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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
October 24, 1997
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
OMNIS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
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(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
0-16449 94-3046892
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(Commission File No.) (IRS Employer Identification Number)
851 Traeger Avenue #100
San Bruno, CA 94066
(650) 829-6000
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Blyth Holdings Inc., 989 E. Hillsdale Blvd., Suite 400, Foster City, CA 94404
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 5. OTHER EVENTS
On October 9, 1997, Blyth Holdings Inc. (the "Company") announced that at
its Annual Meeting of Stockholders, the stockholders had approved the
Company's name change to OMNIS Technology Corporation and had also approved a
1-for-10 reverse stock split. Both the name change and the 1-for-10 reverse
stock split became effective October 10, 1997.
Earlier in the year the Company had changed the names of its subsidiaries
to OMNIS Software, Inc., OMNIS Software, Ltd. and OMNIS Software GmbH and its
Nasdaq stock symbol to OMNS.
A copy of the press release issued by the company is filed herewith as
Exhibit 99.1.
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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.
OMNIS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
By: _______________________________________
Timothy P. Negris
President and Chief Executive Officer
Dated: October 24, 1997
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99.1 Press Release dated October 9, 1997
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
EXHIBITS
TO
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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BLYTH HOLDINGS ANNOUNCES NAME CHANGE TO
OMNIS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
COMPANY ALSO EFFECTS A REVERSE STOCK SPLIT TO INCREASE MARKET
LIQUIDITY
SAN BRUNO, CA, October 9, 1997 -- Blyth Holdings (NASDAQ: "OMNS") today
announced that its stockholders have approved the name change to OMNIS
Technology Corporation, effective today, and a 1 for 10 reverse stock split
that will be in effect when trading opens Friday, October 10, 1997.
"The corporate name change and reverse stock split is one of the final steps
in our year long campaign to unify the company's corporate identity with its
product brand," said OMNIS chairman and CEO Tim Negris. "We believe the
reverse split will improve the liquidity of the company's stock by lowering
the transaction costs associated with buying large blocks of stock.
Additionally, as a result of the reverse stock split, the per share price of
OMNIS stock will trade in a price range where large institutional investors
can participate."
OMNIS has been the company's product brand since the company was founded in
1984. In April of this year Blyth Holdings, Inc. changed the names of its
subsidiaries to OMNIS Software, Inc., OMNIS Software, Ltd., and OMNIS
Software GmbH. In August of this year the company changed its Nasdaq stock
symbol to "OMNS." In September of this year its stockholders approved the
change of Blyth Holdings, Inc's name to OMNIS Technology Corporation.
OMNIS SOFTWARE
OMNIS Software is a leader in the technology industry in deploying component
engineering software. The OMNIS Studio and OMNIS 7 products support the full
life cycle of applications and are ideal for rapid development and deployment
of sophisticated Web and client/server applications, providing true re-use of
software objects and the unique ability to integrate objects from disparate
programming languages. OMNIS Studio is the first component engineering system
to integrate JavaBean and ActiveX components.
