-----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, K8QQQCgKlaat2zIZZUeI2dH2GyGYFxXfLZ5r8KHUEYcftXeC9Y+z0lBJPCoKFNVl obfl7koNMEQ1LoHB9i0H3w== 0000035469-97-000006.txt : 19970222 0000035469-97-000006.hdr.sgml : 19970222 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000035469-97-000006 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-A12B/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 19970218 SROS: NYSE FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FIELDCREST CANNON INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000035469 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: BROADWOVEN FABRIC MILLS, COTTON [2211] IRS NUMBER: 560586036 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-A12B/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-05137 FILM NUMBER: 97536855 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 326 E STADIUM DRIVE CITY: EDEN STATE: NC ZIP: 27288 BUSINESS PHONE: 9196273000 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FIELDCREST MILLS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19860807 8-A12B/A 1 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 8-A/A FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Fieldcrest Cannon, Inc. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 56-0586036 (State of incorporation or organization (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) One Lake Drive, Kannapolis, NC 28081 (Address of principal executive offices (Zip Code) If this Form relates to the registration of a class of debt securities and is effective upon filing pursuant to General Instruction A.(c)(1), please check the following box. [ ] If this Form relates to the registration of a class of debt securities and is to become effective simultaneously with the effectiveness of a concurrent registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to General Instruction A.(c)(2), please check the following box. [ ] Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Title of each class Name of each exchange on which to be so registered each class is to be registered Preferred Stock Purchase Rights New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None (Title of Class) Total Pages 3 Page 1 Exhibit Index Page 3 ITEM 1. DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT'S SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED. On February 6, 1997, the Company amended the Rights Agreement, dated as of November 24, 1993, between the Company and The First National Bank of Boston, as Rights Agent (the "Rights Agreement"), by entering into the First Amendment thereto (the "Amendment"). (The full text of the Rights Agreement is set forth in Exhibit 1 of the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated December 6, 1993, which registration statement and exhibit are incorporated herein by reference.) The Amendment provides that an "Acquiring Person" (as defined in the Rights Agreement) shall not include a person who would otherwise be an Acquiring Person under such definition if the Company's Board of Directors determines in good faith that such person has become such inadvertently, and such person divests as promptly as practicable a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock (as defined in the Rights Agreement) so that such person would no longer otherwise be an Acquiring Person under such definition. The amendment also provides that a transaction of the type described in the preceding sentence shall not constitute a "Section 11(a)(ii) Event" (as defined in the Rights Agreement). The full text of the Amendment is set forth in Exhibit 1 hereto. The foregoing description is only a summary and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such Exhibit. ITEM 2. EXHIBITS.
Exhibit No. Description 1 First Amendment, dated February 6, 1997, to Rights Agreement, dated as of November 24, 1993, between Fieldcrest Cannon, Inc. and The First National Bank of Boston, as Rights Agent (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 14, 1997). /TABLE Page 2 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. FIELDCREST CANNON, INC. By: /s/ T. R. Staab T. R. Staab Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Date: February 18, 1997 EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. Description 1 First Amendment, dated February 6, 1997, to Rights Agreement, dated as of November 24, 1993, between Fieldcrest Cannon, Inc. and The First National Bank of Boston, as Rights Agent (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 14, 1997. /TABLE Page 3 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----