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 20, 2004 (December 20, 2004) | |
Commercial Metals Company
Delaware
| 1-4034 | 75-0725338 | |
| (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) | |
| 6565 N. MacArthur Blvd. | ||
| Irving, Texas | 75039 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | |
(214) 689-4300
Not Applicable
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| Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Conditions. | ||||||||
| Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits. | ||||||||
| SIGNATURES | ||||||||
| EXHIBIT INDEX | ||||||||
| Press Release | ||||||||
Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Conditions.
On December 20, 2004, Commercial Metals Company (the “Company”) issued a press release (the “Press Release”) announcing its financial results for the first quarter. A copy of the Press Release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1. The Press Release is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.02, and the foregoing description of the Press Release is qualified in its entirety by reference to this exhibit.
The Press Release contains “non-GAAP financial measures” as defined in Item 10 of Regulation S-K of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (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 in the United States.
The information in this Form 8-K, 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.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
| (c) | Exhibits | |||
| The following exhibit is furnished with this Form 8-K. | ||||
| 99.1 | Press Release dated December 20, 2004. |
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.
| COMMERCIAL METALS COMPANY | ||||
Date: December 20, 2004
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By: | /s/ William B. Larson | ||
| Name: | William B. Larson | |||
| Title: | Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |||