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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 10-K/A
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(MARK ONE)
[x] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED
DECEMBER 31, 1996 OR
[ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 FOR THE TRANSITION
PERIOD FROM TO
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COMMISSION FILE NUMBER: 33-68992
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TLC BEATRICE INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
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DELAWARE 13-3438814
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF (I.R.S. EMPLOYER
INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION) IDENTIFICATION NO.)
9 WEST 57TH STREET 10019
NEW YORK, NEW YORK (ZIP CODE)
(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)
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REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE: (212) 756-8900
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SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OF THE ACT:
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TITLE OF EACH CLASS NAME OF EACH EXCHANGE ON WHICH REGISTERED
None None
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SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(g) OF THE ACT:
None
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes __ No _'ch'_
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item
405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the
best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of the registrant's Annual Report on Form
10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996 or any amendment to the
registrant's Form 10-K. ['ch']
As of February 28, 1997, the number of shares outstanding of the
registrant's Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, was 9,138,465 shares. There
is no trading market for the Common Stock. Accordingly, the aggregate market
value of the Common Stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant is not
determinable. See Part II, Item 5 of the registrant's Form 10-K.
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This amendment on Form 10-K/A to the registrant's Annual Report on Form
10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996 is being filed solely to
file the exhibit attached hereto with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. The Registrant is not updating or modifying any other information
in its Form 10-K at this time.
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PART IV
ITEM 14. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K
(a) List of documents filed as part of this Report:
3. List of Exhibits:
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NUMBER DESCRIPTION
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*3(a) -- Restated Certificate of Incorporation of TLC Beatrice
**3(b) -- By-Laws of TLC Beatrice
**4 -- Form of Certificate for Common Stock
**10(a) -- Beatrice International Pension Plan
**10(b) -- Beatrice International Savings Plan
**10(c) -- Beatrice International Supplemental Pension Plan
**10(d) -- Management Incentive Plan
**10(e) -- Beatrice International Severance Policy
**10(f) -- Loan Agreement dated as of October 21, 1994 among TLC Beatrice International Holdings
France S.A., Banque Paribas and a syndicate of Banks, with Banque Paribas as agent
thereof
**10(g) -- Debenture Issue Contract dated October 21, 1994 between TLC Beatrice International
Holdings France S.A. and First Britannia Mezzanine Capital B.V.
**10(h) -- Facility Agreement dated March 31, 1994 between TLC Beatrice International (Irish)
Holdings Limited and Banque Paribas
**10(j) -- Employment Agreements between TLC Beatrice and Vincent P. O'Sullivan and Tayto, Ltd. and
Vincent P. O'Sullivan
**10(k) -- Employment Agreement between TLC Beatrice and Reynaldo P. Glover
*10(m) -- Employment Agreement between TLC Beatrice and Daniel Jux
**10(n) -- Stockholders' Agreement dated as of November 30, 1987, as amended, by and among the
Registrant, TLC Beatrice International Partners L.P. and certain other purchasers of
Common Stock
**10(o) -- 1992 Stock Incentive Plan of TLC Beatrice
**10(p) -- Common Stock Subscription Agreement dated as of November 30, 1987 among TLC Beatrice and
certain purchasers of its Common Stock
**10(q) -- Termination Agreement dated as of October 3, 1994 between TLC Beatrice and Jean S.
Fugett, Jr.
**10(r) -- Termination Agreement dated as of January 8, 1993 between TLC Beatrice and Albert M.
Fenster
**10(s) -- Termination Agreement dated as of June 30, 1994 between TLC Beatrice and David A. Guarino
**10(t) -- Termination Agreement dated as of June 30, 1994 between TLC Beatrice and W. Kevin Wright
***10(u) -- Indenture dated as of October 2, 1995, between TLC Beatrice and The Bank of New York, as
Trustee
***10(v) -- Facility Agreement among Banque Paribas, Smurfit Paribas Bank Limited and TLC Beatrice
International (Irish) Holdings Limited
***10(w) -- Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of October 2, 1995, among TLC Beatrice
International Holdings, Inc., TLC Beatrice International Finance, Inc. and The Bank of
New York, as collateral trustee and as indenture trustee
***10(x) -- Pledge Agreement dated as of October 2, 1995, between TLC Beatrice International Holdings
France S.A. and TLC Beatrice International Finance, Inc.
