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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K/A
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
OCTOBER 11, 1996
(OCTOBER 2, 1996)
DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED)
J.B. POINDEXTER & CO., INC.
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
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DELAWARE 33-75154 76-0312814
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION (COMMISSION FILE (IRS EMPLOYER
INCORPORATION) NUMBER) IDENTIFICATION NUMBER)
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1100 LOUISIANA, SUITE 5400
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77002
(713) 655-9800
(FORMER NAME OR FORMER ADDRESS, IF CHANGED SINCE LAST REPORT)
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In Item 4 of the report on Form 8-K filed on October 7, 1996, the
Company reported the engagement, on October 2, 1996, of Ernst & Young LLP as
the Company's independent auditors. Item 7 of that report on Form 8-K is
hereby amended to include, as an exhibit, the letter received from its former
auditors, Arthur Andersen LLP, pursuant to Item 304(a)(3) of Regulation S-K as
follows:
Item 7. Exhibits
(16) Letter from Arthur Andersen LLP dated 10/9/96.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereto duly authorized.
October 11, 1996 J.B. POINDEXTER & CO., INC.
By: /s/ S. Magee
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_ S. Magee
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
By: /s/ R. S. Whatley
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R.S. Whatley
Chief Accounting Officer
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Exhibit Index
(16) Letter from Arthur Andersen LLP dated 10/9/96.
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Exhibit 16
[Letterhead of Arthur Andersen LLP]
Office of the Chief Accountant
SECPS Letter File
Securities and Exchange Commission
Mail Stop 9-5
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
We have read Item 4 included in the attached Form 8-K dated October 4, 1996 of
J. B. Poindexter & Co., Inc. filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
and are in agreement with the statements contained therein. It should be noted
that our report dated March 29, 1996 did contain an emphasis of matter
paragraph regarding losses incurred by one of the Company's subsidiaries and
certain matters regarding financial covenants of the Company's revolving credit
agreement.
/s/ Arthur Andersen LLP
Arthur Andersen LLP
Houston, Texas
October 9, 1996
