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: March 19, 2008
QUIXOTE CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Commission file number 001-08123
DELAWARE |
| 36-2675371 |
(State or other jurisdiction of |
| (I.R.S. Employer |
incorporation or organization) |
| Identification No.) |
35 EAST WACKER DRIVE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS |
| 60601 |
(Address of principal executive offices) |
| (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number including area code: (312) 467-6755
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 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
Item 8.01 Other Events.
On March 19, 2008, we issued a press release announcing our preliminary financial results for our third quarter to end March 31, 2008.
We also advised that our Directors authorized the repurchase to up to 500,000 shares of our common stock from time to time as part of our initiative to enhance shareholder value.
The full text of the press release is furnished with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.
This Current Report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements include statements regarding our expectations, beliefs, intentions, plans, projections, objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance and underlying assumptions and other statements which are not historical facts. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements contained in this report. Forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks, uncertainties and assumptions about us and our business. These risks and uncertainties are discussed in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2007. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of today’s date. We do not undertake any obligation to release publicly any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after today’s date or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. For those statements, we claims the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
The information in this Current Report is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information in this Current Report shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
The following Exhibits are included herein:
(d) Exhibits
99 Press Release issued by Quixote Corporation, dated March 19, 2008
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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.
| QUIXOTE CORPORATION |
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DATE: March 19, 2008 |
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| /s/ Daniel P. Gorey |
| DANIEL P. GOREY |
| Vice President, Chief Financial |
| Officer and Treasurer |
| (Chief Financial & Accounting Officer) |
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