UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 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) October 10, 2008
CORNING INCORPORATED
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
New York | 1-3247 | 16-0393470 |
(State or other jurisdiction | (Commission | (I.R.S. Employer |
of incorporation) | File Number) | Identification No.) |
One Riverfront Plaza, Corning, New York |
| 14831 |
(Address of principal executive offices) |
| (Zip Code) |
(607) 974-9000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(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:
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Item 8.01. Other Events
Attached as Exhibit 100 to this Current Report on Form 8-K are documents that contain information from Corning Incorporated’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2008, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2008, formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language). Pursuant to Rule 401 of Regulation S-T users of this data are advised that the financial and other information contained in the XBRL-related documents is unaudited and that these are not the official publicly filed financial statements of Corning Incorporated. The purpose of submitting these XBRL formatted documents is to test the related format and technology and, as a result, investors should continue to rely on the official filed version of the furnished documents and not rely on the information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 100, in making investment decisions.
In accordance with Rule 402 of Regulation S-T, the information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 100, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of those sections, are not part of any registration statement, and are not deemed to be and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
| (d) | Exhibits |
| 100 | The following materials from Corning Incorporated’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2008, filed on April 29, 2008, have been formatted in XBRL: (i) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, (ii) Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, (iii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007 and (iv) Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. |
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 thereunto duly authorized.
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Date: October 10, 2008 | By /s/ | KATHERINE A. ASBECK |
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| Katherine A. Asbeck |
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| Senior Vice President - Finance |
EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit 100.INS |
| XBRL Instance Document |
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Exhibit 100.SCH |
| XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document |
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Exhibit 100.CAL |
| XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document |
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Exhibit 100.LAB |
| XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document |
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Exhibit 100.PRE |
| XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document |
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Exhibit 100.DEF |
| XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document |