CUNNINGHAM GRAPHICS INTERNATIONAL INC
8-K, 1999-08-02
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                       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):
                                  July 14, 1999

                     CUNNINGHAM GRAPHICS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
               (Exact name of Registrant as specified in Charter)


New Jersey                          0-24021                     22-3561164
(State or Other Jurisdiction      (Commission                 (IRS Employer
   of Incorporation)               File Number)              Identification No.)


629 Grove Street, Jersey City, New Jersey                     07310
(Address of principal executive office)                     (Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number including area code:  (201) 217-1990



          (Former name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)




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Item 5.  Other Events

     On June 14, 1999, Cunningham Graphics International, Inc. (the "Company")
announced the completion of the acquisition of MVP Graphics, Inc. A copy of the
press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.

     The attached press release may contain forward-looking information. Readers
are cautioned that such information involves risks and uncertainties, including
the possibility that events may occur which preclude completion of pending or
future acquisitions by the Company.

Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

     (a)  Exhibit

     The following exhibit is filed herewith:

     99   Press release of Cunningham Graphics International, Inc. dated July
          14, 1999, related to the completion of the acquisition of MVP
          Graphics, Inc.


                                   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.


                            Cunningham Graphics International, Inc.
                                         (Registrant)


Dated: August 2, 1999                  By:    /s/ Robert M. Okin
                                              ---------------------------
                                              Name:  Robert M. Okin
                                              Title:  Senior Vice President
                                              and Chief Financial Officer


NEWS RELEASE

                                                              [LOGO]

                                                            CUNNINGHAM
                                                    GRAPHICS INTERNATIONAL, INC.

NEW YORK o NEW JERSEY o LONDON o HONG KONG
629 Grove Street o Jersey City, New Jersey 07310 o 201/217-1990



                   CUNNINGHAM GRAPHICS INTERNATIONAL ACQUIRES
                           LOS ANGELES COUNTY PRINTER

     JERSEY CITY, NJ - July 14, 1999 - Cunningham Graphics  International,  Inc.
(NASDAQ NM: CGII)  announced  today that it has completed the acquisition of MVP
Graphics,  Inc.,  a premier  commercial  sheetfed  printer  located  in Santa Fe
Springs, California serving the Los Angeles and Orange County markets.

     MVP Graphics is a high quality  sheetfed  printer which provides  prepress,
six color sheetfed printing,  bindery and complete in-house die cutting services
to a broad range of commercial and industrial clients.  George Chou, Brown Tsui,
Wayne Hsieh and William Shaw, the founders of MVP Graphics,  will continue to be
responsible for the day-to-day operations of MVP Graphics.

     Michael  Cunningham,  Chairman and Chief  Executive  Officer of  Cunningham
Graphics International,  commented,  "The acquisition of MVP Graphics will allow
us to utilize MVP's third shift production  capacity to offer  significant value
to our  global  clients  who need  print  distribution  on the West  Coast.  MVP
Graphics will become an integral part of the World Research Link(TM)."

     Management  expects  MVP  Graphics'  1999  revenues  to be in  excess of $7
million  and  to  be  accretive  to  Cunningham  Graphics  International's  1999
earnings. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

     George Chou,  President of MVP Graphics,  commented "The combination of MVP
with Cunningham  Graphics will allow us to utilize their financial resources and
expertise  to grow our business to the next level which will in turn enhance our
services to our existing clients. The opportunity to join such a successful fast
growing  company  is  very  exciting  to me and to all of the  employees  at MVP
Graphics."

     Cunningham Graphics  International is a leading consolidator in the graphic
communications  industry.  MVP  Graphics is the  Company's  seventh  acquisition
completed this year.

     Cunningham   Graphics   International   provides   time-sensitive   graphic
communications  services and  outsourcing  solutions to a blue chip client base.
The Company  currently  operates  in select  international  markets  through its
facilities in the United States,  the United Kingdom,  Hong Kong,  Singapore and
Canada. Graphic communication services provided by the company include,  digital
communications,  document management,  offset and digital printing, data output,
bindery, fulfillment and mailing services.

     This press release may contain  forward-looking  statements,  which involve
known and unknown risks,  uncertainties or other factors that could cause actual
results to materially differ from the results, performance or other expectations
implied  by these  forward-looking  statements.  Factors  which  could  cause or
contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, continued demand
for its services,  the availability of raw materials,  the impact of competitive
services  and  pricing,  risks  in  technology  development,  changing  economic
conditions  and other risk factors  detailed in the  Company's  filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.

CONTACT: Gordon Mays                          Robert M. Okin
         Executive Vice President             Chief Financial Officer
         201-217-1990 Ext. 225                (201) 217-1990 Ext. 305


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