-----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, LM7QcC/VkV73d4E7n9RFY+Se1SlK6+tCDGMZCca2z2mB6HL8ZYMxG8gvj58M2qYH Ff7Q9AQS05lhO/1XfWASqA== 0000950128-99-000870.txt : 19990723 0000950128-99-000870.hdr.sgml : 19990723 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950128-99-000870 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 19990720 ITEM INFORMATION: ITEM INFORMATION: FILED AS OF DATE: 19990722 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: 99668820 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): JULY 20, 1999 BLAIR CORPORATION -------------------------------- (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER) DELAWARE 001-00878 25-0691670 -------- --------- ---------- (STATE OR OTHER (COMMISSION FILE NO.) (I.R.S. EMPLOYER JURISDICTION OF IDENTIFICATION NO.) INCORPORATION) 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 July 20, 1999, the Registrant announced that, effective December 16, 1999 Mr. Murray K. McComas will resign as President/CEO of the Registrant. Mr. McComas will continue to serve as Chairman of the Registrant's Board of Directors. Mr. John E. Zawacki, currently Vice President/General Manager of the Registrant's Womenswear Division, will succeed Mr. McComas as President/CEO of the Registrant. Mark J. Espin, currently assistant Vice President and Merchandise Director of the Womenswear Division, will succeed Mr. Zawacki as Vice President/General Manager of the Registrant's Womenswear Division. 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: July 22, 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: July 20, 1999 Thomas P. McKeever Blair Corporation 220 Hickory Street Warren, PA 16366 (814) 723-3600 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ZAWACKI TO SUCCEED MCCOMAS AS PRESIDENT/CEO Blair Corporation (AMEX:BL) today announced the planned retirement of Murray K. McComas as President/CEO, effective December 16, 1999. Mr. McComas will continue to serve as Chairman of the Corporation's Board of Directors, a position he has held since October, 1987. With his retirement from the management of the company, Mr. McComas will conclude 38-years of employment with Blair which began within the company's advertising department in 1962. Mr. McComas will be succeeded in December by John E. Zawacki as President/CEO. Mr. Zawacki is a 28-year employee of Blair, having served for the past 12 years as Vice President/General Manager of the company's Womenswear Division. Mr. Zawacki was elected to the Corporation's Board of Directors in 1988 and was appointed as a member of its Executive Committee in 1996. The company has further announced that Mark J. Espin will succeed Mr. Zawacki in December as Vice President/General Manager, Womenswear. Mr. Espin, who joined the company in 1980, has been Assistant Vice President and Merchandise Director of the Womenswear division since January 1991. Blair Corporation, headquartered in Warren, Pennsylvania, is a national catalog and direct mail marketer of womenswear, menswear and home products to value-conscious consumers. The company, which was founded in 1910, employs more than 2,200 people and operates facilities in the Warren area, Erie and Franklin in Pennsylvania, as well as Wilmington, Delaware. #### -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----