Form 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): December 10, 2004

 

 

CIRCOR INTERNATIONAL, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

DELAWARE   001-14962   04-3477276

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

   (Commission file number)  

(IRS employer

identification no.)

 

C/O CIRCOR, INC.

25 CORPORATE DRIVE, SUITE 130

BURLINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS 01803-4238

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

(781) 270-1200

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

 

On December 10, 2004, CIRCOR International, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release regarding an agreement to acquire the remaining forty percent interest in its Chinese joint venture, Suzhou KF Valve Company Ltd., located in Suzhou, China for $6.75 million. A copy of this press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.

 

The information in this form 8-K and the Exhibit attached hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 ( the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by special reference in such filing.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: December 13, 2004   CIRCOR INTERNATIONAL, INC.
   

/S/ Kenneth W. Smith

    By:   Kenneth W. Smith
        Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

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Exhibit No.
  

Description

99.1   Press release dated December 10, 2004

 

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