-----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, AAcoH+wGWfcGULsoD5G1ORsOpH+xfcCItzBopwwlKk6PDBYAVGqIbrbuI1VWUekV GevP2u97phza6mC+Jw2g/w== 0000900440-02-000036.txt : 20020919 0000900440-02-000036.hdr.sgml : 20020919 20020919150227 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000900440-02-000036 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20020919 ITEM INFORMATION: Other events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial statements and exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20020919 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CONAGRA FOODS INC /DE/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000023217 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MEAT PACKING PLANTS [2011] IRS NUMBER: 470248710 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0531 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-07275 FILM NUMBER: 02767703 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE CONAGRA DR CITY: OMAHA STATE: NE ZIP: 68102 BUSINESS PHONE: 4025954000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE CONAGRA DRIVE CITY: OMAHA STATE: NE ZIP: 68102 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NEBRASKA CONSOLIDATED MILLS CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19721201 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: CONAGRA INC /DE/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 8-K 1 razorclosing8k.txt 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 September 19, 2002 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) ConAgra Foods, Inc. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 1-7275 47-0248710 (State or other (Commission (IRS Employer jurisdiction of File Number) Identification No.) incorporation) One ConAgra Drive, Omaha, Nebraska 68102-5001 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) Registrant's telephone number, including area code (402) 595-4000 Item 5. Other Events. ConAgra Foods, Inc. announced the consummation of a transaction on September 19, 2002 whereby it transferred its fresh beef and pork processing businesses to a new venture, 54% owned by an investor group led by Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst, Inc. and 46% owned by ConAgra Foods. The press release announcing the closing of the transaction is attached as an exhibit. Item 7(c). Exhibits. 99.1 Press release dated September 19, 2002. 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. CONAGRA FOODS, INC. Date: September 19, 2002 By: /s/ James P. O'Donnell ------------------------------- Name: James P. O'Donnell Title: Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit Description Page 99.1 Press release dated September 19, 2002............................ EX-99.1 3 pressrelease.txt CONAGRA FOODS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONAGRA FOODS COMPLETES SALE OF FRESH BEEF AND PORK BUSINESS OMAHA, Neb., Sept. 19, 2002--Today ConAgra Foods, Inc. (NYSE: CAG), one of America's leading packaged food companies, completed the previously announced sale of its fresh beef and pork operations in a book value transaction to a venture led by Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Inc. and Booth Creek Management, Inc. Funds were transferred and ownership documents exchanged in a New York closing that was finalized at approximately 2:00 p.m. EDT. Bruce Rohde, chairman and chief executive officer of ConAgra Foods, commented, "This divestiture reflects our long-term strategic resolve to focus on branded and value-added food products. We have great respect and admiration for John Simons, Dennis Henley and the team they have built at Swift & Company. We look forward to maintaining a strong business relationship with Swift & Company as an important supplier to ConAgra Foods." Financial details related to this transaction, including pro forma financial information, will be available on the company's website at www.conagrafoods.com/investors when the final Form 8-K is filed with the SEC within the next 15 days. ConAgra Foods, Inc. (NYSE: CAG) is one of North America's largest packaged food companies, with a strong presence in consumer grocery as well as restaurant and foodservice establishments. ConAgra Foods' consumer brands include: Hunt's, Healthy Choice, Banquet, Armour, Bumble Bee, Louis Kemp, La Choy, Lunch Makers, Knott's Berry Farm, Wesson, Country Pride, Blue Bonnet, Kid Cuisine, Parkay, Reddi-wip, Cook's, Butterball, ACT II, Slim Jim, Eckrich, Chef Boyardee, Orville Redenbacher's, PAM, Snack Pack, Van Camp's, Peter Pan, Hebrew National, Gulden's, Pemmican, Brown 'N Serve, Swiss Miss, and many others. For more information, please visit us at www.conagrafoods.com. Note on Forward-Looking Statements: This news release contains "forward-looking" statements within the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on management's current expectations and are subject to uncertainty and changes in circumstances. Actual results may vary materially from the expectations contained in the forward-looking statements. Future economic circumstances, industry conditions, company performance and financial results, availability and prices of raw materials, product pricing, competitive environment and related market conditions, operating efficiencies, access to capital, actions of governments and regulatory factors affecting the company's businesses are examples of factors, among others, that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the company's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company is under no obligation to (and expressly disclaims any such obligation to) update or alter its forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----