-----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, UrCWcUFABMs+wzvQxt4K9Qp1Oq6mMiD1GgHNut4boVKNXica0fLGTnl7UCzF6mou ORt1wef0Kxo9bAO/D/lKBg== 0000950137-03-002589.txt : 20030501 0000950137-03-002589.hdr.sgml : 20030501 20030501172602 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950137-03-002589 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20030429 ITEM INFORMATION: Other events FILED AS OF DATE: 20030501 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: INFORMATION RESOURCES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000714278 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-ENGINEERING, ACCOUNTING, RESEARCH, MANAGEMENT [8700] IRS NUMBER: 521287752 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-11428 FILM NUMBER: 03677723 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 150 N CLINTON ST CITY: CHICAGO STATE: IL ZIP: 60661-1416 BUSINESS PHONE: 3127261221 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 150 N CLINTON ST CITY: CHICAGO STATE: IL ZIP: 60661-1416 8-K 1 c76677e8vk.txt CURRENT REPORT 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): April 29, 2003 INFORMATION RESOURCES, INC. (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) 0-11428 36-2947987 (Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) 150 North Clinton Street, Chicago, Illinois 60661-1416 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (312) 726-1221 ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS. On April 29, 2003, Information Resources, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release announcing that the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York issued two key rulings for the Company in its antitrust lawsuit against The Dun & Bradstreet Corp., A.C. Nielsen Co. and IMS International, Inc. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1. 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. INFORMATION RESOURCES, INC. By: /s/ MONICA M. WEED --------------------------------- Title: Executive Vice President ----------------------------- and General Counsel ----------------------------- Date: May 1, 2003 EXHIBITS Exhibit No. Description - ----------- ----------- 99.1 Press Release of Information Resources, Inc. dated April 29, 2003 EX-99.1 3 c76677exv99w1.txt PRESS RELEASE DATED 4/29/03 Exhibit 99.1 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Kristin Van Information Resources, Inc. 312.474.3384 kristin.van@infores.com FEDERAL COURT ISSUES KEY RULINGS FOR IRI IN MULTIMILLION DOLLAR ANTITRUST ACTION VS. ACNIELSEN CHICAGO, April 29, 2003--Yesterday, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York issued two key rulings for Information Resources, Inc. (Nasdaq: IRIC) in its $350 million-plus antitrust lawsuit against The Dun & Bradstreet Corp., A.C. Nielsen Co. (now owned by VNU, N.V.) and IMS International, Inc. "These rulings are a very significant victory for IRI," IRI Chairman and CEO Joe Durrett said. "We now will be able to present the jury with a complete picture of the lengths to which ACNielsen went in its attempts to exclude IRI from international markets and to monopolize the retail tracking business in the U.S." In one ruling, the Court denied ACNielsen's motion for partial summary judgment to dismiss IRI's claim that ACNielsen's anticompetitive conduct had excluded IRI from 22 foreign markets. As a result, IRI will be able to seek damages at trial for its exclusion from all of these markets. In the second ruling, the Court made clear that IRI could claim damages for injuries it suffered in the U.S. market as a result of defendants' anticompetitive practices overseas. In its suit, IRI contends ACNielsen purposefully engaged in these practices to drain IRI of resources it needed to compete in the U.S. retail tracking market. In separate proceedings, the Canadian Competition Tribunal and the European Commission found that these overseas practices by ACNielsen were abusive and either prevented IRI from entering markets or artificially raised the costs of doing so. In its ruling yesterday, the Court concluded that "The necessity, intentionally imposed on IRI by defendants' foreign and domestic activities, to devote the use of millions of dollars of its domestic funds to purposes other than its chosen ways of competing, was a `direct, substantial and reasonably foreseeable effect' on domestic trade of commerce and gave rise to a claim of attempted monopolization." Durrett went on to say, "This is a complex case, and it has taken a significant amount of time to work through the issues. We are pleased that the Court ruled in IRI's favor on both of these issues. IRI's shareholders were significantly damaged by ACNielsen's anticompetitive practices, and those damages continue to this day. Our goal now is to get our day in court as soon as possible." The District Court has set a conference for May 21, 2003 to discuss the scheduling of a trial date. IRI filed this antitrust action against The Dun & Bradstreet Corp., ACNielsen and IMS International, Inc. in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York entitled Information Resources, Inc. v. The Dun & Bradstreet Corp., et al. No. 96 CIV. 5716. IRI alleges that, among other things, the defendants violated Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. Sections 1 and 2, by engaging in a series of anti-competitive practices aimed at excluding IRI from various export markets for retail tracking services and regaining monopoly power in the United States market for retail tracking services. IRI is seeking to recover damages in excess of $350 million prior to trebling. Certain matters discussed above are forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. These risks and uncertainties are described in reports and other documents filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission including the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year 2002. Information Resources, Inc. is a leading provider of UPC scanner- and panel-based business solutions to the consumer packaged goods (CPG) and healthcare industries, offering services in the U.S., Europe and other international markets. The Company supplies CPG and pharmaceutical manufacturers, retailers, and brokers with information and analysis critical to their sales, marketing, and supply chain operations. IRI provides services designed to deliver value through an enhanced understanding of the consumer to a majority of the Fortune 500 companies in the CPG industry. -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----