SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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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):May 28, 2003
Atlantic Coast Airlines Holdings, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Delaware 0-21976 13-3621051
(State or (Commission (IRS
Other File Employer
Jurisdiction Number) Identification
of No.)
Incorporation)
45200 Business Court, Dulles, VA 20166
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (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 May 28, 2003, Atlantic Coast Airlines Holdings, Inc.
(ACA) (NASDAQ/NM: ACAI) issued a news release concerning
negotiations with Bombardier Aerospace. (See Exhibit 99
attached).
Statements in this press release and by company executives
regarding its relationship with United Airlines, Inc. and
regarding projections and expectations of future aircraft
deliveries, availability of financing, future payments by
United, 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
factors include, among others: United's decision to elect
either to affirm all of the terms of the company's United
Express Agreement, or to reject the agreement in its
entirety, the timing of such decision, any efforts by United
to negotiate changes prior to making a decision on whether
to affirm or reject the contract, the ability and timing of
agreeing upon rates with United, the company's ability to
collect pre-petition obligations from United or to offset
pre-petition obligations due to United,
the company's ability to collect post-petition amounts it
believes are due from United for rate adjustments and
United's ability to successfully reorganize and emerge from
bankruptcy; the continued financial health of Delta Air
Lines, Inc.; changes in levels of service agreed to by the
company with its code-share partners due to market
conditions, and willingness of finance parties to continue
to finance aircraft in light of the United situation and of
market conditions generally, the ability of these partners
to manage their operations and cash flow, and ability and
willingness of these partners to continue to deploy the
company's aircraft and to utilize and pay for scheduled
service at agreed upon rates; general economic and industry
conditions; additional acts of war; and risks and
uncertainties arising from the events of September 11, the
impact of the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
on travel and from the slow economy which may impact the
company, its code-share partners, and aircraft manufacturers
in ways that the company is not currently able to predict.
These and other factors are more fully disclosed under "Risk
Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in ACAI's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2002 and in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three-
month period ended March 31, 2003. These statements are
made as of May 28, 2003 and ACA undertakes no obligation to
update any such forward-looking information, whether as a
result of 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: May 28, 2003 By:/S/ Richard J. Kennedy
Richard J. Kennedy
Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary