form8k_19dec2008.htm




 

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):  December 19, 2008
 

 
Century Aluminum Company
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware
0-27918
13-3070826
(State or other jurisdiction of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)


2511 Garden Road
Building A, Suite 200
Monterey, California
(Address of principal executive offices)
93940
(Zip Code)
(831) 642-9300
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

On December 19, 2008, Century Aluminum Company (the “Company”), issued a press release related to a 13 percent reduction in its salaried workforce at the Company’s Monterey, CA headquarters and its Kentucky operations.  The reduction affects 27 employees.  A copy of the Company’s press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Century Aluminum Company owns primary aluminum capacity in the United States and Iceland, as well as an ownership interest in alumina and bauxite assets in the United States and Jamaica.  The Company’s corporate offices are located in Monterey, California.

The press release attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of U.S. federal securities laws.  The Company has based its forward-looking statements on current expectations and projections about the future, however, these statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions.  Any of these risks and uncertainties could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from those expressed in its forward-looking statements.  More information about the Company’s risks, uncertainties and assumptions can be found in the risk factors and forward-looking statements cautionary language contained in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and in other filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  The Company does not undertake, and specifically disclaims, any obligation to revise any forward-looking statements to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events or circumstances after the date such forward-looking statements are made.

 
Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
(d)  Exhibits
 
The following exhibit is being furnished with this report pursuant to Item 8.01:

Exhibit Number
Description
99.1
Press Release, dated December 19, 2008
 


 
 

 

 

 
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 thereunto duly authorized.


     
CENTURY ALUMINUM COMPANY
Date:
December 19, 2008
By:
/s/ William J. Leatherberry
     
Name: William J. Leatherberry
     
Title:   Vice President, Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary

 

 
 

 


 
Exhibit Index
Exhibit Number
Description
99.1
Press Release, dated December 19, 2008