, comparable sales for the 26 warehouse clubs open at least 13 1/2 full months increased 19.0%, compared to the same five-week period last year.  For the thirty-nine week period ended June 5, 2011, comparable ware­house sales increased 17.7%, compared to the comparable thirty-nine week period a year ago. 

About PriceSmart
 
PriceSmart, headquartered in San Diego, owns and operates U.S.-style membership shopping warehouse clubs in Central America and the Caribbean, selling high quality merchandise at low prices to PriceSmart members. PriceSmart now operates 28 warehouse clubs in 11 countries and one U.S. territory (five in Costa Rica; four each in Panama and Trinidad; three each in Guatemala and Dominican Republic, two each in El Salvador and Honduras; and one each in Aruba, Barbados, Jamaica, Nicaragua and the United States Virgin Islands).
 
This press release may contain forward-looking statements concerning the Company's anticipated future revenues and earnings, adequacy of future cash flow and related matters.  These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements containing the words “expect,” “believe,” “will,” “may,” “should,” “project,” “estimate,” “anticipated,” “scheduled,” and like expressions, and the negative thereof.  These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially, including the following risks: the Company’s financial performance is dependent on international operations which exposes the Company to various risks; any failure by the Company to manage its widely dispersed operations could adversely affect its business; the Company faces significant competition; the Company may encounter difficulties in the shipment of, and risks inherent in the acquisition and importation of, merchandise to its warehouse clubs; the Company is exposed to weather and other natural disaster risks; declines in the economies of the countries in which the Company operates its warehouse clubs would harm its business; a few of the Company's stockholders own nearly 39% of the Company's voting stock, which may make it difficult to complete some corporate transactions without their support and may impede a change in control; the loss of key personnel could harm the Company’s business; the Company is subject to volatility in foreign currency exchange; the Company faces the risk of exposure to product liability claims, a product recall and adverse publicity; a determination that the Company's long-lived or intangible assets have been impaired could adversely affect the Company's future results of operations and financial position; although the Company takes steps to continuously review, enhance, and implement improvements to its internal controls, there may be material weaknesses or significant deficiencies that the Company has not yet identified; as well as the other risks detailed in the Company's U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) reports, including the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed for the year ended August 31, 2010 filed pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 on November 9, 2010.  We assume no obligation and expressly disclaim any duty to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this presentation or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. 
 
For further information, please contact John M. Heffner, Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer (858) 404-8826.