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): June 2, 2005
New World Restaurant Group, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware | | 0-27148 | | 13-3690261 |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation) | | (Commission File Number) | | (I.R.S. Employer Identification
No.) |
1687 Cole Boulevard
Golden, Colorado 80401
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(303) 568-8000
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
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:
o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425).
o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12).
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)).
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)).
ITEM 5.02 ELECTION OF DIRECTOR
On June 7, 2005, New World Restaurant Company, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the election of James W. Hood as a Director to the Company’s Board, effective June 2, 2005. Mr. Hood, age 53, will also serve on the Compensation Committee. Since 2001, Mr. Hood co-founded and has headed a consulting firm specializing in marketing innovations. Prior to 2001, Mr. Hood served as CEO of The Greenfield Companies and Young & Rubicam – The Lord Group. He has also served in various other management roles for Young & Rubicam, The First Boston Corporation and Lehman Brothers Kuhn Loeb. Mr. Hood received an M.B.A. degree from Harvard Business School with an emphasis in Marketing and Finance.
ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
(C) EXHIBITS
99.1 Press release issued June 7, 2005
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.
| | NEW WORLD RESTAURANT GROUP, INC. |
| | |
Date: June 7, 2005 | | /S/ RICHARD P. DUTKIEWICZ | |
| | Richard P. Dutkiewicz |
| | Chief Financial Officer |
2
