-----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, G3YU6TGiIwDPDbwhrLk2UasdnYOpUziQMQszfxzW3rKXr9C4WDDcWJ7q4yRC8Ktf huWBJ3RyWn2nP3AOTxs0SQ== 0001019056-00-000139.txt : 20000307 0001019056-00-000139.hdr.sgml : 20000307 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001019056-00-000139 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20000306 ITEM INFORMATION: FILED AS OF DATE: 20000306 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TRUDY CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000815098 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: BOOKS: PUBLISHING OR PUBLISHING AND PRINTING [2731] IRS NUMBER: 061007765 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0331 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-16056 FILM NUMBER: 561433 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 353 MAIN AVE STREET 2: PO BOX 679 CITY: NORWALK STATE: CT ZIP: 06851 BUSINESS PHONE: 2038462274 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 353 MAIN AVE STREET 2: PO BOX 679 CITY: NORWALK STATE: CT ZIP: 06851 8-K 1 FORM 8-K SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Date of Report: March 6, 2000 TRUDY CORPORATION 353 Main Avenue Norwalk, Connecticut 06851 Commission File No. 0-16056 Incorporated in the State of Delaware Federal Identification No. 06-1007765 Telephone: (203) 846-2274 ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS. The Registrant announced on March 3, 2000 that its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, William W. Burnham, had embarked on the sale of up to 3,498,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock, the proceeds of which will be loaned back to the Company. See attached Exhibit 1. - 1 - 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. TRUDY CORPORATION Date: March 6, 2000 By /s/ WILLIAM W. BURNHAM ------------------------------------------ William W, Burnham, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer -2- EX-1 2 EXHIBIT 1 EXHIBIT 1 --------- March 3, 2000 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: William T. Carney Telephone: 203-846-2274 Facsimile: 203-846-1776 TRUDY ANNOUNCES THAT CEO WILLIAM BURNHAM TO SELL UP TO 3.5 MILLION SHARES AND TO INVEST PROCEEDS IN BUSINESS Norwalk, Connecticut, March 3, 2000 - Trudy Corporation (OTCBB: TRDY) announced today that its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, William W. Burnham, had embarked on the sale of up to 3,498,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock. Mr. Burnham will loan the proceeds, estimated to be approximately $130,000, net after federal and state income taxes, from this sale back to the Company to fund its working capital needs and product development in anticipation of the purchase of the Trudy Common Stock from the Burnham Family and Directors and employees of the Company by Janex International. Mr. Burnham owned approximately 113 million shares of Common Stock before the sale. There are approximately 350 million shares of the Company's Common Stock outstanding. Trudy, which does business under the name Soundprints, publishes juvenile story books and audiocassettes, some under license with the Smithsonian Institution. These are sold in conjunction with contract manufactured educational toys to the retail, school, and mail order markets. Trudy is traded on the OTC through the pink sheets under the symbol TRDY. ### -3- -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----