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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
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
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Edison Brothers Stores, Inc.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware I-1394 43-0254900
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(State or other jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
501 North Broadway, St. Louis, Missouri 63102
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code (314) 331-6000
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N/A
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report).
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Item 3. Bankruptcy or Receivership.
On July 5, 2000, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of
Delaware granted the Motion of Alan M. Jacobs, the Chapter 11 trustee of Edison
Brothers Stores, Inc. (the "Company"), to convert the Company's Chapter 11 case
to one under Chapter 7 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. The Official
Committee of Unsecured Creditors and the Company supported conversion to Chapter
7. Upon the conversion, the Office of the United States Trustee appointed Mr.
Jacobs as interim Chapter 7 trustee (the "Chapter 7 Trustee"). The Chapter 7
Trustee does not anticipate that shareholders of the Company will receive a
distribution under Chapter 7. Mr. Jacobs is a senior financial executive with
over 25 years of turnaround, restructuring, insolvency and reorganization
experience and until recently was a senior partner with Ernst & Young, LLP.
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.
EDISON BROTHERS STORES, INC.
Date: July 7, 2000 By: /s/ Alan A. Sachs
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Alan A. Sachs
Senior Vice President
