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) August 4, 2004 ------------------- MACDERMID, INCORPORATED ------------------------ (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER) CONNECTICUT 1-13889 06-0435750 ----------- --------- ---------- (STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION (COMMISSION (I.R.S. EMPLOYER OF INCORPORATION) FILE NUMBER) IDENTIFICATION NO.) 245 FREIGHT STREET, WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT 06702 -------------------------------------------------------------- (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES) (ZIP CODE) REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE: (203) 575-5700 -------------- NONE --------------------------------- (FORMER NAME, FORMER ADDRESS AND FORMER FISCAL YEAR, IF CHANGED SINCE LAST REPORT. ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS EXHIBIT NO. DESCRIPTION ------------ ----------- 99.1 Press release, dated August 4, 2004, issued by MacDermid, Inc. ITEM 12. RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION On August 4, 2004, MacDermid, Inc. issued a press release setting forth its earnings for the second fiscal quarter of 2004 ended June 30, 2004. A copy of its press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference. Pursuant to instruction B.6 of Form 8-K, the information contained in this report shall not be deemed to be "filed" with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing. 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. MacDermid, Incorporated (Registrant) Date: August 4, 2004 /s/ Gregory M. Bolingbroke ---------------------------- Senior Vice President, Finance