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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):
September 7, 2000 (August 27, 2000)
OUTBOARD MARINE CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware 1-2883 36-1589715
(State of incorporation or (Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer
organization) Identification No.)
100 Sea Horse Drive
Waukegan, Illinois 60085
(Address, including zip code of Registrant's principal executive offices)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (847) 689-6200
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Item 5: Other Events
David D. Jones, Jr., member of the Board of Directors (the "Board") and
President and Chief Executive Officer of Outboard Marine Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the "Registrant"), resigned as director, effective as of
August 27, 2000, and as Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive
Officer of the Registrant, effective as of August 28, 2000. Mr. Jones is
expected to remain an employee of the Registrant through September 30, 2000.
Subsequently, on August 28, 2000, the Board elected Roger L. Fix to the
positions of Chief Executive Officer and President of the Registrant. Mr. Fix
has been a Director and the Chief Operating Officer of the Registrant since May
26, 2000.
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SIGNATURE
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.
OUTBOARD MARINE CORPORATION
By: /s/ Robert S. Romano
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Name: Robert S. Romano
Title: Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary
September 7, 2000
