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): August
22, 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 August 22, 2003, Atlantic Coast Airlines Holdings, Inc.
(ACA) (NASDAQ/NM: ACAI) placed new investor information
slides on its web site which provide information on its
recently announced new business strategy. The slides will
be available as a PowerPoint file in the "For Investors"
section of the Atlantic Coast Airlines corporate website
from August 22, 2003 through August 29, 2003:
www.atlanticcoast.com
Statements in the presentation included on the Company's
website as described above regarding its implementation of
new business strategies and its relationship with United
Airlines, Inc., 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:
United's option under bankruptcy rules to assume or reject
the existing United Express Agreement; the timing of any
disengagement by the Company as a United Express carrier
under the United Express Agreement or pursuant to bankruptcy
court proceedings and impact on the Company's ability to
operate an independent airline; the ability to effectively
implement its low-fare business strategy utilizing regional
jets; efforts by United to maintain United Express service
on routes to be served by the Company; the ability to
acquire and obtain financing for any additional aircraft
intended to be operated; possible consequences of credit
evaluations of the Company's new business plan; the ability
to efficiently transition out of the United Express program;
unanticipated events or circumstances that could impact the
Company's ability to implement its new business strategy;
failure to meet the revenue and cost assumptions utilized in
developing the Company's new business strategy; reactions
from competitors, which may include pricing and service
decisions in markets where the Company may operate; the
availability of additional or alternative business
opportunities for the Company's operations; the Company's
ability to collect pre-petition obligations from United or
to offset pre-petition obligations due to United, and to
collect post-petition amounts due from United for rate
adjustments due to be paid later in 2003; the continued
financial health of Delta Air Lines, Inc., and the ability
and willingness of Delta to continue to deploy the Company's
aircraft and to utilize and pay for scheduled service at
agreed upon rates; possible effects on the Company's Delta
Connection operations of, or responses by Delta to, the
Company's plan to operate an independent low-fare airline,
including Delta's right to terminate the Company's Delta
Connection agreement; availability and cost of product
support for the Company's 328JET aircraft; whether the
Company is able to recover or realize on its claims against
Fairchild Dornier in its insolvency proceedings, and
unexpected costs arising from the insolvency of Fairchild
Dornier; general economic and industry conditions;
additional acts of war; and risks and uncertainties arising
from the events of September 11, 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, 2002 and in its Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the six-month period ended June 30,
2003. These statements are made as of August 22, 2003 and
ACA 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: August 22, 2003 By: /S/ David W. Asai
David W. Asai
Vice President, Controller and
Chief Accounting Officer