Ryder System Inc.
 

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): July 23, 2004

RYDER SYSTEM, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Florida   1-4364   59-0739250
  		 
  		 
 
(State or other
jurisdiction of
incorporation or
organization) 		  (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
     
3600 NW 82nd Avenue
Miami, Florida 		  33166
  		 
 
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

(305) 500-3726

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

Item 7(c). Exhibits

     The following exhibits are furnished as part of this Report on Form 8-K:

     
Exhibit 99.1
  Press Release, dated July 23, 2004, reporting Ryder System, Inc.’s financial results for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2004.
 
    
Exhibit 99.2
  Presentation prepared for a conference call and webcast held on July 23, 2004, relating to Ryder System, Inc.’s financial results for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2004.

Item 12. Results of Operation and Financial Condition

     On July 23, 2004, Ryder System, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release reporting its financial results for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2004 (the “Press Release”). The Company also hosted a conference call and webcast on July 23, 2004, during which a presentation was made on the Company’s financial results for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2004 (the “Presentation”). The Press Release and the Presentation are available on the Company’s website and are attached hereto as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, respectively.

     The Press Release and the Presentation include information regarding the Company’s earnings excluding gain on headquarters sale and earnings per share excluding gain on headquarters sale, each of which is a non-GAAP financial measure as defined by SEC regulations. The Company believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information to investors as the measures exclude from the Company’s GAAP earnings a one-time gain unrelated to the Company’s ongoing business operations.

     The information in this Report, including Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, are being furnished pursuant to Item 12 of Form 8-K and General Instruction B.2 thereunder. Such information shall not be deemed filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

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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.

         
Date: July 23, 2004  RYDER SYSTEM, INC.
(Registrant)
 		  
  By:   /s/ Tracy A. Leinbach    
    Tracy A. Leinbach   
    Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer   
 

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