-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, QR3+mXgcwDEowvQekYlQcqB/IzIMWXfp8AF8ltAkxZ9HZSILR6HaVdE+Exfrln2e iBZEq3YSxk270rv6J7YvYw== 0000950124-06-005375.txt : 20060920 0000950124-06-005375.hdr.sgml : 20060920 20060920080849 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950124-06-005375 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20060920 ITEM INFORMATION: Regulation FD Disclosure ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20060920 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20060920 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MASCO CORP /DE/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000062996 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MILLWOOD, VENEER, PLYWOOD & STRUCTURAL WOOD MEMBERS [2430] IRS NUMBER: 381794485 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-05794 FILM NUMBER: 061099223 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 21001 VAN BORN RD CITY: TAYLOR STATE: MI ZIP: 48180 BUSINESS PHONE: 3132747400 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 21001 VAN BORN ROAD CITY: TAYLOR STATE: MI ZIP: 48180 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MASCO SCREW PRODUCTS CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19731025 8-K 1 k08574e8vk.txt CURRENT REPORT DATED SEPTEMBER 20, 2006 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) SEPTEMBER 20, 2006 ---------------------- MASCO CORPORATION (Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Charter) DELAWARE 1-5794 38-1794485 -------- ------ ---------- (State or Other Jurisdiction (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer of Incorporation) Identification No.) 21001 VAN BORN ROAD, TAYLOR, MICHIGAN 48180 ------------------------------------- ----- (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) (313) 274-7400 -------------- Registrant's telephone number, including area code 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: [ ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) [ ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) [ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) [ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) ITEM 7.01. REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE Attached as Exhibit 99 and incorporated herein by reference is a copy of a press release dated September 20, 2006 and certain other information reporting Masco Corporation's lower than anticipated earnings for 2006 as a result, in part, of the accelerated decline in housing starts, and advising that Masco Corporation will hold an investor conference call and webcast to discuss the release. ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS. (d) Exhibits. 99 Press Release of Masco Corporation dated September 20, 2006 and certain other information. SIGNATURE 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. MASCO CORPORATION By: /S/ Timothy Wadhams -------------------------------- Name: Timothy Wadhams Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer September 20, 2006 EXHIBIT INDEX 99 Press Release of Masco Corporation dated September 20, 2006 and certain other information. EX-99 2 k08574exv99.txt PRESS RELEASE DATED SEPTEMBER 20, 2006 AND CERTAIN OTHER INFORMATION EXHIBIT 99 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Maria Duey 313-792-5500 MASCO CORPORATION ANNOUNCES A REDUCTION IN ANTICIPATED EARNINGS FOR 2006 AS A RESULT OF THE ACCELERATED DECLINE IN HOUSING STARTS Taylor, Michigan (September 20, 2006) -- Masco Corporation (NYSE: MAS) today announced lower earnings expectations for 2006. "A softening of incoming orders for building products and services in recent weeks, along with a forecasted deeper than expected decline in year-over-year single family housing starts for the last four months of 2006, currently projected to approximate twenty percent, are expected to result in the Company's third quarter sales being approximately flat, and fourth quarter sales being down low-to mid-single digits compared to the third and fourth quarters of 2005, respectively. Accordingly, full year earnings, excluding costs and charges related to profit improvement programs and any other items, may be closer to $2.25 to $2.30 per common share rather than our most recent guidance of the lower end of the range of $2.40 to $2.50 per common share," said Richard A. Manoogian, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Masco Corporation. The Company will host a conference call today at 9:00 a.m. ET. Participants in the call are asked to register five to ten minutes prior to the scheduled start time by dialing (719) 457-2645 (confirmation #4017834). The conference call will be webcast simultaneously on the Company's website at www.masco.com. A replay of the call will be available on Masco's website or by phone by dialing (719) 457-0820 (replay access code #4017834) approximately two hours after the end of the call and will continue through September 27, 2006. Headquartered in Taylor, Michigan, Masco Corporation is one of the world's leading manufacturers of home improvement and building products, as well as a leading provider of services that include the installation of insulation and other building products. Masco Corporation's press releases and other information are available through the Company's toll free number, 1-888-MAS-NEWS, or under the Investor Relations section of Masco's website at www.masco.com. Statements contained herein may include certain forward-looking statements regarding Masco's future sales, earnings growth potential and other developments. Actual results may vary materially because of external factors such as housing starts, commodity costs, interest rate fluctuations, changes in consumer spending and other factors over which management has no control. The Company believes that certain non-GAAP performance measures and ratios, used in managing the business, may provide users of this financial information with additional meaningful comparisons between current results and results in prior periods. Non-GAAP performance measures and ratios should be viewed in addition to, and not as an alternative for, the Company's reported results under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. Additional information about the Company's products, markets and conditions, which could affect the Company's future performance, is contained in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and is available on Masco's website at www.masco.com. Masco undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. # # # # MASCO CORPORATION BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS o At the beginning of August we indicated that our earnings, excluding costs and charges related to profit improvement programs and any other items, would be closer to the lower end of our guidance of $2.40 to $2.50 per common share based on an increased forecasted decline for full-year housing starts of eight percent. o While August sales and earnings approximated our expectations, in September we have experienced a significant softening of incoming orders for building products and services. o Last week, a number of industry sources lowered their annual forecasts for housing starts to an approximate 12 percent decline from their previous July forecasts of an approximate eight percent decline. Based on actual housing starts for the first eight months of the year this would imply a decline of approximately 20 percent for the remaining four months of 2006. o As a result of this revised forecast and information we are receiving from our own customers, we are also forecasting an increased decline of at least 12 percent in housing starts for this year. We have previously stated that a one percent change in housing starts impacts our annual earnings per share by approximately two and a half cents. o Based on this change in forecast and given that we have also seen some modest softening in sales of larger ticket items on the consumer side of our business, we now anticipate that our third quarter sales will be approximately flat, and fourth quarter sales will be down approximately low- to mid-single digits as compared to the third and fourth quarters of 2005, respectively. Our full-year earnings, excluding costs and charges related to profit improvement programs and any other items, may approximate $2.25 to $2.30 per common share versus our most recent guidance of the lower end of the range of $2.40 to $2.50 per common share. -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----