SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report: January 29, 2002
Date of earliest event reported: January 28, 2002
DREYER'S GRAND ICE CREAM, INC.
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Delaware 0-14190 94-2967523
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(State of Incorporation) (Commission (IRS Employer
File Number) Identification No.)
5929 College Avenue, Oakland, California 94618
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (510) 652-8187
ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS.
On January 28, 2002, Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Inc. ("Dreyer's") entered
into a letter agreement ("Letter Agreement") with General Electric Pension
Trust, GE Investment Private Placement Partners I, Limited Partnership and
General Electric Capital Corporation (collectively, the "GE Entities"), which
among other things confirms certain understandings between the parties with
respect to registration rights held by the GE Entities and removal of
restrictive legends from stock owned by the GE Entities. Concurrently therewith,
Jack O. Peiffer resigned from the Dreyer's board of directors.
The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to
the full text of the Letter Agreement, a copy of which is filed as an exhibit
hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS
(c) Exhibits. The following exhibit is filed as part of this report:
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99.1 Letter Agreement, dated January 28, 2002, by and among
Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Inc., General Electric Pension
Trust, GE Investment Private Placement Partners I,
Limited Partnership and General Electric Capital
Corporation.
SIGNATURE
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.
Dated: January 29, 2002
DREYER'S GRAND ICE CREAM, INC.
By /s/ Timothy F. Kahn
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Name: Timothy F. Kahn
Title: Vice President-Finance and
Administration and Chief
Financial Officer
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number Description
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99.1 Letter Agreement, dated January 28, 2002, by and among Dreyer's
Grand Ice Cream, Inc., General Electric Pension Trust, GE
Investment Private Placement Partners I, Limited Partnership and
General Electric Capital Corporation.