Exhibit Index at Page 3
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): August 16, 2000
GENESEE CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
NEW YORK 0-1653 16-0445920
(State or other Jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer
of Incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
445 St. Paul Street, Rochester, New York 14605
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (716) 546-1030
Item 5. Other Events.
Genesee Corporation issued a news release on August 16, 2000, which is
filed with this report as Exhibit 99.
Item 7. Exhibits.
An exhibit filed with this report is identified in the Exhibit Index at
Page 3.
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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.
Genesee Corporation
Date: August 16, 2000 By /s/Mark W. Leunig
Mark W. Leunig, Vice President and Secretary
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Exhibit 99 News Release Dated August 16, 2000 4
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Exhibit 99
For Immediate Release Contact: Mark W. Leunig
Director of Investor Relations
(716) 263-9440
GENESEE CORPORATION ANNOUNCES MANAGEMENT
BUYOUT NEGOTIATIONS
ROCHESTER, NY - AUGUST 16, 2000--Genesee Corporation (Nasdaq/NMS:GENBB)
today announced that the Special Committee of the Board of Directors, formed to
consider strategic alternatives for the Corporation's brewing business, has
decided to negotiate exclusively with management to try to reach a definitive
agreement on the terms of a proposed management buyout of Genesee Brewing
Company. The Corporation declined to disclose the terms of the management buyout
proposal or a timetable for completing the negotiations. "This decision will
allow the Special Committee and its counsel to focus their efforts on completing
negotiation of a definitive agreement as quickly as possible," said Mark W.
Leunig, Vice President and Secretary of the Corporation.
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