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
July 7, 2000
(Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported))
LA-Z-BOY INCORPORATED
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Michigan
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
1-9656
(Commission File Number)
38-0751137
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
1284 N. Telegraph Road
Monroe, Michigan 48162
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)
(734) 241-4414
(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
[not applicable]
(Former Name or Former Address If Changed Since Last Report
Item 5. Other Events
On July 7, 2000, La-Z-Boy Incorporated released the following press release:
News Release
LA-Z-BOY EXPECTS LOWER FIRST QUARTER EPS
ON RELATIVELY FLAT "PROFORMA" SALES
NYSE & PCX: LZB Contact: Gene Hardy (734) 241-4306
E-mail: gene.hardy@la-z-boy.com
MONROE, MI., July 7, 2000 - La-Z-Boy Incorporated announced today it
currently expects net income per share for its first fiscal quarter ending July
29, 2000, to be $0.04 to $0.08 lower than in the year-earlier first quarter,
when net income totaled $0.25 per diluted share. The current consensus equity
research analyst estimate for the July 2000 quarter is $0.26 per share, with a
high estimate of $0.28 and a low estimate of $0.23.
"This reduced earnings expectation is largely due to the recent sales
slowdown in our industry," said La-Z-Boy president and chief operating officer
Gerald L. Kiser. "Consumer furniture purchases across the country have softened
in the past quarter, apparently in reaction to the Federal Reserve Board's
recent monetary tightening moves and significant increases in fuel prices,"
Kiser noted, adding, "While it is entirely possible that business could improve
later in the year, the current pattern is one of temporary consumer restraint."
Also impacting the quarter will be higher expenses for amortization of
intangible assets, and, interest as a result of higher debt levels and
increasing interest rates. Management, however, continues to believe the
Company's net income per diluted share for its fiscal year ending April 2001
will increase 4% to 6% over the prior year's $1.60.
La-Z-Boy currently expects sales for its July 2000 quarter to slightly
exceed $490 million. In the July 1999 quarter, reported sales were $321.6
million; however, on a proforma basis after adjustment for subsequent
acquisitions, sales that quarter were $489 million. "It is important to keep in
mind that the first quarter of last year was a record one for La-Z-Boy," Kiser
said, "with comparable sales that quarter growing 15% from a year earlier,
reported sales rising 20% and net income increasing 85%. So this year we're
going up against by far our strongest first quarter in history. Also, to keep
the quarter in perspective, due to traditional company vacation plant shutdowns,
which are scheduled because of the seasonality of the furniture business, our
first quarter ending in July typically accounts for only around 10% of annual
net income."
La-Z-Boy Incorporated, with annual sales in excess of $2 billion, is
one of the world's leading residential furniture producers. The company employs
about 22,000 people companywide and operates 57 manufacturing facilities in 12
states and four foreign countries. The La-Z-Boy family of companies produces
furniture for every room of the home and office:
La-Z-Boy Residential, La-Z-Boy Business Furniture Group, Hammary, Kincaid,
England/Corsair, Centurion, Sam Moore, Bauhaus, Alexvale, and the LADD
Furniture, Inc. companies of American Drew, Pennsylvania House, Lea, Pilliod,
Barclay, Clayton Marcus and American of Martinsville. With its vast distribution
network of proprietary retailers, including 254 La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries,
320 La-Z-Boy in-store galleries, England/Corsair Custom Comfort Centers,
in-store gallery programs at Kincaid, Pennsylvania House and Clayton Marcus and
Lea Kid's Generation Galleries, approximately 9 million square feet of retail
floor space is dedicated to selling our products. La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries
and in-store galleries by itself represent the industry's sixth largest U.S.
furniture retailer, according to industry trade publication Furniture/Today.
Forward-Looking Information
Any forward-looking statements contained in this report represent
management's current expectations based on present information and current
assumptions. Actual results could differ materially from those which are not
anticipated or projected due to a number of factors. These factors include, but
are not limited to, anticipated growth in sales; success of product
introductions; fluctuations of interest rates; changes in consumer
confidence/demand and other risks and factors identified from time to time in
the Company's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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.
LA-Z-BOY INCORPORATED
/s/James J. Korsnack
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Date: July 7, 2000 James J. Korsnack
Chief Accounting Officer