SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report: February 2, 2000 Date of earliest event reported:
February 2, 2000
Commission file number 33-31706-01
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 $5.3 million for the three months ended December 31,
1999 compared to $3.6 million for the same period in 1998. EBITDA for the three
months ended December 31, 1999 was approximately $23.1 million compared to $22
million for the same period in 1998. The Print division's EBITDA was
approximately $21.1 million ($19.5 million for the 1998 period), American
Color's EBITDA was approximately $2.9 million ($2.8 million for the 1998 period)
and the EBITDA for other operations was approximately $(1.0) million ($(0.3)
million for the 1998 period). EBITDA consists of earnings before net interest
expense, income tax expense or benefit, depreciation, amortization and other
income and expense. ACG Holdings' consolidated sales for the three months ended
December 31, 1999 were $152.2 million compared to $144.3 million for the same
period in 1998. At December 31, 1999, ACG Holdings had total indebtedness
outstanding of $273.2 million, including capital lease obligations, as compared
to $300.9 million at December 31, 1998.
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, Sunday comic sections, comic books 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 a leader in the digital imaging and prepress
services industry with ten full-service locations nationwide. The Company is
also a major supplier of digital photography, multimedia, PhotoCD imaging,
digital asset management services, facilities management and CTP workflows. The
American Color prepress facilities and American Color Graphics printing 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 2, 2000 By: /s/Joseph M.Milano
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Joseph M. Milano
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
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