-----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, PxvIYmNAmUCQyY2N1PB2rWvbHlEQ13uhiXj2qCJ8ksqdYYarTfs+JK6mxaLjA3MB /tGSyxfTikphhGKy77qYtA== 0000950130-98-001012.txt : 19980304 0000950130-98-001012.hdr.sgml : 19980304 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950130-98-001012 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 19980216 ITEM INFORMATION: FILED AS OF DATE: 19980303 SROS: NASD FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BIRD CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000012245 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: WHOLESALE-LUMBER & OTHER CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS [5030] IRS NUMBER: 043082903 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-00828 FILM NUMBER: 98556411 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1077 PLEASANT ST STREET 2: STE 120 CITY: NORWOOD STATE: MA ZIP: 02062 BUSINESS PHONE: 6175510656 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 980 WASHINGTON ST CITY: DEDHAM STATE: MA ZIP: 02026 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BIRD INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19900419 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BIRD & SON INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19830719 8-K 1 FORM 8-K SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, DC 20549 FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 February 16, 1998 ----------------- (Date of earliest event reported) Bird Corporation ---------------- (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) Massachusetts ------------- (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) 0-828 04-3082903 ----- ---------- (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer Identification No.) 1077 Pleasant St., Suite 120, Norwood, MA 02062 ----------------------------------------- ----- (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) (781) 551-0656 -------------- (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code) N/A --- (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) Item 1. Changes in Control of Registrant. On February 16, 1998 BI Expansion II Corp. (the "Purchaser"), a Massachusetts corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of CertainTeed Corporation, a Delaware corporation, accepted for payment pursuant to a cash tender offer 3,991,022 shares of the common stock, $1 par value per share, of the Registrant (the "Common Shares") and 772,735 shares of the $1.85 Cumulative Convertible Preference Stock, $1 par value per share, of the Registrant (the "Preference Shares") at a price of $5.50 per Common Share and $20 per Preference Share. The Purchaser now owns approximately 96% of the outstanding Common Shares and approximately 95% of the outstanding Preference Shares of the Registrant. 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. BIRD CORPORATION (Registrant) By: ------------------------ Name: Frank S. Anthony Title: Vice President Date: March 3, 1998 2 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----