SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

Current Report

Dated January 29, 2004

 

of

 

SCHWEITZER-MAUDUIT INTERNATIONAL, INC.

 

A Delaware Corporation

IRS Employer Identification No. 62-1612879

SEC File Number 1-13948

 

100 North Point Center East, Suite 600

Alpharetta, Georgia  30022-8246

1-800-514-0186

 

 

 

Item 7.             Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.

 

(c)  Exhibits

 

99.1

 

Announcement issued January 26, 2004 of Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc.’s upcoming quarterly earnings press release and conference call scheduled for January 29, 2004.

 

 

 

99.2

 

Fourth Quarter Earnings Press Release of Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc., issued January 29, 2004.

 

Item 9.             Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

The information set forth under this Item 9 is being furnished pursuant to “Item 12.  Disclosure of Results of Operations and Financial Condition” of Form 8-K in accordance with interim guidance provided by the Securities and Exchange Commission in Release Nos. 33-8216 and 34-47583.  Such information, including the Exhibits attached hereto, is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

 

The registrant makes its quarterly earnings press releases and quarterly earnings conference calls, along with certain other information about the Company, available through its web site. The registrant published in Part II of its 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K, under the heading “Company Web Site and Quarterly Earnings Release Dates,” the Company’s web site address and the tentative dates for the Company’s 2003 quarterly earnings press releases and quarterly earnings conference calls.  The published tentative date for the Fourth Quarter 2003 earnings press release and quarterly conference call was January 29, 2004.

 

The Company announced in a press release dated January 26, 2004 that its Fourth Quarter 2003 earnings press release and quarterly conference call would occur on January 29, 2004.  The Company then published its earnings press release dated January 29, 2004.

 

The information in the registrant’s press releases dated January 26, 2004 and January 29, 2004, attached as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, respectively, are incorporated herein by reference.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 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.

 

 

 

Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ PAUL C. ROBERTS

 

 

 

Paul C. Roberts

 

 

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

Dated:  January 29, 2004

 

 

 

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SCHWEITZER-MAUDUIT INTERNATIONAL, INC.

Current Report on Form 8-K

dated January 29, 2004

 

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

99.1

 

Announcement issued January 26, 2004 of Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc.’s upcoming quarterly earnings press release and conference call scheduled for January 29, 2004.

 

 

 

99.2

 

Fourth Quarter Earnings Press Release of Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc., issued January 29, 2004.

 

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