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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 12B-25
Commission File Number 333-18957
NOTIFICATION OF LATE FILING
(Check One): |_| Form 10-K |_| Form 11-K |_| Form 20-F |X| Form 10-Q
|_| Form N-SAR
For Period Ended: FISCAL QUARTER ENDED MARCH 31, 2000
|_| Transition Report on Form 10-K |_| Transition Report on Form 10-Q
|_| Transition Report on Form 20-F |_| Transition Report on Form N-SAR
|_| Transition Report on Form 11-K
For the Transition Period Ended: ____________________________________________
Read attached instruction sheet before preparing form. Please print or type.
Nothing in this form shall be construed to imply that the Commission has
verified any information contained herein.
If the notification relates to a portion of the filing checked above,
identify the item(s) to which the notification relates: ________________________
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PART I
REGISTRANT INFORMATION
Full name of Registrant CLARK MATERIAL HANDLING COMPANY
Former name if applicable ______________________________________________________
Address of principal executive office (STREET AND NUMBER) 172 TRADE STREET
City, state and zip code LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY 40511
PART II
RULE 12B-25 (B) AND (C)
If the subject report could not be filed without unreasonable effort or
expense and the registrant seeks relief pursuant to Rule 12b-25(b), the
following should be completed. (Check box if appropriate.)
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(a) The reasons described in reasonable detail in Part III of this form
could not be eliminated without unreasonable effort or expense;
|_| (b) the subject annual report, semi-annual report, transition report on
Form 10-K, 20-F, 11-K or Form N-SAR, or portion thereof will be filed
on or before the 15th calendar day following the prescribed due date;
or the subject quarterly report or transition report on Form 10-Q or
portion thereof will be filed on or before the fifth calendar day
following the prescribed due date; and
(c) The accountant's statement or other exhibit required by Rule 12b-25(c)
has been attached if applicable.
PART III
NARRATIVE
State below in reasonable detail the reasons why Form 10-K, 11-K, 20-F, 10-Q,
N-SAR or the transition report portion thereof could not be filed within the
prescribed time period. (Attach extra sheets if needed).
As previously disclosed on a Form 12b-25 filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on March 30, 2000, the Company requires additional time to
conduct a full scale inventory at its new parts depot located in Louisville,
Kentucky. Until this inventory is performed, the Company will not be able to
complete its financial statements and the other portions of its Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1999. The completion of the
Company's Form 10-K has been further complicated by the fact that the Company
and two of its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Blue Giant Corporation and
Hydrolectric Lift Trucks, Inc., filed voluntary petitions for relief under
Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code with the United States Bankruptcy Court
for the District of Delaware (case no. 00-1730 (SLR)) on April 17, 2000. This
bankruptcy filing was reported by the Company on a Current Report on Form 8-K
filed with the Commission on April 20, 2000.
Because the Company has not yet finalized its financial statements for the
year ended December 31, 1999, it does not have sufficient information at this
time to complete and timely file its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. The Company
will use its best efforts to file both the Annual Report on Form 10-K and the
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q with the Commission as soon as possible; however,
the Company does not anticipate being able to file its Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q by May 22, 2000.
PART IV
OTHER INFORMATION
(1) Name and telephone number of person to contact in regard to this
notification
MICHAEL J. GROSSMAN 606 367-4003
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(Name) (Area Code) (Telephone Number)
(2) Have all other periodic reports required under Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30 of the Investment Company Act of
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1940 during the preceding 12 months or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to file such report(s) been filed? If the answer is
no, identify report(s).
|_| Yes |X| No
The Company has not yet filed its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 1999. See the reasons set forth in Part III of this Form
12b-25.
(3) Is it anticipated that any significant change in results of operations
from the corresponding period for the last fiscal year will be reflected by the
earnings statements to be included in the subject report or portion thereof?
|X| Yes |_| No
If so: attach an explanation of the anticipated change, both narratively and
quantitatively, and, if appropriate, state the reasons why a reasonable estimate
of the results cannot be made.
The Company expects to report significantly greater losses for the fiscal
quarter ended March 31, 2000 than the losses reported for the fiscal quarter
ended March 31, 1999. Due to the adverse impact of the Company's high cost
structure and leveraged capital position on the Company's operations, the
Company filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the
U.S. Bankruptcy Code with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of
Delaware (case no. 00-1730 (SLR)) on April 17, 2000. As stated in Part III of
this Form 12b-25, the Company is in the process of finalizing its financial
statements for both the fiscal year ended December 31, 1999 and the fiscal
quarter ended March 31, 2000; accordingly, the Company is unable to quantify
with certainty the impact of the above-referenced changes.
CLARK Material Handling Company
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(Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
has caused this notification to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
thereunto duly authorized.
Date MAY 15, 2000 By /s/ MICHAEL J. GROSSMAN
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Name: Michael J. Grossman
Title: Vice President and
General Counsel
