0001193125-12-404649.txt : 20120926 0001193125-12-404649.hdr.sgml : 20120926 20120926141813 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-12-404649 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120925 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20120926 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120926 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: 121110827 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 d416282d8k.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): September 25, 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 September 25, 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 September 25, 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.
September 26, 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 September 25, 2012 reporting the declaration of a quarterly cash dividend
 EX-99.1 2 d416282dex991.htm PRESS RELEASE Press Release

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.—September 25, 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 October 29, 2012 to holders of record of Class A and Class B Common Stock as of the close of business on October 15, 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 217 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.