0001193125-12-278231.txt : 20120621 0001193125-12-278231.hdr.sgml : 20120621 20120621131557 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-12-278231 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120620 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20120621 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120621 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: STEWART ENTERPRISES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000878522 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-PERSONAL SERVICES [7200] IRS NUMBER: 720693290 STATE OF INCORPORATION: LA FISCAL YEAR END: 1031 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-15449 FILM NUMBER: 12919079 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1333 SOUTH CLEARVIEW PARKWAY CITY: JEFFERSON STATE: LA ZIP: 70121 BUSINESS PHONE: 5047291400 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1333 SOUTH CLEARVIEW PARKWAY CITY: JEFFERSON STATE: LA ZIP: 70121 8-K 1 d370841d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 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): June 20, 2012

 

 

STEWART ENTERPRISES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

LOUISIANA   1-15449   72-0693290

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

1333 South Clearview Parkway

Jefferson, Louisiana 70121

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(504) 729-1400

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(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:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

Item 8.01 Other Events

On June 20, 2012, Stewart Enterprises, Inc. issued a press release reporting the declaration of a quarterly cash dividend. A copy of this 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       Press release by Stewart Enterprises, Inc. dated June 20, 2012 reporting the declaration of a quarterly cash dividend

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.

 

    STEWART ENTERPRISES, INC.
June 21, 2012     /s/ Angela M. Lacour
    Angela M. Lacour
   

Senior Vice President of Finance

and Chief Accounting Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number

     

Description

  99.1       Press release by Stewart Enterprises, Inc. dated June 20, 2012 reporting the declaration of a quarterly cash dividend
 EX-99.1 2 d370841dex991.htm PRESS RELEASE BY STEWART ENTERPRISES, INC. DATED JUNE 20, 2012 Press Release by Stewart Enterprises, Inc. dated June 20, 2012

Exhibit 99.1

 

CONTACT:    Lewis J. Derbes, Jr.    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
   Stewart Enterprises, Inc.   
   1333 S. Clearview Parkway   
   Jefferson, LA 70121   
   504-729-1400   

STEWART ENTERPRISES, INC. DECLARES QUARTERLY DIVIDEND

JEFFERSON, La.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—June 20, 2012—Stewart Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq GS: STEI) reported today that its Board of Directors has declared its regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.04 per share. The dividend is payable on July 26, 2012 to holders of record of Class A and Class B Common Stock as of the close of business on July 12, 2012.

Founded in 1910, Stewart Enterprises, Inc. is the second largest provider of products and services in the death care industry in the United States, currently owning and operating 218 funeral homes and 141 cemeteries. Through its subsidiaries, the Company provides a complete range of funeral and cremation merchandise and services, along with cemetery property, merchandise and services, both at the time of need and on a preneed basis.