-----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, SStr8aroALE/cAuvEr7JbBrQLUd6glDR90n5rs/2pSao4MOOQmtpAm44lV/Gj+Pr D1lG8nuKesWVp/xJkl/8pA== 0000898430-02-004617.txt : 20021223 0000898430-02-004617.hdr.sgml : 20021223 20021223145455 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000898430-02-004617 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20021220 ITEM INFORMATION: Other events FILED AS OF DATE: 20021223 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GLACIER WATER SERVICES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000883505 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-NONSTORE RETAILERS [5960] IRS NUMBER: 330493559 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1226 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-11012 FILM NUMBER: 02866729 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2651 LA MIRADA DRIVE, SUITE 100 CITY: VISTA STATE: CA ZIP: 92083-8435 BUSINESS PHONE: 7605601111 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2651 LA MIRADA DRIVE, SUITE 100 CITY: VISTA STATE: CA ZIP: 92083-8435 8-K 1 d8k.htm CURRENT REPORT ON FORM 8-K DTD 12/20/02 Current Report on Form 8-K dtd 12/20/02
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): December 23, 2002
 
Glacier Water Services, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
 
1-11012
  
33-0493559
(Commission File Number)
  
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
2651 La Mirada Drive, Suite 100
Vista, California
  
92083-8435
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  
(Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (760) 560-1111
 
Item 5.  Other Events.
 
Glacier Water Services, Inc. (the “Company”) is the defendant in an action brought by the Environmental Law Foundation in December 2002 in California Superior Court. The complaint in this action claims that some of the Company’s machines failed to reduce chemical byproducts of the chlorination process found in the source municipal water to the maximum level specified in a California statute and accordingly alleges that the Company is engaging in unlawful and fraudulent business practices and false advertising. The Company believes, however, that the California statute should be preempted by a federal standard, with which the Company is in compliance, and the Company has been informed by representatives of the California Department of Health Services that it agrees that the California statute, if challenged, would be preempted. The complaint does not allege any claims based on the safety of the Company’s water.
 
The complaint seeks injunctive relief and repayment of unspecified amounts to customers. The Company intends to vigorously defend against the claims and does not believe that it will have any material liability in connection with this action.
 
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.
 
       
GLACIER WATER SERVICES, INC.
Date: December 23, 2002
            
           
By:
  
/s/    W. DAVID WALTERS        
               
Senior Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
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