UNITED STATES
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):July 23, 2004
NEWELL RUBBERMAID INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware 1-9608 36-3514169
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(State or Other Jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer
of Incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
10 B Glenlake Parkway
Suite 600
Atlanta, Georgia 30328
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:(770) 670-2232
ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
(c) Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number Description
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99.1 Announcement dated July 23, 2004, captioned
"Newell Rubbermaid Updates Segment Reporting"
ITEM 9. REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE.
The information set forth under Item 12 below is also intended to be
disclosed under this Item 9 and is hereby incorporated by reference.
ITEM 12. RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION.
The information in this Report, including the Exhibit attached hereto,
is furnished pursuant to Item 12 of this Form 8-K. Consequently, it
is not deemed "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that
section. It may only be incorporated by reference in another filing
under the Exchange Act or Securities Act of 1933 if such subsequent
filing specifically references this Form 8-K.
On July 23, 2004, Newell Rubbermaid Inc. (the "Company") announced
that it has updated its segment reporting to reflect its recent
divesture of Little Tikes Commercial Play Systems, announced July 1,
2004. The Announcement, which includes segment reporting schedules,
reflecting discontinued operations, along with quarterly income
statements, can also be found on the investor relations portion of the
Company's web site at www.newellrubbermaid.com. A copy of the
Announcement is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
The Announcement contains non-GAAP financial measures. For purposes
of SEC Regulation G, a "non-GAAP financial measure" is a numerical
measure of a registrant's historical or future financial performance,
financial position or cash flows that excludes amounts, or is subject
to adjustments that have the effect of excluding amounts, that are
included in the most directly comparable measure calculated and
presented in accordance with GAAP in the statement of income, balance
sheet or statement of cash flows of the issuer; or includes amounts,
or is subject to adjustments that have the effect of including
amounts, that are excluded from the most directly comparable measure
so calculated and presented. Operating and statistical measures and
certain ratios and other statistical measures are not non-GAAP
financial measures. For purposes of the definition, GAAP refers to
generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.
Pursuant to the requirements of Regulation G, the Company has
provided, as a part of the Announcement, a reconciliation of each of
the non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP
financial measure.
The Company has used the financial measures that are included in the
Announcement for several years, both in presenting its results to
stockholders and the investment community and in its internal
evaluation and management of its businesses. The Company's management
believes that these measures -- including those that are "non-GAAP
financial measures" -- and the information they provide are useful to
investors since these measures:
* enable investors and analysts to compare the current non-
GAAP measures with the corresponding non-GAAP measures used
in the past, and
* permit investors to view the Company's performance using the
same tools that Company management uses to evaluate the
Company's past performance, reportable business segments and
prospects for future performance and to gauge the Company's
progress in achieving its stated goals.
The Company's management believes that operating income, excluding
asset impairment, restructuring charges and other charges for the
Company and each of the Company's five segments, continuing operations
and discontinued operations and amounts of operating income, excluding
asset impairment, restructuring charges and other charges as a
percentage of sales for such respective segments, continuing
operations and discontinued operations are also useful to investors
because they provide information with respect to operating income
related to continuing operations after the Company's restructuring
plan is completed.
While the Company believes that these non-GAAP financial measures are
useful in evaluating the Company, this information should be considered
as supplemental in nature and not as a substitute for or superior to
the related financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Additionally, these non-GAAP financial measures may differ from similar
measures presented by other companies.
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.
NEWELL RUBBERMAID INC.
Date: July 23, 2004 By: /s/ Dale L. Matschullat
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Dale L. Matschullat
Vice President - General
Counsel & Corporate Secretary
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. Description
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99.1 Announcement