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 16, 2011
Owens Corning
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| DE | 1-33100 | 43-2109021 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||
| One Owens Corning Parkway Toledo, OH |
43659 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
419-248-8000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
On December 16, 2011, Owens Corning Sales, LLC and Owens Corning Receivables LLC, each a subsidiary of Owens Corning (the “Company”), entered into an amended and restated receivables purchase agreement (the “Amended RPA”) related to the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ $250 million trade receivables financing facility. The commitments of the financial institutions under the Amended RPA expire on December 16, 2014. A copy of the Amended RPA is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1. The foregoing description of the modifications to the trade receivables financing facility pursuant to the Amended RPA does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amended RPA.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| 10.1 | Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of December 16, 2011. |
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.
| Owens Corning | ||||||||
| Date: December 19, 2011 | By: | /s/ John W. Christy | ||||||
| Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | ||||||||
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| 10.1 | Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of December 16, 2011. |