UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 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): October 5, 2018

 

National Beverage Corp.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

1-14170	59-2605822
(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

 

8100 SW Tenth Street, Suite 4000
Fort Lauderdale, Florida	33324
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

 

                

(954) 581-0922

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

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

     

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Item 8.01      Other Events

 

On October 5, 2018 the company issued a news release entitled “National Beverage Affirms LaCroix is Natural”. The release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

 

 

Item 9.01      Financial Statements and Exhibit

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit 99.1      News release entitled “National Beverage Affirms LaCroix is Natural”.

 

 

  

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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

	National Beverage Corp. (Registrant)
Date:     October 8, 2018		/s/ George R. Bracken
		George R. Bracken
		Executive Vice President – Finance
		Principal Financial Officer

 

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit 99.1

News release entitled “National Beverage Affirms LaCroix is Natural”.

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

 

 

 

NASDAQ: FIZZ For Immediate Release Contact: Office of the Chairman, Grace Keene

 

NATIONAL BEVERAGE

AFFIRMS LACROIX IS NATURAL

 

 

 

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL, October 5, 2018 . . . National Beverage Corp. (NASDAQ: FIZZ) affirms that LaCroix sparkling waters are comprised of natural ingredients. There are no synthetic ingredients in LaCroix.

 

Allegations of a recent lawsuit have absolutely no merit and will be proven false in short order. Attention to these charges is an enormous disservice to those who drink and appreciate LaCroix sparkling water. All essences contained in LaCroix are certified by our suppliers to be 100% natural.

 

The lawsuit provides no support for its false statements about LaCroix’s ingredients. The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) considers “natural” on a food label to be truthful and non-misleading when “nothing artificial or synthetic (including all color additives regardless of source) has been included in, or has been added”. . . that is true with all La Croix products.

 

Michael M. King, Esquire, Special Corporate Counsel for National Beverage, stated, “National Beverage emphatically denies all allegations contained in the lawsuit and negative press articles related to it. There are neither sugars nor artificial ingredients contained in, nor added to, our LaCroix products. All of our ingredients are certified as natural.”

 

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