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: February 4, 1999 Date of earliest event reported:
February 4, 1999
Commission file number 33-31706-01
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ACG HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 62-1395968
(State of incorporation) (I.R.S. employer identification number)
100 Winners Circle
Brentwood, Tennessee 37027
(615) 377-0377
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
registrant's principal executive offices)
AMERICAN COLOR GRAPHICS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
New York 62-1003976
(State of incorporation) (I.R.S. employer identification number)
100 Winners Circle
Brentwood, Tennessee 37027
(615) 377-0377
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
registrant's principal executive offices)
Not applicable
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year,
if changed since last report)
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Item 5. Other Events
ACG Holdings, Inc. and American Color Graphics, Inc. today
announced net income of $3.6 million for the three months ended December 31,
1998 compared to a net loss of $2.3 million for the same period in 1997. EBITDA
for the three months ended December 31, 1998 was approximately $22 million
compared to $17.5 million for the same period in 1997. The Print division's
EBITDA was approximately $19.5 million ($15.3 million for the 1997 period),
American Color's EBITDA was approximately $3.4 million ($3.2 million for the
1997 period) and the EBITDA for other operations was approximately $(0.9)
million ($(1.0) million for the 1997 period). EBITDA consists of earnings before
net interest expense, income tax expense or benefit, depreciation, amortization
and other income and expense.
ACG Holdings, Inc., through the printing division of American
Color Graphics, Inc., is one of the nation's largest suppliers of commercial
heatset offset and flexographic printing. The company's ten production
facilities print and distribute products such as weekly retail advertising
inserts, comics and other publications for many of the country's leading
retailers and major newspapers.
American Color, the digital imaging and prepress division of
American Color Graphics, Inc., is one of the country's largest prepress service
organizations with 12 strategically located facilities across the country.
American Color facilities and American Color Graphics plants are linked by a
state-of-the-art digital communications network to provide instantaneous
delivery of prepress materials from coast to coast.
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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.
ACG HOLDINGS, INC.
AMERICAN COLOR GRAPHICS, INC.
Date: February 4, 1999 By: /s/Joseph M.Milano
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Joseph M. Milano
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
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