-----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, Tj6fFWgxXt1ypd110d5GtO3+CgOQftwaneOtzPOGQkTDPZ4jZJRqdgNUJuT4ZVxB /P1CPdNWhGtXG5rUbDXzTg== 0001193125-08-077306.txt : 20080408 0001193125-08-077306.hdr.sgml : 20080408 20080408171022 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-08-077306 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20080407 ITEM INFORMATION: Results of Operations and Financial Condition ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20080408 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20080408 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: 08745863 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 d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

 

 

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): April 7, 2008

 

 

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

 

 

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):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2)(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On April 7, 2008, PriceSmart, Inc. issued a press release regarding its results of operations for its second quarter ended February 29, 2008. 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 April 7, 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.

 

Date: April 7, 2008     PRICESMART, INC.
      By:   /s/ JOHN M. HEFFNER
       

John M. Heffner

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer and

Chief Accounting Officer)


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Description

99.1    Press Release of PriceSmart, Inc. dated April 7, 2008.
EX-99.1 2 dex991.htm PRESS RELEASE OF PRICESMART, INC. Press Release of PriceSmart, Inc.

Exhibit 99.1

PriceSmart Announces Second Quarter Results of Operations;

New Distribution Center Also Announced

SAN DIEGO, CA—(Marketwire - April 7, 2008) - PriceSmart, Inc. (NASDAQ: PSMT) today announced that for the month of March 2008, net sales increased 21.3% to $94.1 million from $77.6 million in March a year earlier. For the seven months ended March 31, 2008, net sales increased 24.9% to $627.5 million from $502.4 million in the same period last year. There were 25 warehouse clubs in operation at the end of March 2008 compared to 23 warehouse clubs in operation in March 2007.

For the four weeks ended March 30, 2008, comparable warehouse sales for warehouse clubs open at least 12 full months increased 14.1% compared to the same four-week period last year. For the thirty-week period ended March 30, 2008, comparable warehouse sales increased 20.0% compared to the comparable thirty-week period a year ago.

The Company also announced that it has entered into a new lease for premises in Medley, Florida, enabling the Company to relocate its primary Distribution Center to a 40% larger facility, thereby enhancing the distribution of merchandise from the United States to PriceSmart warehouse clubs in the Caribbean and Central America. It is anticipated that the Company’s new Distribution Center will become operational in June 2008.

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 25 warehouse clubs in 11 countries and one U.S. territory (four each in Panama and Costa Rica; three each in Guatemala and Trinidad, two each in Dominican Republic, 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,” “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 the Company’s business; the Company faces significant competition; the Company faces difficulties in the shipment of and inherent risks in the importation of merchandise to its warehouse clubs; the Company is exposed to weather and other risks associated with international operations; 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 have control over the Company’s voting stock, which will make it difficult to complete some corporate transactions without their support and may prevent 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; and the Company faces increased compliance risks associated with compliance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002; as well as the other risks detailed in the Company’s SEC reports, including the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K


filed pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 on November 29, 2007. 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 Robert E. Price, Chief Executive Officer (858) 551-2336; or John M. Heffner, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (858) 404-8826.

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