***10(y) -- Pledge Agreement dated October 2, 1995, among TLC Beatrice International Holdings, Inc.,
TLC Beatrice International Netherlands Holdings, B.V. and The Bank of New York, as
collateral trustee
****10(z) -- Put Option dated June 8, 1995 among TLC Beatrice International Holdings France S.A. and
Mr. Jean Ernest Desire Baud and Mr. Robert Henri Jean Baud.
****10(aa) -- Put Option dated June 8, 1995 between TLC Beatrice International Holdings France S.A. and
The Estate of Mr. Andre Albert Jacques Baud.
****10(bb) -- Retained Stock Agreement dated December 1, 1983 between Beatrice Foods Co. and Genevieve
Baud Fiat.
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NUMBER DESCRIPTION
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****10(cc) -- Retained Stock Agreement dated December 1, 1983 between Beatrice Foods Co. and Robert
Baud.
****10(dd) -- Retained Stock Agreement dated December 1, 1983 between Beatrice Foods Co. and Bernard
Baud.
****10(ee) -- Letter Agreement dated July 26, 1989 among TLC Beatrice International Holdings, Inc. and
Genevieve Fiat Baud, Robert Baud and Bernard Baud
****10(ff) -- Letter Agreement dated June 8, 1995 among TLC Beatrice International Holdings, Inc.
Genevieve Fiat Baud, Robert Baud and Bernard Baud.
****10(gg) -- Put Option dated December 23, 1992 among TLC Beatrice International Holdings France S.A.
and Sibel, Mr. Bernard Baud, Mr. Jean Ernest Desire Baud, Mr. Andre Albert Jacques Baud
and Mr. Robert Henri Jean Baud.
****10(hh) -- Put Option dated December 23, 1992 among TLC Beatrice International Holdings France S.A.
and Sibel, Mr. Bernard Baud, Mr. Jean Ernest Desire Baud, Mr. Andre Albert Jacques Baud
and Mr. Robert Henri Jean Baud.
****10(ii) -- Amending Agreement dated June 8, 1995 among TLC Beatrice International Holdings France
S.A. and Sibel, Mr. Bernard Baud, Mr. Jean Ernest Desire Baud, The Estate of Mr. Andre
Albert Jacques Baud and Mr. Robert Henri Jean Baud.
****10(jj) -- Put Option dated December 23, 1992 among International Foods (Paris) S.A. and R.B.
Participations, B.B. Participations, and G.B.F. Participations.
****10(kk) -- Put Option dated December 23, 1992 among International Foods (Paris) S.A. and R.B.
Participations, B.B. Participations, and G.B.F. Participations.
****10(ll) -- Amending Agreement dated June 8, 1995 among International Foods (Paris) S.A. and R.B.
Participations, B.B. Participations, and G.B.F. Participations.
****10(mm) -- Put Option dated June 8, 1995 among International Foods (Paris) S.A. and C.B.
Participations and D.B. Participations.
****10(nn) -- Put Option dated June 8, 1995 among International Foods (Paris) S.A. and C.B.
Participations and D.B. Participations.
****10(oo) -- Put Option dated June 8, 1995 among TLC Beatrice International Holdings France S.A. and
Sibel, The Estate of Mr. Andre Albert Jacques Baud and Mr. Francois Louis Leon Fiat.
****10(pp) -- Put Option dated June 8, 1995 among TLC Beatrice International Holdings France S.A. and
Sibel, The Estate of Mr. Andre Albert Jacques Baud and Mr. Francois Louis Leon Fiat.
***10(qq) -- Amending Agreement dated September 5, 1995 among TLC Beatrice International Holdings
France S.A. and Sibel, Mr. Bernard Baud, Mr. Jean Ernest Desire Baud, The Estate of Mr.
Andre Albert Jacques Baud and Mr. Robert Henri Jean Baud.
***10(rr) -- Amending Agreement dated September 5, 1995 among International Foods (Paris) S.A. and
R.B. Participations, B.B. Participations, and G.B.F. Participations.
***10(ss) -- Amending Agreement dated September 5, 1995 among International Foods (Paris) S.A. and
C.B. Participations and D.B. Participations.
