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 15, 2010
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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One
Museum Place, Suite 500
3100
West 7th
Street
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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Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425)
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Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
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ITEM
8.01 OTHER EVENTS
On
January 15, 2010, the Company issued a press release containing financial
projections and guidance for the fiscal year beginning March 1, 2010 and ending
February 28, 2011. 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, 2011. 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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AZZ
incorporated’s Press Release dated January 15, 2010.
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Projected
Financial and Other Statistical Information for Fiscal Year
2011
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FORWARD LOOKING
STATEMENTS
Except
for the statements of historical fact, this report 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, currency
exchange rates, adequacy of financing, and availability of experienced
management employees to implement the company's growth strategy, a downturn
in market conditions in any industry relating to the products we sell or the
services that we provide; the effects and duration of continuing economic
recession in the U.S. and other markets in which we operate; and laws and
regulations related to environmental matters, including those addressing the
risks of global climate change; and other political developments and laws and
regulations. 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: 1/15/2010
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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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