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): July 21, 2004

ASTEC INDUSTRIES, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Tennessee	0-14714	62-0873631
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

1725 Shepherd Road

Chattanooga, Tennessee 37421

(Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)

(423) 899-5898

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

 

 

ITEM 12. RESULTS OF OPERATION AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

 On July 21, 2004, Astec Industries, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release announcing its second quarter 2004 financial results.

A copy of the Company's press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

The information, including the exhibits attached hereto, in this Current Report on Form 8-K is being "furnished" and shall not be deemed "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information in this Current Report shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or into any filing or other document pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except as otherwise expressly stated in any such filing.

 

 

 

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.

 

ASTEC INDUSTRIES, INC.

Date: July 21, 2004	By: /s/ J. Don Brock
	J. Don Brock, Chairman of the Board
	and President (Principal Executive Officer)

 

 

 

Index to Exhibits
Exhibit No.	Exhibit Description
99.1	Press Release, dated July 21, 2004.