SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 12b-25
(Check One): ___ Form 10-K _X__ Form 11-K ___ Form 20-F ___ Form 10-Q
___ Form N-SAR
For Period Ended: June 30, 1997
___ Transition Report on Form 10-K ___ Transition Report on Form 10-Q
___ Transition Report on Form 20-F ___ Transition Report on Form N-SAR
___ Transition Report on Form 11-K
For the Transition period Ended:______________________
Read attached instruction sheet before preparing form. Please
print or type.
Nothing in this form shall be construed to imply that the
Commission has verified any information contained herein.
If the notification relates to a portion of the filing checked
above, identify the item(s) to which the notification relates:
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PART 1. REGISTRANT INFORMATION
Full name of registrant. WLR Foods, Inc.
Former name if applicable.
Address of principal executive office (Street and number).
Post Office Box 7000
City, state and zip code.
Broadway, Virginia 22815
PART II.
State below in reasonable detail the reasons why Form 10-K, 11-K, 20-
F, 10-Q, N-SAR or the transition report portion thereof could not be
filed within the prescribed time period. (Attach extra sheets if
needed.)
Due to a miscalculation of the due date, Form 11-K for the WLR
Foods, Inc. Profit Sharing and Salary Savings Plan and Trust for the
plan year ended June 20, 1997 was not timely filed with the
Commission. The filing was delivered to a private delivery service on
the due date, and was not actually received by the Commission until
the next day.
PART IV.
(1) Name and telephone number of person to contact in regard to this
notification.
Sherry Van Pelt
(540) 879-0399
(2) Have all other periodic reports required under Section 13 or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30 of the
Investment Company Act of 1940 during the preceding 12 months or for
such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such
report(s) been filed? If the answer is no, identify report(s).
_X__ Yes ___ No
(3) Is it anticipated that any significant change in results of
operations from the corresponding period for the last fiscal year will
be reflected by the earnings statements to be included in the subject
report or portion thereof?
___ Yes _X__ No
If so: attach an explanation of the anticipated change, both
narratively and quantitatively, and, if appropriate, state the reasons
why a reasonable estimate of the results cannot be made.
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(Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
WLR Foods, Inc.
Has caused this notification to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Date:_December 29, 1997__ By:__/s/ Robert T. Ritter__________
Instruction. The form may be signed by an executive officer of the
registrant or by any other duly authorized representative. The name
and title of the person signing the form shall be typed or printed
beneath the signature. If the statement is signed on behalf of the
registrant by an authorized representative (other than an executive
officer, evidence of the representative's authority to sign on behalf
of the registrant shall be filed with the form.
