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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 20, 1999
BLAIR CORPORATION
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(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
DELAWARE 001-00878 25-0691670
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(STATE OR OTHER (COMMISSION FILE NO.) (I.R.S. EMPLOYER
JURISDICTION OF IDENTIFICATION NO.)
INCORPORATION)
220 HICKORY STREET, WARREN, PENNSYLVANIA 16366-0001
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(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES) (ZIP CODE)
REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE: (814) 723-3600
NOT APPLICABLE
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(FORMER NAME OR FORMER ADDRESS, IF CHANGED SINCE LAST REPORT)
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ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS.
On July 20, 1999, the Registrant announced that, effective December 16,
1999 Mr. Murray K. McComas will resign as President/CEO of the Registrant. Mr.
McComas will continue to serve as Chairman of the Registrant's Board of
Directors. Mr. John E. Zawacki, currently Vice President/General Manager of the
Registrant's Womenswear Division, will succeed Mr. McComas as President/CEO of
the Registrant. Mark J. Espin, currently assistant Vice President and
Merchandise Director of the Womenswear Division, will succeed Mr. Zawacki as
Vice President/General Manager of the Registrant's Womenswear Division.
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ITEM 7. FINAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS.
(c) Exhibits
Exhibit 99. Press Release
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.
Date: July 22, 1999 Blair Corporation
By: /s/ Kent R. Sivillo
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Kent R. Sivillo, Vice President
and Treasurer (Principal Financial
and Accounting Officer)
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EXHIBIT 99
[BLAIR CORPORATION]
PRESS RELEASE For More Information Call:
July 20, 1999
Thomas P. McKeever
Blair Corporation
220 Hickory Street
Warren, PA 16366
(814) 723-3600
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ZAWACKI TO SUCCEED MCCOMAS AS PRESIDENT/CEO
Blair Corporation (AMEX:BL) today announced the planned retirement of
Murray K. McComas as President/CEO, effective December 16, 1999. Mr. McComas
will continue to serve as Chairman of the Corporation's Board of Directors, a
position he has held since October, 1987. With his retirement from the
management of the company, Mr. McComas will conclude 38-years of employment with
Blair which began within the company's advertising department in 1962.
Mr. McComas will be succeeded in December by John E. Zawacki as
President/CEO. Mr. Zawacki is a 28-year employee of Blair, having served for the
past 12 years as Vice President/General Manager of the company's Womenswear
Division. Mr. Zawacki was elected to the Corporation's Board of Directors in
1988 and was appointed as a member of its Executive Committee in 1996.
The company has further announced that Mark J. Espin will succeed Mr.
Zawacki in December as Vice President/General Manager, Womenswear. Mr. Espin,
who joined the company in 1980, has been Assistant Vice President and
Merchandise Director of the Womenswear division since January 1991.
Blair Corporation, headquartered in Warren, Pennsylvania, is a national
catalog and direct mail marketer of womenswear, menswear and home products to
value-conscious consumers. The company, which was founded in 1910, employs more
than 2,200 people and operates facilities in the Warren area, Erie and Franklin
in Pennsylvania, as well as Wilmington, Delaware.
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