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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): January 26, 2000
TRIARC COMPANIES, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
DELAWARE 1-2207 38-0471180
(State or other (Commission (IRS Employer
jurisdiction of File Number) Identification No.)
incorporation)
280 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10017
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (212)451-3000
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(Former Name or Former Address, if
Changed Since Last Report)
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Item 5. Other Events.
On January 26, 2000, Triarc Consumer Products Group, LLC and Triarc
Beverage Holdings Corp., subsidiaries of Triarc Companies, Inc. announced that
they have extended to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on January 28, 2000 their
offer to exchange up to $300 million aggregate principal amount of their 10 1/4%
Senior Subordinated Notes due 2009 (CUSIP Number 89589TAC2) for up to $300
million aggregate principal amount of their outstanding 10 1/4% Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2009. The exchange offer was originally scheduled to
expire as of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on January 26, 2000. The initial
notes were issued and sold in a transaction exempt from registration under Rule
144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. As of the close of business on
January 25, 2000, approximately $233 million aggregate principal amount of the
initial notes had been tendered.
This Current Report on Form 8-K shall not constitute an offer to
sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these
securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be
unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of
any such state.
A copy of the press release with respect to the extension of the
exchange offer is being filed as an exhibit hereto.
Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.
(c) Exhibits
99.1 Press release dated January 26, 2000.
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.
TRIARC COMPANIES, INC.
Date: January 26, 2000 By: JOHN L. BARNES, JR.
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John. L. Barnes, Jr.
Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer
Exhibit Index
Exhibit
No. Description Page No.
99.1 Press release dated January 26, 2000.