-----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, Nlrr7IZi2nJTgrM1DB4GhYRce8E2Jhd9ecTVgUTeBsBVFya6mzNYkdKAxsbf+iDd 0ZU5kAiN2keFxGVnXAKV7A== /in/edgar/work/20000816/0000040934-00-000011/0000040934-00-000011.txt : 20000922 0000040934-00-000011.hdr.sgml : 20000922 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000040934-00-000011 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20000816 ITEM INFORMATION: FILED AS OF DATE: 20000816 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GENESEE CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000040934 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [2082 ] IRS NUMBER: 160445920 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NY FISCAL YEAR END: 0503 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-01653 FILM NUMBER: 704028 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 445 ST PAUL ST CITY: ROCHESTER STATE: NY ZIP: 14605 BUSINESS PHONE: 7162639440 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 445 ST PAUL STREET CITY: ROCHESTER STATE: NY ZIP: 14605 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: GENESEE BREWING CO INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19880322 8-K 1 0001.txt MANAGEMENT BUYOUT NEGOTIATIONS Exhibit Index at Page 3 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): August 16, 2000 GENESEE CORPORATION (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter) NEW YORK 0-1653 16-0445920 (State or other Jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer of Incorporation) File Number) Identification No.) 445 St. Paul Street, Rochester, New York 14605 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (716) 546-1030 Item 5. Other Events. Genesee Corporation issued a news release on August 16, 2000, which is filed with this report as Exhibit 99. Item 7. Exhibits. An exhibit filed with this report is identified in the Exhibit Index at Page 3. 1 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. Genesee Corporation Date: August 16, 2000 By /s/Mark W. Leunig Mark W. Leunig, Vice President and Secretary 2 EXHIBIT INDEX Page Exhibit 99 News Release Dated August 16, 2000 4 3 Exhibit 99 For Immediate Release Contact: Mark W. Leunig Director of Investor Relations (716) 263-9440 GENESEE CORPORATION ANNOUNCES MANAGEMENT BUYOUT NEGOTIATIONS ROCHESTER, NY - AUGUST 16, 2000--Genesee Corporation (Nasdaq/NMS:GENBB) today announced that the Special Committee of the Board of Directors, formed to consider strategic alternatives for the Corporation's brewing business, has decided to negotiate exclusively with management to try to reach a definitive agreement on the terms of a proposed management buyout of Genesee Brewing Company. The Corporation declined to disclose the terms of the management buyout proposal or a timetable for completing the negotiations. "This decision will allow the Special Committee and its counsel to focus their efforts on completing negotiation of a definitive agreement as quickly as possible," said Mark W. Leunig, Vice President and Secretary of the Corporation. # # # 4 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----