*****10(tt) -- TLC Beatrice International Holdings, Inc. 1996 Annual Incentive Plan
*10(uu) -- TLC Beatrice International Holdings, Inc. 1996 Long Term Incentive Stock Option Plan
*10(vv) -- Termination Agreement dated as of November 30, 1995 between the Registrant and Carl Brody
*****10(ww) -- Employment Agreement between TLC Beatrice and Peter Offermann
*****21 -- Subsidiaries of TLC Beatrice
27 -- Financial Data Schedule
**99(a) -- Complaint filed by Carlton Investments and Answer filed in response thereto by TLC
Beatrice International Holdings, Inc. in litigation titled Carlton Investments v. TLC
Beatrice International Holdings, Inc. et al., Supreme Court of the State of New York,
County of New York
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NUMBER DESCRIPTION
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**99(b) -- Complaint filed by Carlton Investments in litigation titled Carlton Investments v. TLC
Beatrice International Holdings, Inc. et al., Chancery Court of the State of Delaware,
New Castle County
**99(c) -- First Amended Complaint filed by Carlton Investments in litigation titled Carlton
Investments v. TLC Beatrice International Holdings, Inc. et al., Chancery Court of the
State of Delaware, New Castle County
*99(d) -- Second Amended Complaint filed by Carlton Investments in litigation titled Carlton
Investments v. TLC Beatrice International Holdings, Inc. et al., Chancery Court of the
State of Delaware, New Castle County
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* Filed with Registration Statement No. 33-80445 and incorporated herein by
reference.
** Filed with Registration Statement No. 33-88602 and incorporated herein by
reference.
*** Filed with Registration Statement No. 33-95922 and incorporated herein by
reference.
**** Confidential treatment requested for a portion of this exhibit previously
filed with Registration Statement No. 33-95922 and incorporated herein by
reference.
***** Filed with the Registrant's Annual Report of Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 1996 and incorporated herein by reference.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New
York, State of New York on May 5, 1997.
TLC BEATRICE INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS,
INC.
By: /s/ LOIDA NICOLAS LEWIS
...................................
LOIDA NICOLAS LEWIS
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AND
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, this Report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of
the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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SIGNATURE CAPACITY DATE
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/s/ LOIDA NICOLAS LEWIS Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
......................................... Officer and Director
(LOIDA NICOLAS LEWIS)
/s/ PETER OFFERMANN Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
......................................... Officer
(PETER OFFERMANN)
/s/ TERRI L. PIKE Controller
.........................................
(TERRI L. PIKE)
/s/ CLIFFORD L. ALEXANDER, JR. Director
.........................................
(CLIFFORD L. ALEXANDER, JR.)
/s/ LEE A. ARCHER, JR. Director
.........................................
(LEE A. ARCHER, JR.)
Director
.........................................
(DORT A. CAMERON III)
/s/ ROBERT C. DEJONGH Director
.........................................
(ROBERT C. DEJONGH)
May 5, 1997
/s/ ANTHONY S. FUGETT Director
.........................................
(ANTHONY S. FUGETT)
/s/ REYNALDO P. GLOVER Director
.........................................
(REYNALDO P. GLOVER)
/s/ LESLIE N. LEWIS Director
.........................................
(LESLIE N. LEWIS)
/s/ JAMES E. OBI Director
.........................................
(JAMES E. OBI)
/s/ RICARDO J. OLIVAREZ Director
.........................................
(RICARDO J. OLIVAREZ)
/s/ SAMUEL P. PEABODY Director
..........................................
(SAMUEL P. PEABODY)
/s/ WILLIAM H. WEBSTER Director
.........................................
(WILLIAM H. WEBSTER)
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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EXHIBIT
NUMBER DESCRIPTION PAGE
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*3(a) -- Restated Certificate of Incorporation of TLC Beatrice
**3(b) -- By-Laws of TLC Beatrice
**4 -- Form of Certificate for Common Stock
**10(a) -- Beatrice International Pension Plan
**10(b) -- Beatrice International Savings Plan
**10(c) -- Beatrice International Supplemental Pension Plan
**10(d) -- Management Incentive Plan
**10(e) -- Beatrice International Severance Policy
**10(f) -- Loan Agreement dated as of October 21, 1994 among TLC Beatrice International Holdings
France S.A., Banque Paribas and a syndicate of Banks, with Banque Paribas as agent
thereof
**10(g) -- Debenture Issue Contract dated October 21, 1994 between TLC Beatrice International
Holdings France S.A. and First Britannia Mezzanine Capital B.V.
