-----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, BdqE7RMtNv+NLtpVKd2yhWch3a/fEsJbISV8+DOR8eM5W5bC/ERf7cYy4G+iIbls xaCQJ0LreSHGfUYLJJFq/g== 0000922907-05-000295.txt : 20050427 0000922907-05-000295.hdr.sgml : 20050427 20050427112845 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000922907-05-000295 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20050427 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20050427 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20050427 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AMERICAN ITALIAN PASTA CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000849667 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MISCELLANEOUS FOOD PREPARATIONS & KINDRED PRODUCTS [2090] IRS NUMBER: 841032638 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-13403 FILM NUMBER: 05775205 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4100 N MULBERRY DRIVE SUITE 200 CITY: KANSAS CITY STATE: MO ZIP: 64116 BUSINESS PHONE: 8165026000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4100 N MULBERRY DRIVE SUITE 200 CITY: KANSS CITY STATE: MO ZIP: 64116 8-K 1 form8k_042705div.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K for American Italian Pasta Company 


                                  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)          April 27, 2005
                                                --------------------------------

                         AMERICAN ITALIAN PASTA COMPANY
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

          Delaware                    001-13403                84-1032638
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(State or other jurisdiction         (Commission             (IRS Employer
     of incorporation)               File Number)         Identification No.)

   4100 N. Mulberry Drive, Suite 200, Kansas City, Missouri        64116
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           (Address of principal executive offices)              (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code        (816) 584-5000
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                                 Not Applicable
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         (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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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     CFR 230.425)

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     240.14a-12)

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     Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

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     Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))





Item 8.01 Other Events.

     On April 27, 2005, the Company issued a press release  announcing  that the
Board of Directors  has  authorized  the payment on June 8, 2005, of a quarterly
dividend of 18.75 cents per share, to shareholders of record as of May 20, 2005.
A copy of the press release is filed under Item 9.01 of this Form 8-K as Exhibit
99.1.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

         (c) Exhibits

         99.1 Press release issued April 27, 2005.





                                   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.


                                       AMERICAN ITALIAN PASTA COMPANY


Date:  April 27, 2005
                                         /s/ George D. Shadid
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       George D. Shadid
                                       Chief Financial Officer





                                  EXHIBIT INDEX



Exhibit Number                             Description
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    99.1                       Press release issued April 27, 2005
EX-99 2 form8kexh991_042705.htm EXHIBIT 99.1 Exhibit 99.1 to Form 8-K for American Italian Pasta Company 

                                                                    Exhibit 99.1


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AMERICAN ITALIAN PASTA COMPANY                                          -
                                                                        -RELEASE


Contact:
George Shadid,
EVP & Chief Financial Officer
816/584-5621
gshadid@aipc.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


                         AMERICAN ITALIAN PASTA COMPANY
                           AUTHORIZES DIVIDEND PAYMENT

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KANSAS CITY, MO, April 27, 2005 -- American  Italian Pasta Company  (NYSE:  PLB)
announced today that the Company's Board of Directors has authorized the payment
on  June 8,  2005,  of a  quarterly  dividend  of  18.75  cents  per  share,  to
shareholders of record as of May 20, 2005.

Founded  in 1988 and based in Kansas  City,  Missouri,  American  Italian  Pasta
Company is the largest producer and marketer of dry pasta in North America.


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