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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 5, 2004
Eastman Kodak Company
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
New Jersey 1-87 16-0417150
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(State or Other Jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer
of Incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
343 State Street,
Rochester, New York 14650
(Address of Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code (585) 724-4000
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ITEM 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of
Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers
On November 8, 2004, Eastman Kodak Company announced that its board of
directors (board) elected Dr. Michael Hawley, Director of Special
Projects at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, to the Company's
board on November 5, 2004. In connection with this election, Dr.
Hawley was named to the Finance and the Corporate Responsibility and
Governance Committees of the board. Dr. Hawley's election to the board
and to the related committees will be effective December 1, 2004.
See press release dated November 8, 2004, which is filed along with
this document as Exhibit (99.1).
ITEM 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(c) Exhibits
(99.1) Eastman Kodak Company press release dated November 8, 2004
regarding the election of Michael Hawley to the board of directors.
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.
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
By: /s/ Richard G. Brown,Jr.
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Richard G. Brown, Jr.
Controller
Date: November 8, 2004
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EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit No.
(99.1) Eastman Kodak Company press release dated November 8, 2004.
Exhibit (99.1)
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
Media Contact:
Gerard Meuchner
585-724-4513
gerard.meuchner@kodak.com
Kodak Board Elects MIT's Michael Hawley to Board of
Directors
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Nov. 8 - Eastman Kodak Company said today
that Dr. Michael Hawley, Director of Special Projects at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was named to the
company's board of directors, effective December 1, 2004.
Dr. Hawley is also the founder of Friendly Planet, a
non-profit organization working to provide better
educational opportunities for children in developing regions
of the world. Prior to his current position at MIT, he spent
10 years as a member of the renowned MIT Media Lab, which
explores the way electronic information overlaps with
everyday life.
"Mike brings to the Kodak board a new generation of
thinking and an intimate knowledge of the digital world so
vital to Kodak's growth," said Daniel A. Carp, Kodak's
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "We look forward to
having one of the leading minds of the digital age
contribute to our discussions."
Dr. Hawley, 42, has been the Alex. W. Dreyfoos
Assistant Professor of Media Technology at the MIT Media
Lab, and a principal investigator and co-founder of Things
That Think, a groundbreaking research program that examines
the way digital media infuses itself into everyday objects.
Dr. Hawley's career has involved such disciplines as
psychology and human-computer interfaces (while working for
Bell Laboratories), computer music (while at IRCAM) and
digital cinema (at Lucasfilm Ltd.). He has done work on the
fundamental graphics interfaces that drive audio production,
digital video editing and computer graphics. He is also
credited with creating the world's first library of digital
books, including digital editions of Shakespeare and Merriam
Webster's dictionary, while working at NeXT Computer Inc.
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An avid photographer, Dr. Hawley received undergraduate
degrees in music and computer science from Yale University
and did his doctoral work at MIT.
This election brings the Kodak board membership to 13
members, only two of whom, Daniel Carp and Antonio M. Perez,
President and Chief Operating Officer, are employees of the
company.
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