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): December 10, 2004
CIRCOR INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
| DELAWARE | 001-14962 | 04-3477276 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission file number) | (IRS employer identification no.) |
C/O CIRCOR, INC.
25 CORPORATE DRIVE, SUITE 130
BURLINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS 01803-4238
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(781) 270-1200
(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 (seeGeneral Instruction A.2. below):
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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure
On December 10, 2004, CIRCOR International, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release regarding an agreement to acquire the remaining forty percent interest in its Chinese joint venture, Suzhou KF Valve Company Ltd., located in Suzhou, China for $6.75 million. A copy of this press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.
The information in this form 8-K and the Exhibit attached hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 ( the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by special reference in such filing.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| Date: December 13, 2004 | CIRCOR INTERNATIONAL, INC. | |||
/S/ Kenneth W. Smith | ||||
| By: | Kenneth W. Smith | |||
| Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | ||||
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| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 99.1 | Press release dated December 10, 2004 |
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