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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 Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 12, 2005

DANIELSON HOLDING CORPORATION

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
         
Delaware   1-6732   95-6021257
         
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

40 Lane Road Fairfield, New Jersey            07004
(Address of principal executive offices)     (Zip Code)

(973) 882-9000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)


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

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

     Beginning on May 12, 2005, Credit Suisse First Boston and Goldman Sachs Credit Partners, L.P. will provide certain information concerning Danielson Holding Corporation (the “Company”) and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Covanta Energy Corporation (“Covanta”), to third-party prospective lenders in connection with a debt financing package necessary to finance the acquisition of American Ref-Fuel Holdings Corp., as well as to refinance the existing recourse debt of Covanta and provide additional liquidity for the Company. These materials contain certain previously undisclosed information which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference. The information included in Exhibit 99.1 updates and supersedes similar information furnished in Exhibit 99.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on March 7, 2005. This information includes certain non-GAAP financial information as identified in Exhibit 99.1.

     The information in this Form 8-K and Exhibit 99.1 is furnished pursuant to Item 7.01, “Regulation FD Disclosure,” and, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing, shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(a)   Financial Statements of Business Acquired – Not Applicable
 
(b)   Pro Forma Financial Information – Not Applicable
 
(c)   Exhibits
       
  Exhibit No.   Exhibit

  99.1     Certain information provided to and by Goldman Sachs Credit Partners, L.P. and Credit Suisse First Boston

 


 

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 thereunto duly authorized.

Date: May 12, 2005

DANIELSON HOLDING CORPORATION
(Registrant)

         
     
By:   /s/ Timothy J. Simpson    
Name:   Timothy J. Simpson,   
Title:   Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary   

 


 

DANIELSON HOLDING CORPORATION

EXHIBIT INDEX

       
  Exhibit No.   Exhibit

  99.1     Certain information provided to and by Goldman Sachs Credit Partners, L.P. and Credit Suisse First Boston