UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) August 10, 2004
BLYTH, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware | 1-13026 | 36-2984916 | ||
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One East Weaver Street, Greenwich, Connecticut 06831 | ||||
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Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code (203) 661-1926 | ||||
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Not Applicable | ||||
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) | ||||
Item 12. Results of Operations and Financial Condition
On August 10, 2004, Blyth, Inc. posted to its website, www.blyth.com, the following information: In our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2004, we reported operating segment information for fiscal years 2002, 2003 and 2004 with respect to five reportable segments– the Direct Selling segment, the Wholesale Home Fragrance segment, the Wholesale Creative Expressions segment, the Catalog & Internet segment and the All Other segment. For fiscal 2005, as previously reported, we have determined, based upon changes in our management organization, that we now have three reportable segments – the Direct Selling Segment, the Wholesale Segment and the Catalog & Internet Segment. By reason of the change in the number of our reportable segments, in our next annual report on Form 10-K, we will be required to restate our operating segment information for 2003 and 2004 so as to report such information with respect to such three reportable segments.
In response to requests that we have received from various analysts, we have prepared the following table that shows net sales, earnings and identifiable assets information for fiscal years 2003 and 2004 with respect to our three reportable segments that we expect to include in our next annual report on Form 10-K.
A copy of the table as it appears on our website, www.blyth.com, is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
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.
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Date: August 10, 2004 | By: /s/ Bruce D. Kreiger |
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| Name: Bruce D. Kreiger | |
| Title: Vice President & General Counsel | |
