FORM
6 - K
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Report
of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant
to Rule 13a - 16 or 15d - 16 of
the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
As
of 9/04/2008
Ternium
S.A.
(Translation
of Registrant's name into English)
Ternium
S.A.
46a,
Avenue John F. Kennedy – 2nd floor
L-1855
Luxembourg
(Address
of principal executive offices)
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The
attached material is being furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission
pursuant to Rule 13a-16 and Form 6-K under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended.
This
report contains Ternium S.A.’s press release commenting on recent developments
in Venezuela.
SIGNATURE
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, thereunto
duly authorized.
TERNIUM
S.A.
By: /s/ Roberto
Philipps
Name:
Roberto Philipps
Title:
Chief Financial Officer
Dated:
April 9, 2008
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Sebastián
Martí
Ternium
- Investor Relations
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Ternium
Comments on Recent Developments in Venezuela
Luxembourg,
April 9, 2008 – Ternium S.A. (NYSE: TX) announced today that Venezuela's Vice
President Ramon Carrizales has informed representatives of Sidor of the
Venezuelan government’s intention to nationalize its majority-owned subsidiary
Sidor. Ternium, however, has not yet received any formal notice in this
respect.
Mr.
Carrizales has announced the appointment of a negotiating committee. Ternium
awaits the opportunity to engage in discussions with the Venezuelan
authorities.
Forward
Looking Statements
Some
of the statements contained in this press release are “forward-looking
statements”. Forward-looking statements are based on management’s
current views and assumptions and involve known and unknown risks that could
cause actual results, performance or events to differ materially from those
expressed or implied by those statements. These risks include but are
not limited to risks arising from uncertainties as to gross domestic product,
related market demand, global production capacity, tariffs, cyclicality in the
industries that purchase steel products and other factors beyond Ternium’s
control.
About
Ternium
Ternium is one of the leading steel
companies in the Americas, offering a wide range of flat and
long steel products. With its main operations in Mexico, Venezuela and Argentina and 21,000 employees, Ternium
has annual sales of approximately US$10 billion and annual shipments of
approximately 12 million tons of finished steel products. More
information about Ternium is available at www.ternium.com.