-----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, M9+MknJCNrnYErYi9DgvO34s57hq4u4Jjxy5Ge0K8imfPQ4JAltV2phVXIC1D6KE dAmxZRlRo+7dPeIWa9j+7A== 0000897101-07-002463.txt : 20071115 0000897101-07-002463.hdr.sgml : 20071115 20071115152808 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000897101-07-002463 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20071109 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20071115 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20071115 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: HAWKINS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000046250 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: WHOLESALE-CHEMICALS & ALLIED PRODUCTS [5160] IRS NUMBER: 410771293 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MN FISCAL YEAR END: 0331 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-07647 FILM NUMBER: 071249591 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3100 E HENNEPIN AVE CITY: MINNEAPOLIS STATE: MN ZIP: 55413 BUSINESS PHONE: 6123316910 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3100 EAST HENNEPIN AVENUE CITY: MINNEAPOLIS STATE: MN ZIP: 55413 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HAWKINS CHEMICAL INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 8-K 1 hawkins074746_8k.htm FORM 8-K DATED NOVEMBER 9, 2007 Hawkins, Inc. Form 8-K dated November 9, 2007

 
 


UNITED STATES

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

 

November 9, 2007

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)

 


 

Hawkins, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Minnesota

 

0-7647

 

41-0771293

(State of Incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

3100 East Hennepin Ave.
Minneapolis, MN

 

55413

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Telephone Number: 612-331-6910

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 


Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

o   Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o   Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

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Item 5.02.

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangement of Certain Officers.

 

On November 9, 2007, we announced that Marvin E. Dee, our Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer, will leave the Company effective December 31, 2007. We are actively searching for a new Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Dee’s resignation does not involve any disagreement over any financial matter concerning the Company, nor any disagreement with our auditors.

 

A copy of the press release announcing Mr. Dee’s departure is attached as Exhibit 99 to this report.

 

 

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)   Exhibits

 

99 – Press Release, dated November 9, 2007, issued by Hawkins, Inc.












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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.

 

 

HAWKINS, INC.


Date:   November 15, 2007

By   


/s/   John R. Hawkins

 

 

John R. Hawkins
Chief Executive Officer















EX-99 2 hawkins074746_ex99.htm PRESS RELEASE DATED NOVEMBER 9, 2007 Exhibit 99 to Hawkins, Inc. Form 8-K dated November 9, 2007

Exhibit 99

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contacts:   

John R. Hawkins

 

 

Chief Executive Officer

November 9, 2007

 

612/617-8532

Hawkins, Inc.

 

john.hawkins@HawkinsInc.com

3100 East Hennepin Avenue

 

 

Minneapolis, MN 55413

 

Jennifer A. Weichert

http://www.hawkinsinc.com

 

Weichert Financial Relations, Inc.

 

 

612/810-0515

 

 

jweichert@comcast.net

 

HAWKINS, INC. ANNOUNCES DEPARTURE

OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

 

Minneapolis, MN, November 9, 2007 – Hawkins, Inc. (Nasdaq: HWKN) today announced that Marvin Dee will leave his position as Chief Financial Officer of Hawkins effective December 31, 2007 to pursue other business interests.

 

Chief Executive Officer, John R. Hawkins, commented, “We appreciate Marv’s contributions to the Company and wish him the best in the future. We have begun the process to identify his replacement and plans for an orderly transition are in place.”

 

Hawkins serves customers in a wide range of industries, including chemical processing, electronics, energy, environmental services, food processing, metal finishing, pharmaceutical, medical devices, pulp and paper, and water treatment.

 

Hawkins is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Company operates sixteen facilities in Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, South and North Dakota and Wisconsin and services customers in Upper Michigan, Kansas and Wyoming as well.

 

 

 

 





The discussion above contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements by their nature involve substantial risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially depending on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, the following: our ability to pass through cost increases in raw materials and energy, competition from other chemical companies, seasonality and weather conditions, costs and difficulties with our new enterprise resource planning system, the hazards of chemical manufacturing, natural disasters, downturns in our customers’ industries, actual growth in our products’ markets, changes in our customers’ products, compliance with applicable laws and regulations, our ability to meet quality specifications, the adequacy of our insurance coverage, our ability to attract and retain key personnel, our ability to complete and integrate future acquisitions, and future terrorist attacks. Additional information with respect to the risks and uncertainties faced by Hawkins may be found in, and the prior discussion is qualified in its entirety by, the Risk Factors contained in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 1, 2007, as updated by subsequent SEC filings.



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