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
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 25, 2004
CHATTEM, INC.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Tennessee 0-5905 62-0156300
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(State of incorporation) (Commission File No.) (IRS Employer
Identification No.)
1715 West 38th Street, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37409
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(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(423) 821-4571
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(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure.
Chattem, Inc. (the "Company"), a marketer and manufacturer of branded
consumer products, announced today at the SunTrust Robinson Humphrey
Institutional Investors Conference in Atlanta, Georgia that, based upon
preliminary results, it currently expects earnings per share for its fiscal
second quarter ending May 31, 2004, prior to refinancing charges, to exceed the
Company's earlier guidance of $.42-.44. The Company also expects its fiscal
second quarter total revenues will exceed prior guidance of $64-66 million.
Chattem cited stronger than expected sell-in of its product line extensions
and continuing strength from its Icy Hot(R), Selsun Blue(R) and Gold Bond(R)
lines as reasons for the better-than-expected results.
Chattem expects to release its complete fiscal second quarter 2004
financial results after the market closes on Thursday, June 17, 2004.
Statements in this Current Report on Form 8-K which are not historical
facts are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements
involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause actual outcomes
and results to differ materially from those expressed or projected.
The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K is being furnished and
shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or incorporated by
reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the
Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in
such filing.
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.
May 25, 2004 CHATTEM, INC.
By:/s/A. Alexander Taylor II
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A. Alexander Taylor II
President and Chief Operating Officer