SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13
OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT
OF 1934
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Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): July 22, 2003
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
| Canada (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
1-1143 (Commission file number) |
98-0000676 (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Company’s telephone number, including area code: (416) 361-7511
N/A
(Former name or former
address, if changed since last report)
Item 12. Results of Operations and Financial Condition
| On July 22, 2003, Inco Limited (the “Registrant”) issued a press release covering its results for the second quarter of 2003 ended June 30, 2003. This release included information on the Registrant’s adjusted net earnings and net earnings in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles (“Canadian GAAP”), the principles covering the Registrant’s primary financial statements, for that quarter and the first six months of 2003 as compared with the corresponding periods of 2002 and a reconciliation of such adjusted net earnings to net earnings in accordance with Canadian GAAP. The press release also noted that, given a strike at the Registrant’s Ontario operations which began June 1, 2003 and the effect of this strike on production of its principal metals and other key aspects of its businesses and results of operations, the Registrant will not comment on whether it is comfortable with the current First Call mean consensus for the Registrant’s adjusted net earnings estimate for 2003 based upon certain assumptions. The Registrant has provided in this press release certain sensitivity analyses relating to the effect of different assumed durations of the strike at its Ontario operations on production of certain metals and certain other information. A copy of the press release issued by the Registrant is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K. |
Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits
The following Exhibit is furnished as part of this Report:
(1) Exhibit 99
| (99.1) | Press release of the Registrant dated July 22, 2003 covering Registrant’s second quarter 2003 financial and operating results. |
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.
| INCO LIMITED By: /s/ Stuart F. Feiner Stuart F. Feiner Executive Vice-President General Counsel and Secretary |
Date: July 22, 2003
| Exhibit No. | Description | Page |
(1) Exhibit 99
| (99.1) | Press release of the Registrant dated July 22, 2003 covering second quarter 2003 financial and operating results. |