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): March 18, 2008

 

ARVINMERITOR, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Indiana

1-15983

38-3354643

 

(State or other jurisdiction

(Commission

(IRS Employer

 

 

of incorporation)

File No.)

Identification No.)

 

 

2135 West Maple Road

Troy, Michigan

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

48084-7186

(Zip code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (248) 435-1000

 

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:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 



 

 

 

Item 7.01.

Regulation FD Disclosure

 

On March 18, 2008, ArvinMeritor, Inc. (“ArvinMeritor”) issued a press release confirming its full year 2008 guidance and discussing the second quarter, which is attached as an exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K. On March 18, 2008 the Company will also be meeting with investors and analysts in New York, NY, which will be accessible to the public by means of web-cast conference call. The presentation to be made by ArvinMeritor at the meeting will be posted on the ArvinMeritor website (www.arvinmeritor.com).

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits

 

 

99 -

Press release of ArvinMeritor, Inc. dated March 18, 2008

 

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

This Form 8-K contains statements relating to future results of the company (including certain projections) that are “forward-looking statements” as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  Forward-looking statements are typically identified by words or phrases such as “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “should,” “are likely to be,” “will” and similar expressions.  Actual results may differ materially from those projected as a result of certain risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to global economic and market cycles and conditions; the demand for commercial, specialty and light vehicles for which the company supplies products; risks inherent in operating abroad (including foreign currency exchange rates and potential disruption of production and supply due to terrorist attacks or acts of aggression); availability and cost of raw materials, including steel and oil; OEM program delays; demand for and market acceptance of new and existing products; successful development of new products; reliance on major OEM customers; labor relations of the company, its suppliers and customers, including potential disruptions in supply of parts to our facilities or demand for our products due to work stoppages; the financial condition of the company’s suppliers and customers, including potential bankruptcies; possible adverse effects of any future suspension of normal trade credit terms by our suppliers; potential difficulties competing with companies that have avoided their existing contracts in bankruptcy and reorganization proceedings; successful integration of acquired or merged businesses; the ability to achieve the expected annual savings and synergies from past and future business combinations and the ability to achieve the expected benefits of restructuring actions; success and timing of potential divestitures; potential impairment of long-lived assets, including goodwill; potential adjustment of the value of deferred tax assets; competitive product and pricing pressures; the amount of the company’s debt; the ability of the company to continue to comply with covenants in its financing agreements; the ability of the company to access capital markets; credit ratings of the company’s debt; the outcome of existing and any future legal proceedings, including any litigation with respect to environmental or asbestos-related matters; the outcome of actual and potential product liability and warranty and recall claims; rising

 



 

costs of pension and other post-retirement benefits and possible changes in pension and other accounting rules; as well as other risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to those detailed from time to time in filings of the company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  These forward-looking statements are made only as of the date hereof, and the company undertakes no obligation to update or revise the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as otherwise required by law.

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

ARVINMERITOR, INC.

 

 

By: /s/ Vernon G. Baker, II

 

Vernon G. Baker, II

 

 

Senior Vice President and

 

General Counsel

 

 

Date: March 18, 2008

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

 

Exhibit No.

Description

 

99 -

Press release of ArvinMeritor, Inc. dated March 18, 2008