-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: keymaster@town.hall.org Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFkwCgYEVQgBAQICAgADSwAwSAJBALeWW4xDV4i7+b6+UyPn5RtObb1cJ7VkACDq pKb9/DClgTKIm08lCfoilvi9Wl4SODbR1+1waHhiGmeZO8OdgLUCAwEAAQ== MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, HrRUPAhG6YRxcpbDi1//+sNLLoEMKLCjCE+gzQqIETXKI1o7FjGqHWhBAscqHF1y 94KddjcuKxx6drx1yibZhg== 0000950135-94-000666.txt : 19941129 0000950135-94-000666.hdr.sgml : 19941129 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950135-94-000666 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 19941104 ITEM INFORMATION: Other events FILED AS OF DATE: 19941117 SROS: NYSE FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CML GROUP INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000729576 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: 3949 IRS NUMBER: 042451745 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0731 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-09630 FILM NUMBER: 94560895 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 524 MAIN ST CITY: ACTON STATE: MA ZIP: 01720 BUSINESS PHONE: 5082644155 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 524 MAIN STREET CITY: ACTON STATE: MA ZIP: 01720 8-K 1 FORM 8-K FOR CML GROUP, INC. 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): November 4, 1994 ---------------- CML GROUP, INC. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter) Delaware ---------------------------------------------------------------------- (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) 0-12628 04-2451745 ------------------------- --------------------------------------- (Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) 524 Main Street, Acton, Massachusetts 01720 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) (508) 264-4155 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code) Not Applicable ---------------------------------------------------------------------- (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) Exhibit Index begins on page 4. Page 1 of 5 pages. 2 ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS. ------------- On November 4, 1994, CML Group, Inc. (the "Company") announced the filing of a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts against the Company and Charles M. Leighton and G. Robert Tod, the Chairman and President of the Company, respectively. The Company issued the press release attached as Exhibit (99) hereto regarding the lawsuit. ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS. ---------------------------------- (a) Financial Statements of Business Acquired. ------------------------------------------ Not applicable. (b) Pro Forma Financial Information. -------------------------------- Not applicable. (c) Exhibits. --------- (99) Press Release dated November 4, 1994. - 2 - 3 SIGNATURE 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: November 16, 1994 CML GROUP, INC. (Registrant) /s/ Glenn E. Davis --------------------------- By: Glenn E. Davis Vice President and Controller - 3 - 4 INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit Number Page No. - - ------- -------- (99) Press Release dated November 4, 1994. 5
- 4 - EX-99 2 PRESS RELEASE DATED NOVEMBER 4, 1994 1 Exhibit 99 ------- -- CML NEWS RELEASE - - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 524 Main Street Acton, Massachusetts 01720 Telephone: (508) 264-4155 CONTACT: Nancy Wang Vice-President, Investor Relations 508-264-4155 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - - --------------------- November 4, 1994 Acton, Mass., November 4, 1994--CML Group, Inc. (NYSE: CML), announced today the filing of a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District court for the District of Massachusetts against the company and its Chairman, Charles M. Leighton, and President, G. Robert Tod, by four purported stockholders, Mark Levine, Stan Ferraro, Jack Rosenthal and Michael Bradwell, owning an aggregate of 2,400 shares. The complaint alleges that the company failed to properly disclose the extent of its NordicTrack advertising expenditures and the impact of those expenditures on its future operating results, and constituted misleading statements regarding the company's business and operations in violation of federal securities laws. Responding to the lawsuit, Mr. Leighton stated that "the complaint contains factually incorrect statements, the allegations are without merit, and the defendants intend to vigorously contest the lawsuit." - 5 - -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----