SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

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: November 1, 2002

 

Commission file number 1-3295

MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

25-1190717
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

The Chrysler Building
405 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York
(address of principal executive office)



10174-1901

(Zip Code)

 

(212) 878-1800
(Registrant's telephone number including area code)

 

 

 


Item 9.         Regulation FD Disclosure

        On November 1, 2002, Minerals Technologies Inc. filed a quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 29, 2002. Pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the quarterly report was accompanied by the attached certification.

 

(c)     Exhibits

          99     Certification accompanying quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed by Minerals Technologies Inc. on November 1, 2002.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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, thereunto duly authorized.

 

MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES INC.

 

 

By:  Neil M. Bardach                           

Neil M. Bardach

 

Vice President-Finance and
Chief Financial Officer; Treasurer
(principal financial officer)

 

 

 

Date: November 1, 2002

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

Description

99

Certification accompanying quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed by Minerals Technologies Inc. on November 1, 2002.

 

 

Certification

Certification

Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

(Subsections (a) and (b) of Section 1350, Chapter 63 of Title 18, United States Code)

 

            Pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (subsections (a) and (b) of Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18, United States Code), each of the undersigned officers of Minerals Technologies Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), does hereby certify that:

            The Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 29, 2002 (the "Form 10-Q") of the Company fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and information contained in the Form 10-Q fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

Dated: October 31, 2002

/s/ Paul R. Saueracker


   Paul R. Saueracker

   Chief Executive Officer

   and Director

   

Dated: October 31, 2002

/s/ Neil M. Bardach


   Neil M. Bardach

   Vice President-Finance and

   Chief Financial Officer; Treasurer

 

            The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (subsections (a) and (b) of Section 1350, Chapter 63 of Title 18, United States Code) and is not being filed as part of the Form 10-Q or as a separate disclosure document.