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 EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): APRIL 19, 1999
TOTAL RESEARCH CORPORATION
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 0-15692 22-2072212
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(State or other jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
PRINCETON CORPORATE CENTER
5 INDEPENDENCE WAY, CN 5305
PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY 08543
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (609) 520-9100
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NOT APPLICABLE
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS.
Effective on April 15, 1999, Total Research Corporation (the "Registrant")
announced the creation of a wholly-owned subsidiary, The Idea Farm, Inc., to
provide promotional services to agribusiness companies.
The new subsidiary will report to Total Research's newly structured Global
Life Sciences Division, formerly known as the Global Health Care Division. The
Global Life Sciences Division is devoted to servicing the growing convergence of
pharmaceutical, biotechnology, agribusiness, nutraceuticals, and other factors
at the Division's larger clients.
(a) Exhibits.
None.
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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.
TOTAL RESEARCH CORPORATION
Date: April 19, 1999 By:/s/Richard G. Morrow, Jr.
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Richard G. Morrow, Jr.
Vice President, Controller and Secretary
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