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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 15, 2011


SYNERGETICS USA, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

001-10382

20-5715943

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

3845 Corporate Centre Drive

O’Fallon, Missouri

 

63368

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)


(636) 939-5100
(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:

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

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officer; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.

On November 15, 2011, Synergetics USA, Inc. issued a press release announcing that it plans to strengthen its independent board member governance at its annual meeting on December 13, 2011.  A copy of this press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference. The information contained in the website is not a part of this Current Report on Form 8-K.

The information under this Item 5.02, including Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of such section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

  (d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.   Description of Exhibit
99.1 Press release of Synergetics USA, Inc., dated November 15, 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.

Dated:

November 15, 2011

 

 

SYNERGETICS USA, INC.

(Registrant)

 

 

By:

/s/ Pamela G. Boone

Name:

Pamela G. Boone

Title:

EVP and Chief Financial Officer