SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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): April 5, 2004
Atlantic Coast Airlines Holdings, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
| Delaware (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | 0-21976 (Commission File Number) | 13-3621051 (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| 45200 Business Court, Dulles, VA (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | 20166 (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (703) 650-6000
N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure.
On April 5, 2004, Atlantic Coast Airlines Holdings, Inc. (ACA) (NASDAQ/NM: ACAI) issued a news release announcing it has reached an agreement with United Airlines providing for an orderly transition and exit plan for all its United Express aircraft as a result of United’s decision to reject its agreement with ACA, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Statements in this press release and by company executives regarding its implementation of new business strategies, as well as regarding operations, earnings, revenues and costs, represent forward-looking information. A number of risks and uncertainties exist which could cause actual results to differ materially from these projected results. Such risks and uncertainties include, among others: the need for approval in United’s bankruptcy case of United’s rejection of the United Express Agreement with ACA and approval of the ACA/United transition agreement out of the United Express program, the ability of ACA to implement its transition out of the United Express program pursuant to the transition agreement, the ability to effectively implement its low-fare business strategy utilizing regional jets and Airbus aircraft; the ability to complete the acquisition of, and secure financing for, its Airbus aircraft, and to successfully integrate these aircraft into its fleet; and general economic and industry conditions, any of which may impact the company, its aircraft manufacturers and its other suppliers in ways that the company is not currently able to predict. Certain of these and other risk factors are more fully disclosed under “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in the company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003. These statements are made as of April 5, 2004 and Atlantic Coast Airlines Holdings, Inc. undertakes no obligation to update any such forward-looking information, including as a result of any new information, future events, changed expectations or otherwise.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has caused this current report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| ATLANTIC COAST AIRLINES HOLDINGS, INC. | |||||
| Date: April 5, 2004 | By: | /S/ David W. Asai | |||
| David W. Asai Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer |
