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): | August 6, 2004 |
ROCK OF AGES CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
| 0-29464
(Commission File Number) | 03-0153200
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
|
772 Graniteville Road, Graniteville, Vermont 05654
(Address of Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)
(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code) (802) 476-3121
NONE
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
ROCK OF AGES CORPORATION
FORM 8-K
ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS.
On August 6, 2004 Rock of Ages announced that it had acquired Crone Monument Company, a retailer of granite memorials with sales locations in Memphis and Jackson Tennessee for $460,000.
On August 6, 2004, Rock of Ages also announced that it has paid in full the previously announced $6.5 million arbitration award to Granite Stone Business International (formerly known as Eurimex). The parties have exchanged mutual releases for all claims up to the date of the release including those brought in the arbitration.
ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
(c) Exhibits:
99.1 Press Release Dated August 6, 2004
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ROCK OF AGES CORPORATION
FORM 8-K
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.
ROCK OF AGES CORPORATION
| Dated: August 6, 2004 | By: /s/Michael Tule
Michael Tule
Vice President/General Counsel |
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