8-K 1 a06-10189_18k.htm CURRENT REPORT OF MATERIAL EVENTS OR CORPORATE CHANGES

 

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:  April 19, 2006

 

QUIXOTE CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Commission file number 0-7903

 

DELAWARE

 

36-2675371

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

 

35 EAST WACKER DRIVE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

 

60601

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number including area code:  (312) 467-6755

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 230.14a-12)

 

o  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR   240.13e-4(c))

 

 


 

Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

 

On April 19, 2006, the Registrant issued a press release announcing its preliminary financial results for its third quarter of fiscal 2006 ended March 31, 2006. The Registrant plans to release its full results for its third quarter of fiscal 2006 on Wednesday, April 26, 2006, after the close of the market, and will conduct a conference call to discuss these results on Thursday, April 27, 2006 at 10 a.m. EDT.

 

This Current Report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements include statements regarding the Registrant’s expectations, beliefs, intentions, plans, projections, objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance and underlying assumptions and other statements which are not historical facts. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements contained in this report. Forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks, uncertainties and assumptions about the Registrant and its business. These risks and uncertainties are discussed in the Registrant’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2005 and subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. The Registrant does not undertake any obligation to release publicly any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. For those statements, the Registrant claims the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

 

The information in this Current Report is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information in this Current Report shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Item 7.01    Regulation FD Disclosures.

 

Please refer to the discussion under Item 2.02, above, as if it were restated in response to Item 7.01.

 

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Item 9.01                                             Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

The following Exhibits are included herein:

 

(d)                                 Exhibits

 

99                                    Press Release issued by Quixote Corporation, dated April 19, 2006

 

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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.

 

 

 

QUIXOTE CORPORATION

 

 

 

DATE:

April 19, 2006

 

/s/ Daniel P. Gorey

 

 

DANIEL P. GOREY

 

Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer and Treasurer
(Chief Financial & Accounting
Officer)

 

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