-----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, P4zhLR+zZLXkRa3YIl2Q81paLgXSO74Hq+fSjKQeZfSkKUSVS1WguCtw3XnL7h9O EXvtqwiZ3wYVr5co6WmNgA== 0000950152-03-005630.txt : 20030516 0000950152-03-005630.hdr.sgml : 20030516 20030516153731 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950152-03-005630 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20030516 ITEM INFORMATION: Regulation FD Disclosure FILED AS OF DATE: 20030516 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: COLE NATIONAL CORP /DE/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000769644 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-RETAIL STORES, NEC [5990] IRS NUMBER: 341453189 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0130 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-12814 FILM NUMBER: 03708519 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5915 LANDERBROOK DR CITY: MAYFIELD HEIGHTS STATE: OH ZIP: 44124 BUSINESS PHONE: 4404494100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5915 LANDERBROOK DRIVE STREET 2: SUITE 300 CITY: CLEVELAND STATE: OH ZIP: 44124 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: CNC HOLDING CORP/DE DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 8-K 1 l01082ae8vk.txt COLE NATIONAL CORPORATION 8-K 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): May 16, 2003 COLE NATIONAL CORPORATION (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter) DELAWARE 1-12814 34-1453189 (State or Other Jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer of Incorporation) File Number) Identification No.) 5915 LANDERBROOK DRIVE MAYFIELD HEIGHTS, OHIO 44124 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (440) 449-4100 Not Applicable (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) ITEM 9. REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE. On May 16, 2003, Cole National Corporation (the "Company") issued a press release announcing that it will hold a conference call on May 19, 2003 at 11:00 a.m. (EDT) to discuss fourth quarter and fiscal year 2002 results. The Company also announced that it will hold its annual stockholders meeting on Wednesday, June 25, 2003 in its offices located at 5915 Landerbrook Drive, Cleveland, Ohio, for stockholders of record as of May 27, 2003. A copy of the press release is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. 1 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. COLE NATIONAL CORPORATION By: /s/ Ann M. Holt -------------------------------------------------- Name: Ann M. Holt Title: Sr. Vice President and Corporate Controller Date: May 16, 2003 2 EXHIBIT INDEX EXHIBIT NUMBER DESCRIPTION - ------ ----------- 99.1 Press release of Cole National Corporation, dated May 16, 2003. 3 EX-99.1 3 l01082aexv99w1.txt EXHIBIT 99.1 EXHIBIT 99.1 COLE NATIONAL ANNOUNCES: - CONFERENCE CALL - RECORD DATE - ANNUAL MEETING CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 16, 2003 - Cole National Corporation (NYSE: CNJ) a leading retailer of optical products and services and personalized gifts with over 2,900 locations throughout North America and the Caribbean and one of the nation's largest providers of managed vision care benefits, today announced it will host a conference call at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Monday, May 19, 2003 to discuss fourth quarter and fiscal year 2002 results. A live webcast of the conference call will be available to all investors at the Cole National website located at www.colenational.com. The call will be simulcast at www.streetevents.com and www.companyboardroom.com. To listen to the call, please go to the website at least fifteen minutes early to register, download and install any necessary audio software. The Company also announced that it will hold its annual meeting on June 25, 2003 at 5915 Landerbrook Drive, Cleveland, Ohio 44124 for stockholders of record on May 27, 2003. ABOUT COLE NATIONAL Cole National Corporation's vision business, together with Pearle franchisees, has 2,174 locations in the U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and includes Cole Managed Vision, one of the largest managed vision care benefit providers with multiple provider panels and nearly 20,000 practitioners. Cole's personalized gift business, Things Remembered, serves customers through 770 locations nationwide, catalogs, and the Internet at www.thingsremembered.com. Cole also has a 21% interest in Pearle Europe, which has 1,157 optical stores in Austria, Belgium, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Russia and Sweden. -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----