Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): January 27, 2009

 

 

Mercury Computer Systems, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Massachusetts   000-23599   04-2741391

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

199 Riverneck Road, Chelmsford, Massachusetts   01824
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (978) 256-1300

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

Sale of Visage Imaging Business

On January 27, 2009, Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that it signed a definitive agreement and closed on the sale of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Visage Imaging, Inc., and its affiliate, Visage Imaging GmbH, to Australia-based Pro Medicus Limited. A copy of the press release announcing the agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit

  

Description

99.1    Press Release issued by Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. on January 27, 2009.


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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

Dated: January 27, 2009   MERCURY COMPUTER SYSTEMS, INC.
  By:  

/s/ Alex A. Van Adzin

    Alex A. Van Adzin
    Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporation Secretary


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

  

Description

99.1    Press Release issued by Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. on January 27, 2009.