**10(h) -- Facility Agreement dated March 31, 1994 between TLC Beatrice International (Irish)
Holdings Limited and Banque Paribas
**10(j) -- Employment Agreements between TLC Beatrice and Vincent P. O'Sullivan and Tayto, Ltd. and
Vincent P. O'Sullivan
**10(k) -- Employment Agreement between TLC Beatrice and Reynaldo P. Glover
*10(m) -- Employment Agreement between TLC Beatrice and Daniel Jux
**10(n) -- Stockholders' Agreement dated as of November 30, 1987, as amended, by and among the
Registrant, TLC Beatrice International Partners L.P. and certain other purchasers of
Common Stock
**10(o) -- 1992 Stock Incentive Plan of TLC Beatrice
**10(p) -- Common Stock Subscription Agreement dated as of November 30, 1987 among TLC Beatrice and
certain purchasers of its Common Stock
**10(q) -- Termination Agreement dated as of October 3, 1994 between TLC Beatrice and Jean S.
Fugett, Jr.
**10(r) -- Termination Agreement dated as of January 8, 1993 between TLC Beatrice and Albert M.
Fenster
**10(s) -- Termination Agreement dated as of June 30, 1994 between TLC Beatrice and David A. Guarino
**10(t) -- Termination Agreement dated as of June 30, 1994 between TLC Beatrice and W. Kevin Wright
***10(u) -- Indenture dated as of October 2, 1995, between TLC Beatrice and The Bank of New York, as
Trustee
***10(v) -- Facility Agreement among Banque Paribas, Smurfit Paribas Bank Limited and TLC Beatrice
International (Irish) Holdings Limited
***10(w) -- Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of October 2, 1995, among TLC Beatrice
International Holdings, Inc., TLC Beatrice International Finance, Inc. and The Bank of
New York, as collateral trustee and as indenture trustee
***10(x) -- Pledge Agreement dated as of October 2, 1995, between TLC Beatrice International Holdings
France S.A. and TLC Beatrice International Finance, Inc.
***10(y) -- Pledge Agreement dated October 2, 1995, among TLC Beatrice International Holdings, Inc.,
TLC Beatrice International Netherlands Holdings, B.V. and The Bank of New York, as
collateral trustee
****10(z) -- Put Option dated June 8, 1995 among TLC Beatrice International Holdings France S.A. and
Mr. Jean Ernest Desire Baud and Mr. Robert Henri Jean Baud.
****10(aa) -- Put Option dated June 8, 1995 between TLC Beatrice International Holdings France S.A. and
The Estate of Mr. Andre Albert Jacques Baud.
****10(bb) -- Retained Stock Agreement dated December 1, 1983 between Beatrice Foods Co. and Genevieve
Baud Fiat.
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NUMBER DESCRIPTION PAGE
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****10(cc) -- Retained Stock Agreement dated December 1, 1983 between Beatrice Foods Co. and Robert
Baud.
****10(dd) -- Retained Stock Agreement dated December 1, 1983 between Beatrice Foods Co. and Bernard
Baud.
****10(ee) -- Letter Agreement dated July 26, 1989 among TLC Beatrice International Holdings, Inc. and
Genevieve Fiat Baud, Robert Baud and Bernard Baud
****10(ff) -- Letter Agreement dated June 8, 1995 among TLC Beatrice International Holdings, Inc.
Genevieve Fiat Baud, Robert Baud and Bernard Baud.
****10(gg) -- Put Option dated December 23, 1992 among TLC Beatrice International Holdings France S.A.
and Sibel, Mr. Bernard Baud, Mr. Jean Ernest Desire Baud, Mr. Andre Albert Jacques Baud
and Mr. Robert Henri Jean Baud.
****10(hh) -- Put Option dated December 23, 1992 among TLC Beatrice International Holdings France S.A.
and Sibel, Mr. Bernard Baud, Mr. Jean Ernest Desire Baud, Mr. Andre Albert Jacques Baud
and Mr. Robert Henri Jean Baud.
