-----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, Cfm9dVv+NcL5Or0Cl8gb0WUD6TYMYwuj2zOGhtCl0xXc5ojmo0IxxRci3aJZ/8Q2 3MYr/CH3/JrkazE2mZ0EyQ== 0000895655-97-000012.txt : 19970611 0000895655-97-000012.hdr.sgml : 19970611 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000895655-97-000012 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 19970610 ITEM INFORMATION: Acquisition or disposition of assets FILED AS OF DATE: 19970610 SROS: NASD FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ALLTRISTA CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000895655 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: COATING, ENGRAVING & ALLIED SERVICES [3470] IRS NUMBER: 351828377 STATE OF INCORPORATION: IN FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-21052 FILM NUMBER: 97621435 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 345 S HIGH ST CITY: MUNCIE STATE: IN ZIP: 47307 BUSINESS PHONE: 3172815000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 345 S. HIGH STREET CITY: MUNCIE STATE: IN ZIP: 47307-5004 8-K 1 FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENT 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: June 10, 1997 Alltrista Corporation State of Indiana Commission File Number 0-21052 35-1828377 345 South High Street, P. O. Box 5004 Muncie, Indiana 47307-5004 Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (765) 281-5000 ------------------------------------------------------------------ This document contains 6 pages. The exhibit index is on page 4 of 6. ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS In connection with the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Alltrista Corporation is hereby identifying important factors that could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from those projected in forward-looking statements of the Company made by, or on behalf of the Company. ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS (c) Exhibit 99 Forward-Looking Statement Page 2 of 6 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. ALLTRISTA CORPORATION (Registrant) By: /s/ Kevin D. Bower ----------------------------------------- Kevin D. Bower Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer June 10, 1997 Page 3 of 6 ALLTRISTA CORPORATION FORM 8-K EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit Description Ex-99 Forward-Looking Statement. Page 4 of 6 EX-99 2 FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENT Ex-99 Forward-Looking Statement From time to time, the Company may make or publish forward-looking statements relating to such matters as anticipated financial performance, business prospects, technological developments, new products, and similar matters. Such statements are necessarily estimates reflecting the Company's best judgment based on current information. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a safe harbor for forward-looking statements. Such statements are usually identified by the use of words or phases such as "believes," "anticipates," "expects," "estimates," "planned", "outlook", and "goal." Because forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, the Company's actual results could differ materially. In order to comply with the terms of the safe harbor, the Company notes that a variety of factors could cause the Company's actual results and experience to differ materially from the anticipated results or other expectations expressed in the Company's forward-looking statements. While it is impossible to identify all such factors, the risks and uncertainties that may affect the operations, performance and results of the Company's business include the following: (1) economic and competitive conditions in the markets in which the Company operates; (2) strikes or other work stoppages affecting the Company or its major customers or suppliers; (3) the Company's ability to continue to control and reduce its costs of production; (4) the level of consumer demand for the Company's line of home food preservation products, which varies based on the impact of the weather on growing conditions; (5) the risks associated with the development of alternative, lower cost food packaging; (6) the effect of changes in the distribution channels for home food preservation products; (7) continuation of the U.S. penny as a currency denomination; (8) continuation by customers of the manufacture and marketing of the zinc-carbon battery; (9) the risks associated with the reliance on one or a few significant customers in several of the Company's businesses; (10) the impact of significant price increases or decreased availability in certain materials used in the manufacture and distribution of the Company's products, particularly plastic resin, glass containers, tin plate, and zinc ingot; (11) the effect of customers bringing in-house the molding or thermoforming of parts currently supplied by the Company; (12) the nature and extent of any current or future state and federal environmental regulations on the Company's operations; Page 5 of 6 (13) changes in financial markets affecting the Company's financial structure and the Company's cost of capital and borrowed money. (14) any other factors which may be identified from time to time in the Company's periodic SEC filings and other public announcements. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described in the forward-looking statement. The Company does not intend to update forward-looking statements. Page 6 of 6 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----