UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report: June 10, 1997
Alltrista Corporation
State of Indiana Commission File Number 0-21052 35-1828377
345 South High Street, P. O. Box 5004
Muncie, Indiana 47307-5004
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (765) 281-5000
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This document contains 6 pages. The exhibit index is on page 4 of 6.
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ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS
In connection with the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Alltrista Corporation is hereby identifying
important factors that could cause the Company's actual results to differ
materially from those projected in forward-looking statements of the Company
made by, or on behalf of the Company.
ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
(c) Exhibit
99 Forward-Looking Statement
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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.
ALLTRISTA CORPORATION
(Registrant)
By: /s/ Kevin D. Bower
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Kevin D. Bower
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
June 10, 1997
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ALLTRISTA CORPORATION
FORM 8-K
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Description
Ex-99 Forward-Looking Statement.
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Ex-99
Forward-Looking Statement
From time to time, the Company may make or publish forward-looking statements
relating to such matters as anticipated financial performance, business
prospects, technological developments, new products, and similar matters. Such
statements are necessarily estimates reflecting the Company's best judgment
based on current information. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995 provides a safe harbor for forward-looking statements. Such statements are
usually identified by the use of words or phases such as "believes,"
"anticipates," "expects," "estimates," "planned", "outlook", and "goal." Because
forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, the Company's actual
results could differ materially. In order to comply with the terms of the safe
harbor, the Company notes that a variety of factors could cause the Company's
actual results and experience to differ materially from the anticipated results
or other expectations expressed in the Company's forward-looking statements.
While it is impossible to identify all such factors, the risks and
uncertainties that may affect the operations, performance and results of the
Company's business include the following:
(1) economic and competitive conditions in the markets in which the Company
operates;
(2) strikes or other work stoppages affecting the Company or its major
customers or suppliers;
(3) the Company's ability to continue to control and reduce its costs of
production;
(4) the level of consumer demand for the Company's line of home food
preservation products, which varies based on the impact of the weather on
growing conditions;
(5) the risks associated with the development of alternative, lower cost food
packaging;
(6) the effect of changes in the distribution channels for home food
preservation products;
(7) continuation of the U.S. penny as a currency denomination;
(8) continuation by customers of the manufacture and marketing of the
zinc-carbon battery;
(9) the risks associated with the reliance on one or a few significant
customers in several of the Company's businesses;
(10) the impact of significant price increases or decreased availability in
certain materials used in the manufacture and distribution of the
Company's products, particularly plastic resin, glass containers, tin
plate, and zinc ingot;
(11) the effect of customers bringing in-house the molding or thermoforming of
parts currently supplied by the Company;
(12) the nature and extent of any current or future state and federal
environmental regulations on the Company's operations;
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(13) changes in financial markets affecting the Company's financial structure
and the Company's cost of capital and borrowed money.
(14) any other factors which may be identified from time to time in the
Company's periodic SEC filings and other public announcements.
Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should
underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from
those described in the forward-looking statement. The Company does not intend to
update forward-looking statements.
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