FORM
8-K
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
S.C. 20549
CURRENT
REPORT
PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of
Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 16, 2009
AZZ
incorporated
(Exact
name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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TEXAS
(State
or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
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1-12777
Commission
File No.
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75-0948250
(I.R.S.
Employer Identification Number)
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University
Centre 1, Suite 200
1300
South University Drive
Fort Worth, TX 76107
(Address
of principal executive offices, including zip code)
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Registrant’s
Telephone Number, including Area Code:
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(817)
810-0095
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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:
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communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
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Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
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Pre-commencement
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240.13e-4(c))
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1
ITEM
8.01 OTHER EVENTS
On
January 16, 2009, the Company issued a press release containing financial
projections and guidance for the fiscal year beginning March 1, 2009 and ending
February 28, 2010. The press release is furnished with this report as
Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. Also furnished
with and incorporated into this report is Exhibit 99.2, Financial and Other
Statistical Information, which contains guidance and selected financial
projections for the fiscal year ending February 28, 2010. The
guidance contained in the attached exhibits consists of either a projected range
or management’s estimate of most likely results. These projections
involve risk and uncertainties, the outcome of which cannot be foreseen at this
time and, therefore, actual results will vary from these
forecasts. The Company undertakes no obligation to affirm publicly or
revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of information,
future events or otherwise.
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ITEM
9.01 EXHIBITS
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The
following exhibits are filed as part of this report.
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Exhibit
99.1
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AZZ
incorporated’s Press Release dated January 16, 2009.
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Exhibit
99.2
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Projected
Financial and Other Statistical Information for Fiscal Year
2010
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FORWARD LOOKING
STATEMENTS
Except
for the statements of historical fact, this release may contain forward-looking
statements that involve risks and uncertainties some of which are detailed from
time to time in documents filed by the company with the SEC. Those risks and
uncertainties include, but are not limited to: changes in customer demand and
response to products and services offered by the company, including demand by
the electrical power generation markets, electrical transmission and
distribution markets, the industrial markets, and the hot dip galvanizing
markets; prices and raw material costs, including zinc and natural gas which are
used in the hot dip galvanizing process and steel, aluminum and copper which are
used in the electrical and industrial segment; changes in the economic
conditions of the various markets the company serves, foreign and domestic,
customer requested delays of shipments, acquisition opportunities, adequacy of
financing, currency fluctuations, and availability of experienced management
employees to implement the company's growth strategy. The company can
give no assurance that such forward-looking statements will prove to be
correct. We undertake no obligation to affirm, publicly update or
revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of information,
future events or otherwise.
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.
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AZZ
incorporated
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DATE: 1/16/2009
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By: /s/ Dana Perry
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Dana
Perry
Senior
Vice President Finance
Chief
Financial Officer
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