Armstrong World Industries, Inc. and Armstrong Holdings, Inc.

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report: November 30, 2004

(Date of earliest event reported)

 

ARMSTRONG HOLDINGS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its chapter)

 

Pennsylvania   000-50408   23-3033414

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

  (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

P.O. Box 3001, Lancaster, Pennsylvania   17604
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (717) 397-0611

 

ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its chapter)

 

Pennsylvania   1-2116   23-0366390

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

  (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

P.O. Box 3001, Lancaster, Pennsylvania   17604
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (717) 397-0611

 

NA

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

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Section 8 – Other Events

 

Item 8.01. Other Events.

 

On November 23, 2004, U.S. District Judge Eduardo Robreno held a status conference on Armstrong’s Chapter 11 case. The agenda for the conference was how to proceed with the case following the Bankruptcy Court’s December 2003 proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law and its proposed confirmation order for Armstrong’s Plan of Reorganization (the “Plan”). Judge Robreno replaced Judge Alfred Wolin as the U.S. District Judge overseeing the matter earlier this year. No proceedings in the U.S. District Court had been held in this case since the status of the prior judge was challenged in a related case in late 2003.

 

The Unsecured Creditors Committee, in the status report filed with the Court, had raised objections to the proposed confirmation order and related issues. Judge Robreno scheduled a hearing to consider those objections at 10 a.m. on December 15 in Philadelphia. A copy of the U.S. District Court’s Order to this effect is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.

 

Based on the hearing, the Court is expected to decide whether the Plan is to be immediately approved, or whether further proceedings are necessary. The Company continues to support Court approval of the Plan, but it is unable to predict when and if it will be confirmed. Therefore, the timing and terms of a resolution of the Company’s Chapter 11 case remains uncertain.

 

Section 9 – Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(c) Exhibits

 

No. 99.1 Order of the U.S. District Court dated November 23, 2004.

 


 

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.

 

ARMSTRONG HOLDINGS, INC.

By:   /s/    WALTER T. GANGL         
    Walter T. Gangl
    Deputy General Counsel and Assistant Secretary
   

ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC.

    By:   /s/    WALTER T. GANGL         
        Walter T. Gangl
        Assistant Secretary

 

Date: November 30, 2004

 


 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description


No. 99.1    Order of the U.S. District Court dated November 23, 2004.