================================================================================ 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): February 27, 1998. SAKS HOLDINGS, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 001-14346 52-1685667 (State or Other (Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer Jurisdiction of Identification No.) Incorporation) 12 East 49th Street New York, NY 10017 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (212) 940-4048 (Registrant's telephone number, including area code) ================================================================================ 1 Item 5. Other Events In a press release dated March 4, 1998, Saks Holdings, Inc., the holding company for Saks Fifth Avenue (the "Company"), reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended January 31, 1998 and sales results for the four weeks ended February 28, 1998. A copy of the press release is included as Exhibit 99.01 hereto and incorporated by reference herein. On February 27, 1998, the Company's Board of Directors adopted certain amendments to the Company's Bylaws to promote more orderly procedures for annual meetings of stockholders. The following description of the amendments does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Bylaws, as amended, which are attached hereto as Exhibit 3.02 and incorporated herein by reference. The amendments, which are effective immediately, require that stockholders provide advance notice of director nominations or other business which they would like to have brought before an annual meeting. Under the amendments, a stockholder generally must deliver notice to the Secretary of the Company not less than 90 days nor more than 120 days before the anniversary date of the prior year's annual meeting. If the date of the annual meeting is advanced more than 30 days or delayed more than 90 days from the anniversary date of the prior year's meeting, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be delivered not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to the annual meeting or the tenth day following the day on which the date of the meeting is publicly announced. The amendments also require that the stockholder's notice include certain information, such as the name of and background information about any stockholder nominee for director. The Company's 1997 annual meeting was held on June 16, 1997. 2 (c) Exhibits. Exhibit No. Document ----------- -------- 3.02 Bylaws of Saks Holdings, Inc. as amended on February 27, 1998. 99.01 Press Release dated March 4, 1998. 3 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Current Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. SAKS HOLDINGS, INC. By: /s/ Mark E. Hood ---------------------- Name: Mark E. Hood Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer Dated: March 10, 1998 4 EXHIBIT INDEX Sequentially Numbered Exhibit No. Document Page - ----------- -------- ---- 3.02 Bylaws of Saks Holdings, Inc. as amended on February 27, 1998 99.01 Press Release dated March 4, 1998. 5