Metretek Technologies 8-K
 

 
 
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): November 7, 2006
 
METRETEK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
 
         
Delaware   0-19793   84-11698358
(State or other jurisdiction   (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer
of incorporation)       Identification No.)
303 East 17th Avenue, Suite 660
Denver, Colorado 80203

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (303) 785-8080
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
     On November 8, 2006, Metretek Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company), will be presenting at the Roth Capital Partners 2006 Pacific Growth Equities Technology Conference being held at the W Hotel in San Francisco, California. This presentation, to be given by W. Phillip Marcum, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, A. Bradley Gabbard, the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, and Sidney Hinton, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company’s PowerSecure, Inc. subsidiary, will include information about the business, operations, financial results, prospects and strategies of the Company and its subsidiaries. One or more of Messrs. Marcum, Gabbard and Hinton, as well as other executive officers of the Company, may also be giving this investment presentation from time to time, on or after November 7, 2006, to other investors, investment analysts and other members of the financial and investment community. A copy of this investment presentation is available on the Company’s website at www.metretek.com under “Investor Info”, and is also attached to this Report as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by this reference.
     The presentation attached to this Report contains forward-looking statements made within the meaning of and pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are all statements other than statements of historical facts, including but not limited to statements concerning the plans, intentions, expectations, projections, hopes, beliefs, objectives, goals and strategies of management, such as statements about future earnings, revenues, cash flows and other future financial and non-financial items, performance or events; statements about current and proposed products, services, markets, technologies or businesses; and statements of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance or events and are subject to a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed, projected or implied by such forward-looking statements. Important risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to, the timely and successful development, production and market acceptance of new and enhanced products, services and technologies of the Company’s subsidiaries; the size, timing and terms of sales and orders, including large customer orders, and the risk of customers delaying, deferring or canceling purchase orders or making smaller purchases than expected; the ability of the Company’s subsidiaries to obtain adequate supplies of key components and materials for their products and technologies on a timely and cost-effective basis; the ability of PowerSecure to successfully expand its core distributed generation products and services, to successfully develop and achieve market acceptance of its new energy-related businesses, to manage its growth and to address the effects of any future changes in tariff structures and environmental requirements on its business solutions; the effects from time to time of hurricanes and other severe weather conditions on the demand for Southern Flow’s products and services; the ability of Metretek Florida to successfully develop and expand its products, service, technologies and markets; the effects of competition; changes in customer and industry demand and preferences; the ability of the Company to attract, retain and motivate key personnel; the effects of competition; the ability of the Company to secure and maintain key contracts and relationships; the effects of pending and future litigation, claims and disputes; changes in the energy industry generally and in the natural gas and electricity industries in particular, including price levels; general economic, market and business conditions; and other risks, uncertainties and other factors identified from time to time in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005, as well as in subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including reports on Forms 10-Q and 8-K. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that the results expressed, projected or implied by any forward-looking statements will be achieved, and readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements.

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The forward-looking statements in the presentation speak only as of the date thereof and are based on the current plans, goals, objectives, strategies, intentions, expectations and assumptions of, and the information currently available to, management. The Company assumes no duty or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements for any reason, whether as the result of changes in expectations, new information, future events, conditions or circumstances or otherwise.
     The information in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, and such information shall not be deemed 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.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
     (d) Exhibits
  99.1   Investment Presentation, dated November 8, 2006, of Metretek Technologies, Inc.

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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 hereunto duly authorized.
             
    METRETEK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ W. Phillip Marcum    
 
     
 
W. Phillip Marcum
   
 
      President and Chief Executive Officer    
 
           
Dated: November 7, 2006
           

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