-----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, DzEmWHCAC2dJvqu58JP+b0DmMQxuZqyDH9haQMrCpdkLwEezAozxk7e6y+b7psn1 4Rr9xAqZgC42NUXHdForIg== 0000950128-99-000777.txt : 19990521 0000950128-99-000777.hdr.sgml : 19990521 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950128-99-000777 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 19990520 ITEM INFORMATION: ITEM INFORMATION: FILED AS OF DATE: 19990520 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BLAIR CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000071525 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-CATALOG & MAIL-ORDER HOUSES [5961] IRS NUMBER: 250691670 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-00878 FILM NUMBER: 99631091 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 220 HICKORY ST CITY: WARREN STATE: PA ZIP: 16366 BUSINESS PHONE: 8147233600 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NEW PROCESS CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19890507 8-K 1 BLAIR CORPORATION 1 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): MAY 20, 1999 BLAIR CORPORATION ------------------------------------------------------ (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER) DELAWARE 001-00878 25-0691670 -------- --------- ---------- (STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF (COMMISSION FILE NO.) (I.R.S. EMPLOYER INCORPORATION) IDENTIFICATION NO.) 220 HICKORY STREET, WARREN, PENNSYLVANIA 16366-0001 ---------------------------------------- ---------- (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES) (ZIP CODE) REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE: (814) 723-3600 NOT APPLICABLE ------------------------------------------------------------- (FORMER NAME OR FORMER ADDRESS, IF CHANGED SINCE LAST REPORT) 2 ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS. On May 20, 1999, the Registrant announced that, at the request of the Trust Department of PNC Bank, as trustee, the Registrant had repurchased 156,220 shares of the Common Stock of the Registrant, at a negotiated purchase price not in excess of the market price of the shares on the date of the transaction. This repurchase is in addition to the Registrant's repurchase of 600,000 shares of its Common Stock from the Estate of John L. Blair in January and April, 1999. A press release regarding the announcement is attached as Exhibit 99. 2 3 ITEM 7. FINAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS. (c) Exhibits Exhibit 99. Press Release 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. Date: May 20, 1999 Blair Corporation By: /s/ Kent R. Sivillo ---------------------------------- Kent R. Sivillo, Vice President and Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) 3 EX-99 2 PRESS RELEASE 1 EXHIBIT 99 [BLAIR CORPORATION] PRESS RELEASE For More Information Call: Thomas P. McKeever Blair Corporation 220 Hickory Street Warren, PA 16365 (814) 723-3600 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BLAIR CORPORATION ANNOUNCES THE REPURCHASE OF COMMON STOCK May 20, 1999 - Blair Corporation (AMEX:BL), a Delaware corporation, today announced that, pursuant to an offer received from the Trust Department of PNC Bank, as trustee, the Corporation has repurchased 156,220 shares of the Common Stock of Blair Corporation resulting from the death of John L. Blair. The negotiated purchase price of all shares repurchased did not exceed the market price of the Corporation's stock on the date of the transaction. This repurchase is in addition to the Registrant's repurchase of 600,000 shares of its Common Stock from the Estate of John L. Blair in January and April, 1999. Blair Corporation has also, from the fourth quarter of 1996 to the present, repurchased on the open market 544,739 shares of its Common Stock. Including the 156,220 share repurchase noted above, Blair Corporation has 8,151,773 shares outstanding and 1,923,667 shares in treasury. Blair Corporation, based in Warren, Pennsylvania, is a national catalog and direct mail marketer of womenswear, menswear and home products. #### -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----