-----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, NMIorzgH+Mj2iri1CiTvlsUeQKatKlAOVkqTH6DkhA+sTK+lcf+3bTWJH5dUJyaz zEhB0XG1QLdBdHSh6576vA== 0000760775-95-000014.txt : 19951011 0000760775-95-000014.hdr.sgml : 19951011 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000760775-95-000014 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 19950929 ITEM INFORMATION: Other events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial statements and exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 19951010 SROS: NASD FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WLR FOODS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000760775 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: POULTRY SLAUGHTERING AND PROCESSING [2015] IRS NUMBER: 541295923 STATE OF INCORPORATION: VA FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-17060 FILM NUMBER: 95579293 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: P O BOX 7000 CITY: BROADWAY STATE: VA ZIP: 22815 BUSINESS PHONE: 7038674001 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 800 CO OP DRIVE CITY: TIMBERVILLE STATE: VA ZIP: 22853 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: WAMPLER LONGACRE ROCKINGHAM INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19881114 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: WAMPLER LONGACRE INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19880209 8-K 1 FORM 8-K SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT Pursuant to Section 13 or 15d of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 --------------------------- Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) September 29, 1995 WLR Foods, Inc. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Virginia 0-17060 54-1295923 (State of (Commission File (IRS Employer Iden- Incorporation) Number) tification No.) P.O. Box 7000 22815 Broadway, Virginia (Zip Code) (Address of Principal executive offices) (540) 896-7001 (Registrant's telephone number, including area code) Exhibit Index is on Page 4 1 Item 5. Other Events On September 29, 1995, the Company announced that it had purchased the chicken processing and production assets, including the processing plant, hatchery, feedmill, grain storage facilities and inventories, of New Hope Feeds, Inc. and its affiliate of New Hope, North Carolina. The new processing plant, located approximately ten miles south of Goldsboro, North Carolina, opened in the spring of 1995, and is expected to reach a production capacity of 650,000 birds per week, with employment of 550 people, during the next twelve months. The purchase price is expected to be approximately $18 million, subject to certain post-closing adjustments, consisting of a combination of stock and debt assumption. Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits Exhibits Exhibit 99 Press Release dated September 29, 1995 2 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 thereunto duly authorized. WLR Foods, Inc. By:__/S/ Delbert L. Seitz_______ Delbert L. Seitz Chief Financial Officer Secretary and Treasurer 55161 3 EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit No. Description Page Number 99 Press Release dated September 29, 1995 5 4 EX-99 2 EXHIBIT 99 PRESS RELEASE EXHIBIT 99 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Delbert L. Seitz, Chief Financial Officer or Stanley H. Gray, Director of Investor Relations 540-896-7001 Gail Price, Director of Corporate Communication 540-896-0406 WLR FOODS INC. ANNOUNCES PURCHASE OF NEW HOPE FEEDS INC. AND PRODUCTION INCREASES PLANNED FOR THE NEW OPERATION Broadway, Virginia, September 29, 1995 - WLR Foods Inc. (NASDAQ: WLRF) today announced the purchase, through a subsidiary, of the chicken processing and production assets of New Hope Feeds Inc. and an affiliated company. The purchase price is expected to be approximately $18 million, subject to post-closing adjustments. Assets acquired include a processing plant, hatchery, feed mill, grain storage facilities, and inventories. The operation currently employs 370 people and contracts with 87 poultry producers and is located 10 miles south of Goldsboro, North Carolina. The new processing plant opened in the spring of 1995 and currently processes 250,000 birds per week. WLR Foods expects to expand production to 650,000 birds per week and employment to 550 people during the next 12 months. This growth will also create the need for additional broiler housing. President and Chief Executive Officer James L. Keeler commented, We are excited to welcome New Hope into WLR Foods today. The expansion opportunities this facility gives us will help our company meet increasing customer demand in foodservice and export. These are rapidly growing areas of our business. WLR Foods is a fully integrated provider of high quality turkey and chicken products primarily under the Wampler-Longacre(R) and Cuddy Family Farms(R) labels and retail ice under the Cassco(R) label. It is nationally ranked as the second largest turkey processor and the eighth largest poultry company by sales volume and has processing operations in Virginia, North Carolina, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania, close to its major mid-Atlantic markets. Fiscal 1995 annual sales for WLR Foods were $908,776,000, an increase of 25% over fiscal 1994. ### 5 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----