****10(ii) -- Amending Agreement dated June 8, 1995 among TLC Beatrice International Holdings France
S.A. and Sibel, Mr. Bernard Baud, Mr. Jean Ernest Desire Baud, The Estate of Mr. Andre
Albert Jacques Baud and Mr. Robert Henri Jean Baud.
****10(jj) -- Put Option dated December 23, 1992 among International Foods (Paris) S.A. and R.B.
Participations, B.B. Participations, and G.B.F. Participations.
****10(kk) -- Put Option dated December 23, 1992 among International Foods (Paris) S.A. and R.B.
Participations, B.B. Participations, and G.B.F. Participations.
****10(ll) -- Amending Agreement dated June 8, 1995 among International Foods (Paris) S.A. and R.B.
Participations, B.B. Participations, and G.B.F. Participations.
****10(mm) -- Put Option dated June 8, 1995 among International Foods (Paris) S.A. and C.B.
Participations and D.B. Participations.
****10(nn) -- Put Option dated June 8, 1995 among International Foods (Paris) S.A. and C.B.
Participations and D.B. Participations.
****10(oo) -- Put Option dated June 8, 1995 among TLC Beatrice International Holdings France S.A. and
Sibel, The Estate of Mr. Andre Albert Jacques Baud and Mr. Francois Louis Leon Fiat.
****10(pp) -- Put Option dated June 8, 1995 among TLC Beatrice International Holdings France S.A. and
Sibel, The Estate of Mr. Andre Albert Jacques Baud and Mr. Francois Louis Leon Fiat.
***10(qq) -- Amending Agreement dated September 5, 1995 among TLC Beatrice International Holdings
France S.A. and Sibel, Mr. Bernard Baud, Mr. Jean Ernest Desire Baud, The Estate of Mr.
Andre Albert Jacques Baud and Mr. Robert Henri Jean Baud.
***10(rr) -- Amending Agreement dated September 5, 1995 among International Foods (Paris) S.A. and
R.B. Participations, B.B. Participations, and G.B.F. Participations.
***10(ss) -- Amending Agreement dated September 5, 1995 among International Foods (Paris) S.A. and
C.B. Participations and D.B. Participations.
*****10(tt) -- TLC Beatrice International Holdings, Inc. 1996 Annual Incentive Plan
*10(uu) -- TLC Beatrice International Holdings, Inc. 1996 Long Term Incentive Stock Option Plan
*10(vv) -- Termination Agreement dated as of November 30, 1995 between the Registrant and Carl Brody
*****10(ww) -- Employment Agreement between TLC Beatrice and Peter Offermann
*****21 -- Subsidiaries of TLC Beatrice
27 -- Financial Data Schedule
**99(a) -- Complaint filed by Carlton Investments and Answer filed in response thereto by TLC
Beatrice International Holdings, Inc. in litigation titled Carlton Investments v. TLC
Beatrice International Holdings, Inc. et al., Supreme Court of the State of New York,
County of New York
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NUMBER DESCRIPTION PAGE
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**99(b) -- Complaint filed by Carlton Investments in litigation titled Carlton Investments v. TLC
Beatrice International Holdings, Inc. et al., Chancery Court of the State of Delaware,
New Castle County
**99(c) -- First Amended Complaint filed by Carlton Investments in litigation titled Carlton
Investments v. TLC Beatrice International Holdings, Inc. et al., Chancery Court of the
State of Delaware, New Castle County
*99(d) -- Second Amended Complaint filed by Carlton Investments in litigation titled Carlton
Investments v. TLC Beatrice International Holdings, Inc. et al., Chancery Court of the
State of Delaware, New Castle County
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* Filed with Registration Statement No. 33-80445 and incorporated herein by
reference.
** Filed with Registration Statement No. 33-88602 and incorporated herein by
reference.
*** Filed with Registration Statement No. 33-95922 and incorporated herein by
reference.
**** Confidential treatment requested for a portion of this exhibit previously
filed with Registration Statement No. 33-95922 and incorporated herein by
reference.
***** Filed with the Registrant's Annual Report of Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 1996 and incorporated herein by reference.
STATEMENT OF DIFFERENCES
The checkmark shall be expressed as ......'ch'
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THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED
FROM THE REGISTRANT'S CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1996, AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY
BY REFERENCE TO SUCH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
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