SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) June 14, 1995
GOTTSCHALKS INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Delaware 1-09100 77-0159791
(State or Other Jurisdiction Commission (IRS Employer
of Incorporation File Number) Identification No.
7 River Park Place East, Fresno, California 93720
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code (209) 434-8000
N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Item 5. Other Events.
As described more fully in the section entitled "Legal Proceedings" in Part
I, Item 3, of its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 28, 1995
and Part II, Item 1 of its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
April 29, 1995, Gottschalks Inc. (the "Company") is the defendant in a lawsuit
filed in California Superior Court for the County of Fresno (UML Financial
Corporation and M.J.M. and Associates, Inc. v. Gottschalks Inc., et al., Case
No.514020 7). As discussed in the Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
April 29, 1995, the plaintiffs in the case seek specific performance as well
as monetary damages and had filed notices of lis pendens on the Company's
stores in Capitola, Eureka and Yuba City, California. The Company moved to
expunge the lis pendens and a hearing on its motion was held on June 8, 1995.
The Court ruled in favor of the Company and on June 14, 1995 ordered the lis
pendes expunged.
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, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Fresno, State of
California, on June 14, 1995.
GOTTSCHALKS INC.
By: /s/ Joseph W. Levy
Joseph W. Levy, Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer
