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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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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 18, 1998
STERLING VISION, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
New York 1-14128 11-3096941
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(State or Other Jurisdiction (Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation) Identification No.)
1500 Hempstead Turnpike
East Meadow, New York 11554
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(516) 390-2100
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(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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Item 5. Other Event
See the following press release, dated September 18, 1998, announcing
certain changes in the executive officers of the Company, all of which will
occur on or abount October 15, 1998.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
STERLING VISION, INC.
By: /s/Joseph Silver
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Name: Joseph Silver
Title: Executive Vice President & General
Counsel
Date: September 22, 1998
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: FROM: STERLING VISION, INC.
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CONTACT: Joseph Silver, Esq.
Executive Vice President &
General Counsel
516.390.2144
STERLING VISION, INC.
ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF NEW PRESIDENT AND C.E.O.
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East Meadow, N.Y.: September 18, 1998--Sterling Vision, Inc. (ISEE-NASDAQ), a
chain of approximately 300 Company owned and franchised retail optical stores,
today reported that Jerry Lewis has tendered his resignation as the Company's
President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of its Board of Directors,
effective October 15, 1998. Mr. Lewis indicated that he and his family have
deemed it necessary to return to the U.K. due to personal reasons.
On October 15, 1998, Dr. Alan Cohen, one of the founding shareholders of the
Company and the Vice Chairman of its Board of Directors, will assume the offices
of Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company. Dr. Cohen has over
twenty-four years of active experience in successfully developing and operating
retail and wholesale optical businesses and received his Doctor of Optometry
degree from the Pennsylvania College of Optometry in 1974.
On the same date, Mr. Jerry Darnell, the Company's Executive Vice President -
Franchise Operations, will be appointed as the Company's Chief Operating Officer
- - Franchise Division. Mr. Darnell, formerly the Vice President of Franchise
Development of Medicine Shoppe International, Inc., has been with the Company
since inception and, since such time, has been the primary force in developing
the Company's strong franchise base.
Sterling Vision, Inc. in one of the largest chains of retail and franchised
retail optical stores operating in the United States.
