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.