UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 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): April 12, 2012

 

 

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 No.)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
1001 Air Brake Avenue Wilmerding, Pennsylvania		15148
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

(412) 825-1000

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable

(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):

 

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Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On April 12, 2012, Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release reporting expected earnings per diluted share for the first quarter of fiscal 2012 and updated full-year earnings guidance for 2012. A copy of this press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated into this Item 2.02 by reference.

In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information furnished pursuant to this Item 2.02 and Item 7.01 below in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

The information set forth in Item 2.02 above is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)

Exhibit.

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

 

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press release dated April 12, 2012.

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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.

 

Date: April 17, 2012

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibits
99.1		Press release issued by Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation on April 12, 2012.

Exhibit 99.1

 

		News Release

Wabtec Expects 1Q EPS Of About $1.20; Increases 2012 EPS Guidance To About $4.80

WILMERDING, PA, April 12, 2012 – Wabtec Corporation (NYSE: WAB) expects 2012 first quarter earnings per diluted share to be about $1.20, and the company increased its 2012 full-year earnings per diluted share guidance to about $4.80, based on full-year revenue growth of about 12 percent. Previously, the company’s full-year guidance was for earnings per diluted share of about $4.30 and revenue growth of about 10 percent.

Albert J. Neupaver, Wabtec’s president and chief executive officer, said: “We expect the company’s financial performance in 2012 to exceed our initial guidance for several reasons: Continued strength of the global freight rail market, including demand for new freight cars and locomotives; further progress in implementing our growth strategies; and benefits from continuous improvement initiatives through the Wabtec Performance System.”

Wabtec will report first quarter results before the U.S. financial markets open on Tuesday, April 24, and it will conduct a conference call to discuss those results with analysts and investors at 10 a.m. the same day. To listen to the call via webcast, please go to www.wabtec.com and click on the “Investor Relations” and “Webcasts” tabs of the site. An audio replay of the call will also be available by calling 412-317-0088 (passcode: 466#).

Wabtec Corporation is a global provider of value-added, technology-based products and services for rail and other industrial markets. Through its subsidiaries, the company manufactures a range of products for locomotives, freight cars and passenger transit vehicles. The company also builds new switcher and commuter locomotives, and provides aftermarket services. The company has facilities located throughout the world.

 

 

Tim Wesley		Phone: 412.825.1543		Wabtec Corporation
		E-mail: twesley@wabtec.com		1001 Air Brake Avenue
		Website: www.wabtec.com		Wilmerding, PA 15148