UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 12b-25
Commission File Number 333-78625-11
NOTIFICATION OF LATE FILING
(Check One): [X] Form 10-K [ ] Form 20-F [ ] Form 11-K [ ] Form 10-Q
[ ] Form N-SAR
For Period Ended: January 2, 2000
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[ ] Transition Report on Form 10-K
[ ] Transition Report on Form 20-F
[ ] Transition Report on Form 11-K
[ ] Transition Report on Form 10-Q
[ ] Transition Report on Form N-SAR
For the Transition Period Ended: __________________________
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 1--REGISTRANT INFORMATION
TRIARC CONSUMER PRODUCTS GROUP, LLC
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(Full Name of Registrant)
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(Former Name if Applicable)
280 Park Avenue
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(Address of Principal Executive Office (Street and Number))
New York, New York 10017
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(City, State and Zip Code)
PART II--Rules 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)
| (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, Form 20-F, 11-K, Form N-SAR, or
| portion thereof, will be filed on or before the fifteenth calendar
[X] | 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.
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PART III--NARRATIVE
State below in reasonable detail the reasons why the Form 10-K, 11-K, 10-Q,
N-SAR, or the transition report or portion thereof, could not be filed within
the prescribed time period. (Attach Extra Sheets if Needed)
Triarc Consumer Products Group, LLC (the "Company") could not complete
the electronic filing of its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended January 2, 2000 (the "Form 10-K") by the prescribed filing
date of April 3, 2000 without unreasonable effort or expense as a
result of the following:
The Company became a new registrant subject to Form 10-K filing
requirements in connection with its filing a registration statement on
Form S-4 (the "Form S-4") which was declared effective December 23,
1999 and completing an exchange offer pursuant thereto on January 28,
2000 with respect to its $300.0 million principal amount of 10 1/4%
senior subordinated notes due 2009. The Company is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Triarc Companies, Inc. ("Triarc"). Certain of Triarc's
key personnel that were or are integral to the completion of the Form
S-4 and the Form 10-K of the Company are also integral to the
completion of the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January
2, 2000 for each of Triarc and the Company's subsidiary, Triarc
Beverage Holdings Corp., which also became a new registrant because it
was a co-issuer of the senior subordinated notes registered pursuant to
the Form S-4. The completion of all of these filings placed significant
time constraints on Triarc's key personnel referred to above. As
result, the Company has been unable to finalize the consolidated
financial statements for its Form 10-K without unreasonable effort or
expense due to the time constraints on such personnel.
PART IV--OTHER INFORMATION
(1) Name and telephone number of person to contact in regard to this
notification
Fred Schaefer (212) 451-3000
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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
1940 during the preceding 12 months or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to file such report(s) been filed? If answer is no,
identify report(s). [X] Yes [ ] No
(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 statement 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.
See Annex A hereto.
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TRIARC CONSUMER PRODUCTS GROUP, LLC
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(Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
has caused this notification to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
hereunto duly authorized.
Date: April 3, 2000 By:/s/ Fred H. Schaefer
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Fred H. Schaefer
Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
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Annex A
For the reasons stated in Part III to this Form 12b-25, the Company's Form 10-K
for its fiscal year ended January 2, 2000 ("1999") was not filed by the
prescribed date of April 3, 2000. The Company expects to report in its
consolidated financial statements in its Form 10-K (1) revenues of $854.0
million for 1999 compared with $815.0 million for its fiscal year ended January
3, 1999 ("1998"), (2) operating profit of $117.5 million for 1999 compared with
$105.2 million for 1998 and (3) net income of $13.7 million for 1999 compared
with $30.0 million for fiscal 1998.
The aforementioned revenues and operating profit are higher in 1999 compared
with 1998 principally due to the effects of (1) increased sales volume from new
products and the acquisition of a distributor and, to a lesser extent, higher
average selling prices of premium beverages and (2) increased restaurant
franchising royalty revenue and slightly higher franchise fee revenue, both
partially offset by a decline in soft drink concentrate sales volume. The
decrease in net income, despite the increase in operating profit, was
principally due to increased interest expense resulting from higher average
levels of debt in connection with debt refinancings in February 1999, a
non-recurring gain on sale of an affiliate in 1998 and an extraordinary charge
in 1999 representing the early extinguishment of debt in connection with those
refinancings.
