CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13
OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 5, 2007
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware |
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300 Nyala Farms Road, Westport, Connecticut |
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(203) 341-4000
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Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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 8.01 Other Events.
On September 5, 2007, Playtex Products, Inc. (the Company) issued a press release announcing the commencement of tender offers for its outstanding 8% Senior Secured Notes due 2011 and 9 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2011 (collectively, the Notes). The closing of the tender offers are conditioned upon, among other things, the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 12, 2007, among the Company, Energizer Holdings, Inc. (Energizer) and ETKM, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Energizer (the Merger Agreement). The Company and Energizer intend for the tender offers and the merger contemplated by the Merger Agreement to close simultaneously. Energizer will provide funding for the payment of all Notes properly tendered pursuant to the terms of the tender offers. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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Exhibits. |
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99.1 |
Press release dated September 5, 2007. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
PLAYTEX PRODUCTS, INC. |
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Date: September 7, 2007 |
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/s/ Paul E. Yestrumskas |
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Paul E. Yestrumskas |
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Vice President, General Counsel and |
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