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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):
February 1, 2013
GSI GROUP INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| New Brunswick, Canada | 001-35083 | 98-0110412 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| 125 Middlesex Turnpike Bedford, Massachusetts |
01730 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (781) 266-5700
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
On February 1, 2013, GSI Group Inc. (the “Company”) and the Company’s wholly owned subsidiaries, GSI Group Corporation, as Borrower, and NDS Surgical Imaging, LLC, as New Borrower, entered into a joinder and amendment agreement (the “Joinder and Amendment Agreement”) to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated December 27, 2012, by and among GSI Group Corporation, GSI Group Inc., Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Linder, L/C Issuer and lender, Silicon Valley Bank, as Syndication Agent and lender, HSBC Bank USA, N.A. as Documentation Agent and lender, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., TD Bank, N.A., and Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., each as lenders (the “Amended and Restated Credit Agreement”).
The Joinder and Amendment Agreement joins NDS Surgical Imaging, LLC as a co-Borrower under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, amends certain other provisions of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement to reflect such change and expands certain existing exceptions to the negative covenants related to debt and investments.
This description of the Joinder and Amendment Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Joinder and Amendment Agreement, a copy of which is filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K (this “Current Report”) as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 2.03. | Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant |
The information set forth in Item 1.01 in connection with the Joinder and Amendment Agreement is incorporated in this Item 2.03 by reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits:
| Exhibit |
Description | |
| 10.1 | Joinder and Amendment Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2013, by and among GSI Group Corporation, NDS Surgical Imaging, LLC, GSI Group Inc., Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer, and the other lenders party thereto. | |
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.
| GSI Group Inc. | ||||||
| (Registrant) | ||||||
| Date: February 7, 2013 | By: | /s/ Robert J. Buckley | ||||
| Robert J. Buckley | ||||||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||||||