-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, DN9wqn106cJURxJnVyXhqyBDe5SIoeSSEENYwPpD59127Ozn8sD+AHIw+u6uZntI LnZ+lvy/7kjvJtxxWFxhaA== 0000930413-07-006002.txt : 20070713 0000930413-07-006002.hdr.sgml : 20070713 20070713161311 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000930413-07-006002 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20070712 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20070713 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20070713 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SYMS CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000724742 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-FAMILY CLOTHING STORES [5651] IRS NUMBER: 222465228 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NJ FISCAL YEAR END: 0301 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-08546 FILM NUMBER: 07978831 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: SYMS WAY CITY: SECAUCUS STATE: NJ ZIP: 07094 BUSINESS PHONE: 2019029600 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: SYMS WAY CITY: SECAUCUS STATE: NJ ZIP: 07094 8-K 1 c49434_8k.txt UNITED STATES 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 (Date of earliest event reported) July 12, 2007 (July 12, 2007) ----------------------------- SYMS CORP - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) New Jersey - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) 1-8546 22-2465228 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer Identification No.) Syms Way, Secaucus, New Jersey 07094 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) (201) 902-9600 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code) (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (SEE General Instruction A.2. below): |_| Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |_| Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) |_| Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |_| Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) ITEM 8.01 OTHER EVENTS. On July 12, 2007, Syms Corp (the "Company") issued a press release regarding the declaration by the Board of Directors of the Company of a special one-time dividend of $0.60 per common share. The special dividend will be paid on August 6, 2007 to shareholders of record on July 26, 2007. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1. ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS. (c) Exhibits 99.1 Press Release of the Company, dated July 12, 2007 regarding the declaration of the dividend. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. SYMS CORP By: /s/ ANTONE F. MOREIRA -------------------------- Name: Antone F. Moreira Title: Vice President, Chief Financial Officer Date: July 13, 2007 EXHIBIT INDEX EXHIBIT NUMBER DESCRIPTION - -------------- ----------- 99.1 Press Release of Syms Corp, dated July 12, 2007, regarding the declaration of the dividend. EX-99 2 c49434_ex99-1.txt EX-99.1 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ANTONE F. MOREIRA Vice President, Treasurer And Chief Financial Officer (201) 902-9600 SYMS CORP ANNOUNCES SPECIAL CASH DIVIDEND SECAUCUS, NEW JERSEY, JULY 12, 2007 - Syms Corp (NYSE:SYM), a leading off-price retailer, announced today that its Board of Directors declared on July 12, 2007, a special, one-time cash dividend of $0.60 per common share, payable August 6, 2007, to shareholders of record as of July 26, 2007. Syms Corp operates a chain of 33 "off-price" apparel stores located throughout Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions and in the Midwest, Southeast and Southwest. Each Syms store offers a broad range of first-quality, in-season merchandise bearing nationally recognized designer and brand-name labels. CERTAIN INFORMATION IN THIS PRESS RELEASE INCLUDES FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS (AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995) AND INFORMATION RELATING TO THE COMPANY THAT ARE BASED ON THE BELIEFS OF THE MANAGEMENT OF THE COMPANY, AS WELL AS ASSUMPTIONS MADE BY AND INFORMATION CURRENTLY AVAILABLE TO THE MANAGEMENT OF THE COMPANY. WHEN USED IN THIS PRESS RELEASE, THE WORDS "ANTICIPATE", "BELIEVE", "ESTIMATE", "EXPECT", "INTEND", "PLAN" AND SIMILAR EXPRESSIONS AS THEY RELATE TO THE COMPANY, IDENTIFY FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS. SUCH STATEMENTS REFLECT THE CURRENT VIEWS OF THE COMPANY WITH RESPECT TO FUTURE EVENTS, THE OUTCOME OF WHICH IS SUBJECT TO CERTAIN RISKS, INCLUDING, AMONG OTHERS, GENERAL ECONOMIC AND MARKET CONDITIONS, DECREASED CONSUMER DEMAND FOR THE COMPANY'S PRODUCT, POSSIBLE DISRUPTIONS IN THE COMPANY'S COMPUTER OR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS, POSSIBLE WORK STOPPAGES, OR INCREASE IN LABOR COSTS, EFFECTS OF COMPETITION, POSSIBLE DISRUPTIONS OR DELAYS IN THE OPENING OF NEW STORES OR INABILITY TO OBTAIN SUITABLE SITES FOR NEW STORES, HIGHER THAN ANTICIPATED STORE CLOSINGS OR RELOCATION COSTS, HIGHER INTEREST RATES, UNANTICIPATED INCREASES IN MERCHANDISE OR OCCUPANCY COSTS AND OTHER FACTORS WHICH MAY BE OUTSIDE THE COMPANY'S CONTROL. SHOULD ONE OR MORE OF THESE RISKS OR UNCERTAINTIES MATERIALIZE, OR SHOULD UNDERLYING ASSUMPTIONS PROVE INCORRECT, ACTUAL RESULTS OR OUTCOMES MAY VARY MATERIALLY FROM THOSE DESCRIBED HEREIN AS ANTICIPATED, BELIEVED, ESTIMATED, EXPECTED, INTENDED OR PLANNED. SUBSEQUENT WRITTEN AND ORAL FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE COMPANY OR PERSONS ACTING ON ITS BEHALF ARE EXPRESSLY QUALIFIED IN THEIR ENTIRETY BY THE CAUTIONARY STATEMENTS IN THIS PARAGRAPH. -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----