CONSOLIDATED GRAPHICS INC /TX/
8-K, 1999-09-23
COMMERCIAL PRINTING
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 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 (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED): SEPTEMBER 21, 1999

                           CONSOLIDATED GRAPHICS, INC.
             (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

          TEXAS                        0-24068               76-0190827
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION   (COMMISSION FILE NUMBER)   (I.R.S. EMPLOYER
      OF INCORPORATION)                                   IDENTIFICATION NO.)

                           5858 WESTHEIMER, SUITE 200
                              HOUSTON, TEXAS 77057
              (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES AND ZIP CODE)

       REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE: (713) 787-0977
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ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS

     On September 21, 1999, Consolidated Graphics, Inc. (the "Company")
announced the signing of a letter of intent to acquire Everett Graphics, Inc. of
Oakland California. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit
99.

     The attached press release may contain forward-looking information. Readers
are cautioned that such information involves risks and uncertainties, including
the possibility that events may occur which preclude completion of pending or
future acquisitions by the Company.

ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

     (A)  EXHIBITS

     The following exhibit is filed herewith:


     99   Press release of the Company dated September 21, 1999, related to the
          announcement of the signing of a letter of intent to acquire Everett
          Graphics, Inc. of Oakland, California.

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                                    SIGNATURE

     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.

                                      CONSOLIDATED GRAPHICS, INC.
                                             (Registrant)

                                      By: /s/ G. CHRISTOPHER COLVILLE
                                              G. Christopher Colville
                                              Executive Vice President-
                                              Mergers & Acquisitions
                                          Chief Financial and Accounting Officer


Date: September 23, 1999

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                                                                      EXHIBIT 99

                                   CONTACT: Ronald E. Hale, Jr.
                                            Consolidated Graphics
                                            Vice President & Treasurer
                                            (713) 787-0977

                                            Betsy Brod/Jonathan Schaffer
                                            Media: Merridith Ingram/Heather Fox
                                            Morgen-Walke Associates, Inc.
                                            (212) 850-5600

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                        CONSOLIDATED GRAPHICS TO ACQUIRE
                     EVERETT GRAPHICS OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA

     HOUSTON, TEXAS - September 21, 1999 - Consolidated Graphics, Inc.
(NYSE:CGX) announced today that it has signed a letter of intent to acquire
Everett Graphics, Inc. Located in Oakland, California, Everett provides a
wide-range of commercial printing solutions, including complete product
management, design, die-cutting and finishing. Whit Everett, President, will
continue to lead the company upon completion of the transaction.

     Joe R. Davis, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Consolidated Graphics
commented, "Everett Graphics has combined an innovative staff, superior
equipment and a commitment to meeting clients' needs to position themselves as
the foremost West Coast commercial printer of packaging products for the
high-tech and software industries. This acquisition continues our expansion in
California, the number one printing state in the nation. We welcome Whit and his
talented team to Consolidated Graphics."

     Whit Everett commented, "For almost 20 years, we have followed my father's
philosophy of providing superior service and quality and have continuously
expanded our capabilities to meet the specific needs of our customers. We look
forward to offering our services to the 62 other Consolidated Graphics companies
and using the additional resources they make available to us to grow and improve
our company."

     Consolidated Graphics, Inc. is the fastest growing printing company in the
United States. A consolidator in a highly fragmented industry, the Company adds
value to its acquisitions through managerial and operational expertise,
financial strength and economies of scale. Upon completion of pending
acquisitions, Consolidated Graphics will have companies operating in 25 states
with annualized revenues in excess of $690 million. For more information, visit
the Company's website at www.consolidatedgraphics.com.

     This press release contains forward-looking statements which involve known
and unknown risks, uncertainties or other factors that could cause actual
results to materially differ from the results, performance or other expectations
implied by these forward-looking statements. Consolidated Graphics' expectations
regarding run-rate revenues assume, among other things, completion of pending
acquisitions, general economic conditions, continued demand for its product, the
availability of raw materials, retention of its key management and operating
personnel, as well as other factors detailed in Consolidated Graphics' filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


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