Form 8-K

 

 

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 (Date of earliest event reported): January 22, 2013

 

 

Eastman Kodak Company

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

New Jersey   1-87   16-0417150

(State or other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

343 State Street, Rochester, New York   14650
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (585) 724-4000

 

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address if changed since last report.)

 

 

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:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

As part of the ongoing restructuring of Eastman Kodak Company (“Kodak” or the “Company”), the Company is making available a presentation at http://investor.kodak.com/common/download/download.cfm?companyid=EK&fileid=629530&filekey=0900bf69-1a2e-4a6d-a8bd-e0617826d758&filename=Kodak_January22_2013_8KFiling.pdf (the “Presentation”) simultaneously with providing the Presentation to certain of its creditors and their advisors. The Presentation was prepared to facilitate discussions among the Company and certain of its creditor parties and not for use by other holders or prospective holders of the Company’s securities. The Presentation is deemed furnished pursuant to this Form 8-K and not filed. No other information on the Company’s website is being furnished or filed pursuant to this Form 8-K.

The Presentation includes financial and other projections that are subject to numerous assumptions, risks and limitations. These projections were prepared using information available at the time they were prepared. In addition, the projections contained in the Presentation reflect numerous estimates and assumptions made by management of the Company with respect to its financial condition, the performance of its business and conditions within its industry, general economic, market and financial conditions and numerous other matters. In addition, the projections contained in the Presentation will be further impacted by restructuring activities related to certain obligations including but not limited to domestic and foreign pension obligations, other postretirement obligations (“OPEB”), pre-petition obligations and borrowings. In addition, the projections in the Presentation do not reflect the cash costs of the pension and OPEB obligations. These factors are all difficult to predict accurately and in many cases are outside of the Company’s control. Consequently, it is likely that actual results will differ from those reflected in the Presentation and such differences may be material. The Company has not made and does not make any representation to any person regarding the Company’s future results or how any obligations will be treated as part of the restructuring. Furthermore, the Company is not required to publicly update the Presentation to reflect more current facts or estimates or the occurrence of future events, including if the facts, estimates and assumptions upon which the Presentation is based are erroneous.

The financial information reflected in the Presentation does not purport to present the Company’s financial condition in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”). The Company’s independent accountants have not audited or performed any review procedures on the information contained in the Presentation. The Presentation includes certain measures that are not measures recognized under GAAP. These measures do not purport to be alternatives to measures presented in accordance with GAAP, and do not purport to be an alternative to Net Income (Loss) as a measure of profitability or cash flows from operations as an alternative to liquidity. Additionally, certain income statement line items below Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization for 2013 and beyond have not been presented and the impact of these line items could be significant.

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SAFE HARBOR PROVISIONS OF THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995

This report on Form 8-K, including the exhibits attached hereto, includes “forward-looking statements” as that term is defined under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include statements concerning the Company’s plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events, future revenue or performance, capital expenditures, liquidity, financing needs, business trends, and other information that is not historical information. When used in this report on Form 8-K, including the exhibits attached hereto, the words “estimates,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “projects,” “plans,” “intends,” “believes,” “predicts,” “forecasts,” or future or conditional verbs, such as “will,” “should,” “could,” or “may,” and variations of such words or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, management’s examination of historical operating trends and data are based upon the Company’s expectations and various assumptions. Future events or results may differ from those anticipated or expressed in these forward-


looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements include, among others, the risks and uncertainties described in more detail in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2012, June 30, 2012, and September 30, 2012, under the headings “Business,” “Risk Factors,” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations–Liquidity and Capital Resources,” and those described in filings made by the Company with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York and in other filings the Company makes with the SEC from time to time, as well as the following: the Company’s ability to successfully emerge from Chapter 11 as a profitable sustainable company; the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries to develop, secure approval of and consummate one or more plans of reorganization with respect to the Chapter 11 cases; the Company’s ability to improve its operating structure, financial results and profitability; the ability of the Company to achieve cash forecasts, financial projections, and projected growth; our ability to raise sufficient proceeds from the sale of businesses and non-core assets; the businesses the Company expects to emerge from Chapter 11; the ability of the company to discontinue certain businesses or operations; the ability of the Company to continue as a going concern; the Company’s ability to comply with the Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (EBITDA) covenants in its Debtor-in-Possession Credit Agreement; our ability to obtain additional financing; the potential adverse effects of the Chapter 11 proceedings on the Company’s liquidity, results of operations, brand or business prospects; the steps necessary to complete the monetization of our digital imaging patent portfolio; the outcome of our intellectual property patent litigation matters; the Company’s ability to generate or raise cash and maintain a cash balance sufficient to comply with the minimum liquidity covenants in its Debtor-in-Possession Credit Agreement and to fund continued investments, capital needs, restructuring payments and service its debt; our ability to fairly resolve legacy liabilities; the resolution of claims against the company; our ability to retain key executives, managers and employees; our ability to maintain product reliability and quality and growth in relevant markets; our ability to effectively anticipate technology trends and develop and market new products, solutions and technologies; and the impact of the global economic environment on the Company. There may be other factors that may cause the Company’s actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf apply only as of the date of this report on Form 8-K, including the exhibits attached hereto, and are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements included in this report. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that arise after the date made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.


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.

 

EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY

By:

 

/s/ Patrick M. Sheller

  Patrick M. Sheller
  Senior Vice President
  General Counsel, Secretary & Chief Administrative Officer

Date: January 22, 2013