KINGSPORT BASED EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY EXPECTS TO MISS FOURTH QUARTER EARNINGS PROJECTIONS. CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER CURTIS ESPELAND SAID SALES FOR THE PERIOD ARE EXPECTED TO DROP GREATER THAN 20 PERCENT FROM A YEAR AGO. COMPANY OFFICIALS CITE UNPRECEDENTED VOLATILITY IN THE DEMAND FOR RAW MATERIAL COSTS. ANALYSTS EXPECT, ON AVERAGE, FOURTH QUARTER EARNINGS OF 88 CENTS PER SHARE. IN ADDITION, COMPANY OFFICIALS SAID THIS HAS LIMITED VISIBILITY INTO THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2009.