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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
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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) 6 June 1997
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Rayovac Corporation
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Wisconsin 333-17895 22-2423556
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(State or Other Jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer
of Incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
601 Rayovac Drive, Madison, WI 53711
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code (608) 275-3340
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(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Item 4. Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant.
(a) Former Auditors.
(i) On 6 June 1997, the Board of Directors of Rayovac
Corporation (the "Registrant"), upon the recommendation of
the Audit Committee, directed management to dismiss Coopers
& Lybrand L.L.P., the Registrant's former principal
accountant, engaged to audit the Registrant's financial
statements.
(ii) No report of the former principal accountant on the
financial statements of the Registrant for either of the
past two years contained an adverse opinion or a disclaimer
of opinion, or was qualified or modified as to uncertainty,
audit scope, or accounting principles.
(iii) A decision to change accountants was approved by the Audit
Committee of the Board of Directors.
(iv) During the Registrant's two most recent fiscal years and all
subsequent interim periods preceding the dismissal, there
was no disagreement with the former principal accountant on
any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial
statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which
disagreement, if not resolved to the satisfaction of the
former principal accountant, would have caused it to make
reference to the subject matter of the disagreement in
connection with its report.
(b) New Auditors.
On 9 June 1997, KPMG Peat Marwick LLP was engaged as the
Registrant's new principal accountant to audit the Registrant's
financial statements.
Item 7. Exhibits.
16. Letter from Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. regarding change in certifying
accounts (to be filed by amendment).
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.
Rayovac Corporation
Date: 10 June 1997 By: /s/ James A. Broderick
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James A. Broderick
Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary