UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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): December 17, 2003
Commercial Metals Company
| Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
1-4304 (Commission File Number) |
75-0725338 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
| 6565 N. MacArthur Blvd. Irving, Texas (Address of principal executive offices) |
75039 (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (214) 689-4300
| Not Applicable (former name or former address, if changed since last report) |
| Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure. | ||||||||
| Item 12. Results of Operations and Financial Condition. | ||||||||
| SIGNATURES | ||||||||
| EXHIBIT INDEX | ||||||||
| EX-99.1 Press Release | ||||||||
Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure.
On December 17, 2003, Commercial Metals Company (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its financial results for the quarter ended November 30, 2003. The press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and is incorporated by reference herein (the “Press Release”).
The information in this Item 9, including the exhibit, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and is not incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.
Item 12. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
The information included in the Press Release is also being furnished under this Item 12.
The Press Release contains “non-GAAP financial measures” as defined in Item 10 of Regulation S-K of the Exchange Act. In the Press Release, the Company has provided reconciliations of the non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable financial measures calculated and presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) in the United States.
The information in this Item 12, including the exhibit, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, and is not incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
| COMMERCIAL METALS COMPANY | ||||
| By: | /s/ WILLIAM B. LARSON | |||
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Name: Title: |
William B. Larson Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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Date: December 17, 2003
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit No. | Description of Exhibit | |||||
| 99.1 | Press Release dated December 17, 2003. |