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): December 31, 2008
ACCURIDE CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Delaware (State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation) | | 001-32483 (Commission
File Number) | | 61-1109077 (IRS Employer
Identification No.) |
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7140 Office Circle, Evansville, IN
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | | 47715
(Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (812) 962-5000
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Item 1.02. Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement
On December 31, 2008, Imperial Group, L.P. (“Imperial”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Accuride Corporation (“Accuride”), assigned its interest in a lease agreement, as amended with B.R. Williams Trucking, Inc., effective as of March 1, 2007, (the “Lease”) for property in Anniston, Alabama, to North American Bus Industries, Inc. (“NABI”) as part of a sale of Imperial’s assets at its Anniston, Alabama, facility to NABI. Imperial was released from any further obligations under the Lease and did not incur any early termination penalties.
Item 8.01. Other Events
On December 31, 2008, Imperial completed a sale of the assets at its Anniston, Alabama, facility to NABI, the sole customer for products manufactured at that facility. Prior to the asset sale, Imperial had produced bus frames and certain components related to the bus frames for NABI out of the Anniston facility, as well as supplying bus chassis and other components to NABI out of Imperial’s Portland, Tennessee, facility. Imperial Group will continue to supply bus chassis and other components to NABI from its Portland, Tennessee, facility. A copy of a press release announcing the transaction is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
99.1 Press Release of Accuride Corporation, dated January 2, 2009.
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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.
| | ACCURIDE CORPORATION |
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Date: | January 7, 2009 | | /s/ Stephen A. Martin |
| | Stephen A. Martin |
| | Vice President / General Counsel |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number | | Description |
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99.1 | | Press Release of Accuride Corporation, dated January 2, 2009. |
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