-----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, WRC3lsaCupAAghvyZYE5BleHHIQ+SEFKSSBc7ryxmdWMHFeb4znzGckfWPTsVNr2 1rPmKC2DcH6Vz9W9RgYXQg== 0000356446-04-000002.txt : 20040114 0000356446-04-000002.hdr.sgml : 20040114 20040114161312 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000356446-04-000002 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20040114 ITEM INFORMATION: Other events FILED AS OF DATE: 20040114 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PURE WORLD INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000356446 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: INVESTORS, NEC [6799] IRS NUMBER: 953419191 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-10566 FILM NUMBER: 04525107 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: P O BOX 74 STREET 2: 376 MAIN ST CITY: BEDMINSTER STATE: NJ ZIP: 07921 BUSINESS PHONE: 9082349220 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: P O BOX 74 STREET 2: 376 MAIN STREET CITY: BEDMINSTER STATE: NJ ZIP: 07921 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: AMERICAN HOLDINGS INC /DE/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19940411 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: COMPUTER MEMORIES INC /DE/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19940411 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: COMPUTER MEMORIES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920908 8-K 1 purw8kforsale.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 Date of Report: (Date of earliest event reported) January 14, 2004 Pure World, Inc. ---------------------------------------------------------- (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware -------------------------------------------------- (State or other jurisdiction of Incorporation) 0-10566 95-3419191 ----------- ----------------- (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer Identification Number) 376 Main Street, P.O. Box 74, Bedminster, New Jersey 07921 ---------------------------------------------------------------- (Address of Principal Executive Offices, Zip Code) 908-234-9220 --------------------------------------------------- (Registrant's Telephone Number, including area code) Not Applicable --------------------------------------- (Former name of former addresses, if changed since last report) Item 5. Other Events (c) Exhibits Exhibit No. Exhibit ----------- ------- 99.1 Press Release of Pure World, Inc. dated January 14, 2004. On January 14, 2004, Pure World, Inc. issued a press release which is attached as Exhibit 99.1. SIGNATURE Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. Pure World, Inc. January 14, 2004 /s/ Sue Ann Merrill ---------------------------- Sue Ann Merrill Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) EX-99 3 forsalepress.txt Exhibit 99.1 N E W S R E L E A S E January 14, 2004 Direct Inquiries to: Paul O. Koether, Chairman (908) 234-9220 DR. QUN YI ZHENG NAMED PRESIDENT OF PURE WORLD ---------------------------------------------- Bedminster, New Jersey - PURE WORLD, INC., (PURW-NASDAQ) ("Pure World" or the "Company"). Paul Koether, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, today announced that Dr. Qun Yi Zheng, Chief Operating Officer, had been elected President. Koether had served as acting President since September 24, 2003 due to the illness and subsequent death of former President, Natalie I Koether, on October 3, 2003. Dr. Zheng joined Pure World in 1996. Koether also stated that due to disappointing sales in November and December the Company would report a loss for both the fourth quarter and year ended 12/31/03. Pure World has retained the investment banking firm of Adams, Harkness & Hill to review possible strategic alternatives including but not necessarily limited to sale, merger or other extraordinary corporate transactions. There is no assurance that any transaction will eventuate or that if a transaction occurs it will be on terms that shareholders will consider favorable. Pure World is a leading research-driven nutraceutical company that discovers, develops, manufactures and markets a broad range of botanical extracts for the dietary supplement, food, beverage, consumer products, and cosmetics industries. The Company has 7,513,566 shares of common stock outstanding. This release contains forward-looking statements which may involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the Company's actual results and performance in future periods to be materially different from any future results or performance suggested by these statements. Pure World cautions investors not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only to management's expectations on this date. -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----