UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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) : August 13, 2002
TOWER AUTOMOTIVE, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
DELAWARE
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
1-12733 41-1746238
(Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
5211 Cascade Road, SE, Suite 300
Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(616) 802-1600
(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
NOT APPLICABLE
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure
On August 13, 2002, the Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Financial Officer, respectively, each filed sworn statements pursuant to
the Commission's Order issued on June 27, 2002 pursuant to Section 21 (a)
(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. A copy of each of those oaths
is attached.
Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits
(c) Exhibits
99.1 Statement Under Oath of the Chief Executive Officer of Tower
Automotive, Inc. pursuant to the Commission's Order dated June
27, 2002 under Section 21(a)(1) of the Securities and Exchange
Act.
99.2 Statement Under Oath of the Chief Financial Officer of Tower
Automotive, Inc. pursuant to the Commission's Order dated June
27, 2002 under Section 21(a)(1) of the Securities and Exchange
Act.
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.
TOWER AUTOMOTIVE, INC.
Date: August 13, 2002 By: /s/ Anthony A. Barone
Anthony A. Barone, Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer (Principal Accounting and
Financial Officer)
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EXHIBIT 99.1
TOWER AUTOMOTIVE, INC.
Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial
Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings
I, Dugald K. Campbell, state and attest that:
(1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports
of Tower Automotive, Inc. and, except as corrected or supplemented in a
subsequent covered report:
- no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as
of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a
report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on
which it was filed); and
- no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make
the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period
covered by such report (or in the case of a repor on Form 8-K or
definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed).
(2) I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's audit
committee.
(3) In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or
before the date of this statement, is a "covered report":
- the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission for the
period ended December 31, 2001 of Tower Automotive, Inc.;
- all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive
proxy materials of Tower Automotive, Inc. filed with the Commission
subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and
- any amendments to any of the foregoing.
/s/ Dugald K. Campbell
___________________________________ Subscribed and sworn to before me
Dugald K. Campbell, this 12th day of August 2002.
Principal Executive Officer
August 12, 2002 /s/ Lyndann Adam
_________________________________
Notary Public
My Commission Expires: 6-5-06
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EXHIBIT 99.2
TOWER AUTOMOTIVE, INC.
Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial
Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings
I, Anthony A. Barone, state and attest that:
(1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports
of Tower Automotive, Inc. and, except as corrected or supplemented in a
subsequent covered report:
- no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as
of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a
report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on
which it was filed); and
- no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make
the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period
covered by such report (or in the case of a repor on Form 8-K or
definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed).
(2) I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's audit
committee.
(3) In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or
before the date of this statement, is a "covered report":
- the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission for the
period ended December 31, 2001 of Tower Automotive, Inc.;
- all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive
proxy materials of Tower Automotive, Inc. filed with the Commission
subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and
- any amendments to any of the foregoing.
/s/ Anthony A. Barone
___________________________________ Subscribed and sworn to before me
Anthony A. Barone, this 12th day of August 2002.
Principal Financial Officer
August 12, 2002 /s/ Lyndann Adam
_________________________________
Notary Public
My Commission Expires: 6/5/06
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