-----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, Ulvo0qxCYX2xF/C8bqCvZ+gf7af3n5IneDH2eNohuG8kWijGD6FXnCi7+KcnZrGF wINYMqVL1tZWPm2ubLwLHw== 0000950123-09-010897.txt : 20090603 0000950123-09-010897.hdr.sgml : 20090603 20090603143154 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950123-09-010897 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20090602 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20090603 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20090603 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: THOR INDUSTRIES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000730263 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MOTOR HOMES [3716] IRS NUMBER: 930768752 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0731 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-09235 FILM NUMBER: 09870925 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 419 W PIKE ST CITY: JACKSON CENTER STATE: OH ZIP: 45334 BUSINESS PHONE: 9375966849 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 419 W PIKE STREET CITY: JACKSON CENTER STATE: OH ZIP: 45334 8-K 1 l36681ae8vk.htm FORM 8-K FORM 8-K
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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
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): June 2, 2009
Thor Industries, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
         
Delaware   1-9235   93-0768752
(State or Other Jurisdiction of   (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification
Incorporation)       No.)
     
419 West Pike Street,   45334-0629
Jackson Center, Ohio   (Zip Code)
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)    
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (937) 596-6849
N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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:
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))
 
o   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 
 

 


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Item 8.01 Other Events
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-99.1


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Item 8.01 Other Events.
     On June 2, 2009, Thor Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that it has launched Thor Credit, through its subsidiary, Thor CC, Inc., to provide retail financing for recreation vehicle customers of the Company’s dealers. A copy of the Company’s press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
  (d)   Exhibits
     
Exhibit Number   Description
     
99.1   Copy of press release, dated June 2, 2009, issued by the Company

 


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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.
             
    Thor Industries, Inc.    
 
           
Date: June 3, 2009
  By:   /s/ Christian G. Farman    
  Name:  
 
Christian G. Farman
   
 
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer    

 


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EXHIBIT INDEX
     
Exhibit    
Number   Description
 
   
99.1
  Copy of press release, dated June 2, 2009, issued by the Company

 

EX-99.1 2 l36681aexv99w1.htm EX-99.1 EX-99.1
Exhibit 99.1
(THOR INDUSTRIES, INC. LOGO)
419 WEST PIKE STREET P.O. BOX 629 JACKSON CENTER, OHIO 45334-0629
PHONE 937-596-6849 FAX 937-596-6539
N E W S  R E L E A S E
     
Date:
  June 2, 2009
Contact:
  Wade F. B. Thompson or Peter B. Orthwein
THOR ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF THOR CREDIT;
EXCLUSIVE RETAIL FINANCE PROGRAM WILL HELP THOR RV DEALERS
Thor Industries, Inc. (NYSE:THO) announced today that it has launched Thor Credit to provide retail financing for recreation vehicle customers of Thor dealers. Thor Credit is introducing the program regionally in the following states: (AL, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, TN, VA) and will be expanding its lending activity beyond those states in the future. Thor Credit will finance new Thor RV products and all used products of its dealers. The business will be led by industry veterans Ed Arienti, Margaret Gandolfo, Nancy Hartmann, Bob Kennedy and Mike Rapp, utilizing their decades of industry retail finance expertise.
“This exclusive Thor financing program will help Thor dealers provide much needed retail credit to their customers,” said Wade F. B. Thompson, Thor Chairman & CEO. Thor Credit will begin accepting credit applications in the above-mentioned states on June 2, 2009. Thor dealers can contact Thor Credit at 1-800-700-THOR (8467) with any questions and to obtain dealer sign-up materials.
Thor Industries is the world’s largest manufacturer of recreation vehicles and a major builder of commercial buses.
This release includes certain statements that are “forward looking” statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward looking statements involve uncertainties and risks. There can be no assurance that actual results will not differ from our expectations. Factors which could cause materially different results include, among others, additional issues that may arise in connection with the findings of the completed investigation of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Thor Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) and the SEC’s requests for additional information, fuel prices, fuel availability, lower consumer confidence, interest rate increases, tight lending practices, increased material costs, the success of new product introductions, the pace of acquisitions, cost structure improvements, the impact of auction market failures on our liquidity, competition and general economic conditions and the other risks and uncertainties discussed more fully in Item 1A of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended July 31, 2008 and Part II, Item 1A of the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended January 31, 2009. The Company disclaims any obligation or undertaking to disseminate any updates or revisions to any forward looking statements contained in this release or to reflect any change in the Company’s expectations after the date of this release or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any statement is based except as required by law.

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