Form 8-K

 

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): October 14, 2003

Hughes Electronics Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

0-26035   52-1106564
(Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

2250 East Imperial Highway

El Segundo, California

   90245
(Address of Principal Executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

 

(310) 964-0808

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if changed Since Last Report)

 

Item 7.    Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.

 

(c) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.
   

Exhibit

99.1    Press Release, dated October 14, 2003

 

Item 12.    Results of Operations and Financial Condition

 

On October 14, 2003, a news release was issued on the subject of third quarter consolidated financial results by Hughes Electronics Corporation (“Hughes”). The news release did not include certain financial statements, related footnotes and certain other financial information that will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as part of Hughes’ Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. A copy of the press release relating to such announcement, dated October 14, 2003, is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

This information shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

   

HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORPORATION

Date:  October 14, 2003

   By:   

/s/    Michael J. Gaines       

        

Name:  Michael J. Gaines

Title:    Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.
   

Exhibit

99.1    Press Release, dated October 14, 2003