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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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) May 20, 1997
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BLYTH INDUSTRIES, INC.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 1-13026 36-2984916
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(State or other (Commission (IRS Employer
jurisdiction of File Number) Identification No.)
incorporation)
100 Field Point Road, Greenwich, Connecticut 06830
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code (203) 661-1926
Not Applicable
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 2. Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
See Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto.
Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits
(c) Exhibits
99.1 Press Release.
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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.
BLYTH INDUSTRIES, INC.
Date: May 21, 1997 By: /s/ Bruce D. Kreiger
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Name: Bruce D. Kreiger
Title: Vice President &
General Counsel
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Exhibit 99.1
CONTACT: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Jane F. Casey
Vice President
(203) 661-1926 ext. 619
BLYTH INDUSTRIES ACQUIRES HOME FRAGRANCE COMPANY
GREENWICH, CT, May 21, 1997: Blyth Industries, Inc. (NYSE:BTH) announced
today that it completed the acquisition of Endar Corp., a privately held home
fragrance company headquartered in Temecula, CA. The acquisition, which Blyth
had previously announced on March 26th, will be accounted for as a pooling of
interests. Under the terms of the agreement, Blyth issued 1,267,205 shares of
its common stock to holders of Endar's stock and warrants.
Robert B. Goergen, Chairman & CEO of Blyth, said, "We expect this acquisition
to be positively accretive to our earnings in this fiscal year."
Endar manufactures and markets a full line of environmental home fragrance
products and accessories, primarily to mass market retailers, under the
Florasense -Registered Trademark- brand name, including dry and liquid
potpourri, potpourri oil, incense, paper sachets, simmering beads and simmer
vases, as well as scented floating and poured candles.
Blyth Industries, Inc., headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut, designs,
manufactures, markets and distributes an extensive line of candles and home
fragrance products including scented candles, outdoor citronella candles,
potpourri and auto fragrance products and markets a broad range of related
candle accessories and decorative gift bags. Its products are sold under
various brand names, including Colonial Candle of Cape Cod -Registered
Trademark-, PartyLite Gifts -Registered Trademark-, Carolina Designs -TM-,
Ambria -TM-, Jeanmarie -Registered Trademark- and FilterMate -TM-.
Blyth Industries, Inc. can be found on the Internet at www.blythindustries.com.
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