-----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, JDDt4YZcekZGzrG1ffhQIjqMvEQNxjt/wv6nEYGZbiOTXU8VQacdxSPkqGxZjf9l Fm9NPbhn4o+52S7Pl2N0kQ== 0000950150-96-000129.txt : 19960314 0000950150-96-000129.hdr.sgml : 19960314 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950150-96-000129 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 19960312 ITEM INFORMATION: Other events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial statements and exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 19960313 SROS: NYSE SROS: PSE FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TIMES MIRROR CO /NEW/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000925260 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NEWSPAPERS: PUBLISHING OR PUBLISHING & PRINTING [2711] IRS NUMBER: 954481525 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-13492 FILM NUMBER: 96534469 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: TIMES MIRROR SQUARE STREET 2: 220 WEST FIRST STREET CITY: LOS ANGELES STATE: CA ZIP: 90053 BUSINESS PHONE: 2132373700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: TIMES MIRROR SQUARE STREET 2: 202 WEST 1ST ST CITY: LOS ANGELES STATE: CA ZIP: 90053 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NEW TMC INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19940613 8-K 1 FORM 8-K 1 ================================================================================ 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): MARCH 12, 1996 THE TIMES MIRROR COMPANY (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER) DELAWARE 1-13492 95-4481525 (STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF (COMMISSION FILE NUMBER) (IRS EMPLOYER INCORPORATION) IDENTIFICATION NO.) TIMES MIRROR SQUARE 90053 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA (ZIP CODE) (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES) REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE: (213) 237-3700 NONE (FORMER NAME OR FORMER ADDRESS, IF CHANGED SINCE LAST REPORT) ================================================================================ 2 ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS. On March 12, 1996, The Times Mirror Company issued the press release attached hereto as Exhibit 20.1 which is incorporated herein by reference. ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS. (c) Exhibits. The following exhibit is filed with this report on Form 8-K:
Exhibit No. Description ----------- ----------- 20.1 Press Release of the Times Mirror Company dated March 12, 1996.
2 3 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. THE TIMES MIRROR COMPANY Date: March 13, 1996 By: /s/ O. Jean Williams ------------------------------------------ O. Jean Williams Secretary and Associate General Counsel 3 4 EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number Description - -------------- ----------- 20.1 Press Release of The Times Mirror Company dated March 12, 1996.
4 EX-20.1 2 PRESS RELEASE DATED MARCH 12, 1996 1 EXHIBIT 20.1 [LOGO] TIMES MIRROR NEWS ----------------------------------------- TIMES MIRROR Times Mirror Square Los Angeles, CA 90053 For Immediate Release Times Mirror To Explore Strategic Alternatives For Its Higher Education Group and CRC Press LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, March 12, 1996 -- Times Mirror announced today its plan to explore its strategic alternatives for the Higher Education Group and CRC Press. The Higher Education Group consists of business and economics publisher Richard D. Irwin and IPRO, its business professional publishing unit; life and physical science publisher Wm. C. Brown Publishers, social science and humanities publisher Brown & Benchmark Publishers; and related college publishing activities in other Times Mirror professional publishing companies. CRC Press publishes scientific and technical information. "The reason for this plan is our conviction that we must concentrate our resources in those businesses in which we can be market leaders. In today's global marketplace, that means being number one or two," said Mark H. Willes, Times Mirror chairman, president and chief executive officer. "Times Mirror now ranks fifth in college publishing. Unfortunately, despite the outstanding achievements of our college publishing operations, industry trends in higher education--including slower growth, technological change and accelerating consolidation--have led us to conclude that we do not have a clear path to market leadership in the foreseeable future. Therefore, we will focus our resources in other professional information areas where we already enjoy leading market positions," Willes said. Times Mirror's Professional Information segment also includes Mosby-Year Book, the leading health sciences publisher, Matthew Bender, the leading analytical legal publisher, Jeppesen Sanderson, the world's leading flight information company and Times Mirror Training, the world leader in business training. 2 CRC Press, located in Boca Raton, Florida, was acquired by Times Mirror in 1986; Richard D. Irwin, located in Burr Ridge, Illinois, was acquired in 1988; and Wm. C. Brown, located in Dubuque, Iowa, in 1992. About 2,000 people are employed at these and other Times Mirror college-related operations. Times Mirror (TMC--New York and Pacific Stock exchanges), a Los Angeles-based news and information company, publishes the Los Angeles Times, Newsday and other newspapers; books and information for professional markets; and national and trade magazines. ### Press Information: Investor Information: Martha Goldstein Jean Jarvis (213) 237-3727 (213) 237-3935 2 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----