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): August 21, 2009

 

 

KVH Industries, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware     0-28082

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

     (Commission File Number)
  05-0420589  
  (IRS Employer Identification No.)  

 

50 Enterprise Center

Middletown, RI

   02842
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (401) 847-3327

 

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

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 8.01. OTHER EVENTS

KVH Industries, Inc. (the Company or KVH) today announced the activation of its mini-VSAT Broadbandsm service in Australian and New Zealand waters following the successful completion of satellite testing. The new coverage area is the first significant expansion of the mini-VSAT Broadband service in the southern hemisphere. Together with the recent addition of coverage in Asia-Pacific waters, it significantly expands the capacity of the mini-VSAT Broadband network to support both leisure boaters as well as the vital commercial shipping markets in the region.

A copy of the Company’s press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1. The press release is incorporated by reference herein and the foregoing description of the press release is qualified in its entirety by reference to the attached exhibit.

 

ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

99.1   August 21, 2009 press release entitled “KVH mini-VSAT Broadband Service Now Available for Australia and New Zealand” (furnished pursuant to Item 8.01).

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.

 

    KVH INDUSTRIES, INC.
Date: August 21, 2009     BY:  

/S/ PATRICK J. SPRATT

     

Patrick J. Spratt

Chief Financial and Accounting Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

99.1   August 21, 2009 press release entitled “KVH mini-VSAT Broadband Service Now Available for Australia and New Zealand” (furnished pursuant to Item 8.01).