WINNEBAGO INDUSTRIES, INC. FORM 8-K/A DATED MAY 30, 2008
 
 

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) May 30, 2008

 


Winnebago Industries, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Iowa

001-06403

42-0802678

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

 

P.O. Box 152, Forest City, Iowa

 

50436

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code 641-585-3535

 

______________________________________________________________________________

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report.)

 


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Explanatory Note

 

This Amendment No. 1 on Form 8-K/A amends the current report on Form 8-K filed by Winnebago Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 2, 2008 by amending and superseding Item 2.05 set forth therein in order to provide additional disclosure regarding the Company’s determination of the estimated costs to be incurred in connection with the idling of its Charles City, Iowa Class C motor home manufacturing facility. At the time of the original Form 8-K filing, the Company was unable to make a determination of the estimated amount or ranges of amounts of costs to be incurred and the charges and future cash expenditures associated therewith as required by Item 2.05 of Form 8-K. The Company undertook to announce further details as estimates were finalized.

 

Item 2.05

Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities.

 

As previously disclosed, on May 30, 2008, the Board of Directors of the Company approved a strategic manufacturing consolidation decision to idle the Company’s manufacturing facility in Charles City, Iowa, which assembled the Company’s Class C motor homes. The relocation of the Charles City manufacturing capacity to the Company’s Forest City facility was completed during the Company’s fourth quarter, ending August 30, 2008. The Company recorded an asset impairment of $4.7 million in the fourth quarter of its fiscal 2008 related to the idling of the Charles City, Iowa manufacturing facility.

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.

 

Date:  October 21, 2008

WINNEBAGO INDUSTRIES, INC.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Robert J. Olson

 

Name:

Robert J. Olson

 

Title:

Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
Officer and President

 

 







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