<PAGE> 1
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): November 16, 2000
DELHAIZE AMERICA, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Commission File No. 1-15275
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
North Carolina 56-0660192
--------------------------- ----------
(State of Incorporation) (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
</TABLE>
2110 Executive Drive, P.O. Box 1330
Salisbury, North Carolina 28145-1330
------------------------- ----------
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (704) 633-8250
Not Applicable
(former name or former address if changed since last report)
<PAGE> 2
Item 5. Other Events
Attached hereto as Exhibit 99 and incorporated herein by reference
in its entirety is the joint press release of Delhaize America, Inc. ("Delhaize
America") and Etablissements Delhaize Freres et Cie "Le Lion" S.A. ("Delhaize
Group"), dated November 16, 2000, announcing Delhaize America and Delhaize Group
have entered into an Agreement and Plan of Share Exchange, dated as of November
16, 2000, attached hereto as Exhibit 2 and incorporated herein by reference in
its entirety.
Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits
(c) Exhibits.
2 Agreement and Plan of Share Exchange, dated as of
November 16, 2000, by and between Delhaize Group
and Delhaize America.
99 Joint Press Release of Delhaize Group and Delhaize
America, dated November 16, 2000.
2
<PAGE> 3
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.
DELHAIZE AMERICA, INC.
Dated: November 29, 2000 By: /s/ MICHAEL R. WALLER
--------------------------------------------
Michael R. Waller
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
3
<PAGE> 4
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. Description
2 Agreement and Plan of Share Exchange, dated as of
November 16, 2000, by and between Delhaize Group and
Delhaize America.
99 Joint Press Release of Delhaize Group and Delhaize America,
dated November 16, 2000.
4
