-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, LbyYHqGRRhCmxodZ2C13GkeimH/zMPQTkOh5EfO14h+/tUPU6mqwz1wfmDqIQtFr jY0h/ZciSnxqLQPyijhJmg== 0000950144-03-013458.txt : 20031205 0000950144-03-013458.hdr.sgml : 20031205 20031205171252 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950144-03-013458 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20031205 ITEM INFORMATION: Other events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial statements and exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20031205 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000915389 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PLASTICS, MATERIALS, SYNTH RESINS & NONVULCAN ELASTOMERS [2821] IRS NUMBER: 621539359 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-12626 FILM NUMBER: 031040943 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: PO BOX 511 STREET 2: 100 N EASTMAN ROAD CITY: KINGSPORT STATE: TN ZIP: 37660 BUSINESS PHONE: 4232292000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: P O BOX BOX 511 B-54D CITY: KINGSPORT STATE: TN ZIP: 37662 8-K 1 g86216e8vk.htm EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY
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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 (Date of earliest event reported) December 4, 2003

Eastman Chemical Company

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
         
Delaware   1-12626   62-1539359
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)		   (Commission
File Number) 		  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)
         
     100 N. Eastman Road
     Kingsport, Tennessee		  
37660
     (Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)
     
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   (423) 229-2000
   

 

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

SIGNATURE
INDEX TO EXHIBITS

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ITEM 5.     Other Events.

      On December 4, 2003, the Board of Directors of Eastman Chemical Company (the “Company”) approved the Amendment, dated as of December 4, 2003 (the “Amendment”), to the Stockholder Protection Rights Agreement, dated as of December 13, 1993 (the “Rights Agreement”), between the Company and First Chicago Trust Company of New York, as rights agent. The Amendment extends the expiration date of the Rights and the term of the Rights Agreement to December 4, 2013 and makes other modifications to the Rights Agreement. The Rights Agreement had previously been amended by the Agreement of Substitution and Amendment of Stockholder Protection Rights Agreement (the “Substitution Agreement”), dated as of April 23, 2003, which substitutes American Stock Transfer & Trust Company as rights agent.

      The foregoing description of the Substitution Agreement and the Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Substitution Agreement and the Amendment, copies of which have been filed as exhibits hereto and are incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 7.     Exhibits.

  (a)   Financial Statements of Business Acquired: N/A

  (b)   Pro Forma Financial Information: None

  (c)   Exhibits:

     
Number   Exhibit
 
4.1   Agreement of Substitution and Amendment of Stockholder Protection Rights Agreement, dated as of April 23, 2003, between the Company and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as rights agent (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form 10 filed by the Company on December 5, 2003)
     
4.2   Amendment, dated as of December 4, 2003, to the Stockholder Protection Rights Agreement, dated as of December 13, 1993, between the Company and First Chicago Trust Company of New York, as rights agent, as amended on April 23, 2003 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form 10 filed by the Company on December 5, 2003)

 

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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, hereunto duly authorized.

             
    EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY
             
    By:   /s/ THERESA K. LEE
       
        Name:   Theresa K. Lee
        Title:   Senior Vice President, Chief Legal
            Officer and Corporate Secretary
             
Dated: December 5, 2003            

 

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

     
Number   Exhibit
 
4.1   Agreement of Substitution and Amendment of Stockholder Protection Rights Agreement, dated as of April 23, 2003, between the Company and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as rights agent (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form 10 filed by the Company on December 5, 2003)
     
4.2   Amendment, dated as of December 4, 2003, to the Stockholder Protection Rights Agreement, dated as of December 13, 1993, between the Company and First Chicago Trust Company of New York, as rights agent, as amended on April 23, 2003 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form 10 filed by the Company on December 5, 2003)

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