Form 8-K dated 11/10/2002
 
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): November 10, 2002
 
Dole Food Company, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 
Delaware
  
1-4455
  
99-0035300
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
  
(Commission File Number)
  
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
One Dole Drive, Westlake Village, California
  
91362
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  
(Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (818) 879-6600
 
N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
 

 
Item 7.    Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information Exhibits.
 
(c)  Exhibits:
 
99.1
   
Press Release of the Registrant issued on November 10, 2002.

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SIGNATURE
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has caused this current report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
       
Dole Food Company, Inc.
Date: November 11, 2002        
      
By:
  
/s/    Richard J. Dahl        
               
Name: Richard J. Dahl
Title: Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit No.
   
Description
99.1
   
Press Release issued November 10, 2002.

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