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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):  April 20, 2012


AVX Corporation Graphic
 (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware
1-7201
33-0379007
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
     
1 AVX Boulevard
   
Fountain Inn, South Carolina
 
29644
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
     
(864) 967-2150
(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 8.01. Other Events.

On April 20, 2012, AVX Corporation issued a press release regarding its receipt of an EPA enforcement order to implement the additional cleanup work at New Bedford Harbor (the “Press Release”). A copy of the Press Release is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.


Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits
 
Exhibit No.
Description
 
 





 
 


 
 

 

SIGNATURE

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.


Date:  April 20, 2012


AVX CORPORATION


By:
/s/ Kurt P. Cummings
   
Name:
Kurt P. Cummings
Title:
Vice President,
 
Chief Financial Officer,
 
Treasurer and Secretary