UST INC.
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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 26, 2005

UST INC.


(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
DELAWARE   0-17506   06-1193986
         
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  (Commission
File Number)
  I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
     
100 West Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, Connecticut   06830
     
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(203) 661-1100


(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

None


(Former name, former address and former fiscal year,
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):

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

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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))
 
 

 


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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
SIGNATURE PAGE
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-99.1 PRESS RELEASE


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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

A copy of the press release issued by UST Inc. on Tuesday, April 26, 2005 describing its results of operations for, and its financial condition as of, the quarter ended March 31, 2005, is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c) Exhibits

Exhibit 99.1  Press Release dated April 26, 2005

 


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SIGNATURE PAGE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

         
Dated: April 26, 2005   UST INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ James D. Patracuolla    
    Name:   James D. Patracuolla   
    Title:   Vice President and Controller   
 

 


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EXHIBIT INDEX

     
Exhibit No.   Document Description
99.1  
Press Release dated April 26, 2005