This 2012 Annual Report to Shareowners (2012 Annual Report)
contains statements which, to the extent they are not statements of
historical or present fact, constitute forward-looking statements
under the securities laws. From time to time, oral or written forwardlooking
statements may also be included in other materials released
to the public. These forward-looking statements are intended to
provide management”s current expectations or plans for our future
operating and financial performance, based on assumptions currently
believed to be valid. Forward-looking statements can be identified
by the use of words such as believe,
expect,
expectations,
plans,
strategy,
prospects,
estimate,
project,
target,
anticipate,
will,
should,
see,
guidance,
confident
and other words of similar meaning in connection with a
discussion of future operating or financial performance. Forwardlooking
statements may include, among other things, statements
relating to future sales, earnings, cash flow, results of operations,
uses of cash and other measures of financial performance. All
forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties and other
factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those
expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. For those
statements we claim the protection of the safe harbor for forwardlooking
statements contained in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. Such risks, uncertainties and other
factors include, without limitation:
In addition, our Annual Report on Form 10-K for 2012
includes important information as to risks, uncertainties and other
factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those
expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. See the
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
under the heading
Contingent Liabilities,
the section titled Management’s Discussion
and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
under the headings Business Overview,
Critical
Accounting Estimates,
Results of Operations,
and Liquidity and
Financial Condition,
and the section titled Risk Factors.
Our
Annual Report on Form 10-K for 2012 also includes important
information as to these factors in the Business
section under the
headings General,
Description of Business by Segment
and
Other Matters Relating to Our Business as a Whole,
and in the
Legal Proceedings
section. Additional important information as to
these factors is included in this 2012 Annual Report in the section
titled Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations
under the headings
Environmental Matters
and Restructuring Costs.
The forwardlooking
statements speak only as of the date of this report or, in the
case of any document incorporated by reference, the date of that
document. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise
any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise, except as required by
applicable law. Additional information as to factors that may cause
actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in
the forward-looking statements are disclosed from time to time in
our other filings with the SEC.