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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):   September 7, 2016

TransEnterix, Inc.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     
Delaware 0-19437 11-2962080
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(State or other jurisdiction
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(Commission
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(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
      
635 Davis Drive, Suite 300, Morrisville, North Carolina   27560
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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(Zip Code)
     
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   919-765-8400

Not Applicable
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Former name or former address, if changed since last report

 

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

TransEnterix, Inc. (the “Company”) and its U.S.-based subsidiaries are parties to that certain Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated September 26, 2014, as amended in August 2015, September 2015, November 2015 and April 16, 2016 (collectively, the Loan Agreement”), with the lenders party thereto (the “Lenders”) and Oxford Finance LLC, as collateral agent for the Lenders (the “Collateral Agent”). On September 7, 2016, the Company and such subsidiaries entered into the Fifth Amendment to the Loan Agreement (the “Fifth Amendment”). The Fifth Amendment provides more flexibility to the Company with respect to its intercompany activities with its foreign subsidiaries and adds an affirmative covenant requiring the Company to keep a specified minimum cash balance in accounts held with the Lender.

The foregoing is a summary of the Fifth Amendment and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Fifth Amendment, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

         
Exhibit   No.     Description
  10.1 *    
Fifth Amendment to Amended and Restated Loan and Security
Agreement, dated September 7, 2016, by and among
TransEnterix, Inc., TransEnterix Surgical, Inc., SafeStitch
LLC and TransEnterix International, Inc., as Borrower, and
Oxford Finance LLC, as Lender and Collateral Agent, and
Silicon Valley Bank, as Lender.
  10.2    
Amended and Restated Loan Agreement, dated September 26,
2014, among the Borrowers and the Lenders and Collateral
Agent, as amended by the First Amendment thereto, dated
August 14, 2015, the Consent and Second Amendment thereto,
dated September 18, 2015, the Third Amendment thereto, dated
November 13, 2015 and the Fourth Amendment thereto
(incorporated by reference, respectively, to the Company’s
Current Report on Form 8-K, filed September 30, 2014 (Loan
Agreement), the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed
August 17, 2015 (First Amendment), the Company’s Current
Report on Form 8-K, filed September 21, 2015 (Consent and
Second Amendment), the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K,
filed November 16, 2015 (Third Amendment) and the Company’s
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31,
2016, filed on May 10, 2016 (Fourth Amendment)).

• filed herewith


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.

         
    TransEnterix, Inc.
          
September 8, 2016   By:   /s/ Joseph P. Slattery
       
        Name: Joseph P. Slattery
        Title: EVP and CFO


Exhibit Index


     
Exhibit No.   Description

 
10.1
  Fifth Amendment to Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated September 7, 2016, by and among TransEnterix, Inc., TransEnterix Surgical, Inc., SafeStitch LLC and TransEnterix International, Inc., as Borrower, and Oxford Finance LLC, as Lender and Collateral Agent, and Silicon Valley Bank, as Lender.