UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K/A
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 15, 2005
Avon Products, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
| New York | 1-4881 | 13-0544597 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
1345 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10105-0196
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(212) 282-5000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT
| Item 2.05 | Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities |
On November 15, 2005, Avon Products, Inc. (the “Company”) filed a Current Report on Form 8-K (the “November 15, 2005 Form 8-K”) regarding its multi-year restructuring initiatives and indicated that restructuring charges and other costs to implement those initiatives over the next several years are expected to total $300 to $500 million before taxes, with a significant portion to be incurred in 2006. At that time, the Company was unable in good faith to make a determination of the estimated amount or ranges of amounts to be incurred for each major type of cost and the charges and future cash expenditures associated therewith, as required by Item 2.05 of Form 8-K. In the November 15, 2005 Form 8-K, the Company undertook to announce further details as initiatives are finalized. Subsequently, on February 24, 2006, the Company announced that it anticipates restructuring costs for all initiatives to total in the range of $500 million, which the Company confirmed in an announcement on February 15, 2007. On January 8, 2008, the Company filed a Form 8-K under Item 8.01 to report that the Company had issued a press release announcing the final initiatives of the restructuring program and that total costs to implement for all initiatives are expected to be approximately $530 million (the “January 8, 2008 Form 8-K”).
The Company is filing this Form 8-K/A to amend the November 15, 2005 Form 8-K to update the disclosure therein under Item 2.05. On January 4, 2008, a committee of the Board of Directors, as authorized by the Board of Directors, approved the termination of certain employees and other actions under initiatives to restructure certain international direct selling operations; realign certain distribution facilities; realign certain manufacturing facilities; automate certain manufacturing processes; reorganize certain functions; and outsource certain services and transactional processes. Each of these initiatives is expected to be completed during the period from the beginning of 2008 through the end of 2011 and is part of the previously announced multi-year restructuring effort. The Company expects it will record total charges (substantially all of which will result in future cash expenditures) of approximately $130 million before taxes for employee-related costs in connection with these initiatives. The Company expects it will record charges of approximately $100 million in connection with these initiatives in the fourth quarter of 2007. (Further details regarding certain of these initiatives are described in the January 8, 2008 Form 8-K.)
The Company does not expect to announce any further exit or disposal costs under this Item 2.05 in connection with its multi-year restructuring initiatives described in the November 15, 2005 Form 8-K.
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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.
| AVON PRODUCTS, INC. | ||
| (Registrant) | ||
| By | /s/ Charles W. Cramb | |
| Charles W. Cramb | ||
| Vice Chairman, Chief Finance and Strategy Officer | ||
Date: January 8, 2008
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