Form 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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) March 15, 2005

 

 

WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

1-13782   25-1615902
(Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

1001 Airbrake Avenue

Wilmerding, Pennsylvania

   15148
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

 

(412) 825-1000

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

 

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Section 8 – Other Events

 

Item 8.01. Other Events.

 

On March 15, 2005, Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release providing updated earnings guidance for fiscal year 2005. A copy of the press release is attached to this report as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Section 9 – Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(c) Exhibits

 

The following exhibit is filed with this report on Form 8-K:

 

Exhibit No.
  

Description

99.1   Press release dated March 15, 2005 (regarding the matter referencedde in Item 8.01).

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE

TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

By:

  

/s/ Alvaro Garcia-Tunon

   

Alvaro Garcia-Tunon

   

Chief Financial Officer

 

Date: March 16, 2005

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Number
  

Description

    Method of Filing
99.1   Press release dated March 15, 2005    Filed herewith