ar02188k.htm
UNITED
STATES
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
earliest event
reported:
February 18, 2009
AMR
CORPORATION _
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 1-8400 75-1825172 _
(State of
Incorporation) ( Commission File Number) (IRS
Employer Identification No.)
4333 Amon Carter
Blvd. Fort Worth,
Texas 76155
(Address
of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(817)
963-1234 _
(Registrant's
telephone number)
(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report.)
Check the
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Item
8.01 Other
Events
AMR
Corporation is filing herewith a press release issued on February 18, 2009 as
Exhibit 99.1, which is included herein. This press release was issued
to announce the expiration and results of the put option for AMR’s 4.5% senior
convertible notes due 2024.
SIGNATURE
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.
AMR CORPORATION
/s/ Kenneth W.
Wimberly
Kenneth
W. Wimberly
Corporate
Secretary
Dated: February
18, 2009
EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit Description
CONTACT: Andrew
Backover
Corporate
Communications
Fort Worth, Texas
817-967-1577
corp.comm@aa.com
FOR
RELEASE: Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009
AMR
CORPORATION ANNOUNCES EXPIRATION AND RESULTS OF PUT OPTION
FOR
4.5% SENIOR CONVERTIBLE NOTES DUE 2024
FORT
WORTH, Texas — AMR Corporation (NYSE: AMR) today announced that holders of
$282,911,000 in aggregate principal amount of its 4.5% Senior Convertible Notes
due 2024 (the “Notes”) validly surrendered for purchase their Notes prior to the
expiration of their right, pursuant to the terms of the Notes, to require AMR to
purchase their Notes for cash (the “Put Option”). The Put Option expired at 5:00
p.m., New York City time, on Feb. 13, 2009. AMR has accepted for purchase all of
the Notes validly surrendered for purchase and not withdrawn. The purchase price
for the Notes pursuant to the Put Option was $1,000 in cash per $1,000 principal
amount of the Notes, and the aggregate purchase price for all the Notes validly
surrendered for purchase and not withdrawn was $282,911,000. The Company has
forwarded cash in payment of the aggregate purchase price to Wilmington Trust
Company, as paying agent, for distribution to holders of the Notes in accordance
with the procedures of The Depository Trust Company. Following AMR’s purchase of
the Notes pursuant to the Put Option, $198,000 in aggregate principal amount of
the Notes remains outstanding.
Questions
regarding the Put Option should be directed to Wilmington Trust Company, Rodney
Square North, 1100 North Market Street, 9th Floor, Wilmington, DE, 19890,
Attention: Alisha Clendaniel (302) 636-6470.
This
press release is for informational purposes only and is not an offer to
purchase, or the solicitation of an offer to purchase, the Notes. The offer for
the Notes was made only pursuant to the Company Notice to Holders, dated January
15, 2009, which set forth the complete terms and conditions of the Put
Option.
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