GNC Corporation 8-K
 

 
 

UNITED STATES
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): March 4, 2005

GNC Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
         
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  333-116040
(Commission File Number)
  72-1575170
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

300 Sixth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(412) 288-4600
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 2.02      Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

     On March 4, 2005, GNC Corporation’s wholly owned subsidiary, General Nutrition Centers, Inc. (“Centers”) held a conference call relating to Centers’ preliminary unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2004. A copy of the transcript of the conference call is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

     The information contained in this report and the exhibits hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of such Section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 9.01      Financial Statements and Exhibits.

     (c) Exhibits.

     99.1       Transcript of GNC year-end investor conference call held on March 4, 2005.


 

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.

     Dated: March 10, 2005.

         
    GNC CORPORATION
     
  By:   /s/ James M. Sander
       
      Name: James M. Sander
Title: Senior Vice President, Chief
          Legal Officer and Secretary


 

EXHIBIT INDEX

     
Exhibit No.   Description
     
99.1
  Transcript of GNC year-end investor conference call held on March 4, 2005.


 

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