LINCOLN SNACKS COMPANY
INDEX TO FORM 10-K AMENDMENT
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Explanatory Note 1
Signatures 2
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A (this "Amendment") to the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1996
(the "Original Report") amends Part IV of the Original Report which is
amended as follows:
1. Part IV Item 14 (Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules and
Reports on Form 8-K)
This Amendment No. 1 adds as Exhibit 23.1 an updated consent from
Arthur Andersen LLP, the Company's independent public accountants.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, this
16th day of April, 1997.
LINCOLN SNACKS COMPANY
(Registrant)
By: /s/ Karen Brenner
Karen Brenner
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
By: /s/ Kristine A. Crabs
Kristine A. Crabs
Vice President-Chief Financial Officer,
Treasurer and Secretary
(Principal Financial Officer
and Principal Accounting Officer)
EXHIBIT 23.1
Consent of Independent Public Accountants
As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation by
reference of our reports dated August 2, 1996, included in Lincoln Snacks
Company's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1996, into the
Company's previously filed Registration Statement on Form S-8
(File No. 33-99404) and Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File
No. 33-99402).
/s/ Arthur Andersen LLP
Arthur Andersen LLP
Stamford, Connecticut
April 11, 1997
