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): March 9, 2005
Acusphere, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
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000-50405 | | 04-3208947 |
(Commission File Number) | | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
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500 Arsenal Street | | |
Watertown, MA | | 02472 |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | | (Zip Code) |
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(617) 648-8800 |
(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:
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
On March 9, 2005, Acusphere, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Contract Work Authorization (Form 2) Release No. 2 for Agency Procurements and a Contract Work Authorization (Form 1) Release No. 3 for Engineering and Construction Management Services with Parsons Commercial Technology Inc. (“Parsons”). The work authorizations represent extensions of the Company’s previously announced agreements with Parsons, covering the period ending on February 28, 2005, and authorizes Parsons to continue to perform on behalf of the Company certain equipment procurement services and engineering, design and construction management services in connection with the build-out of the Company’s commercial manufacturing facility in Tewksbury, Massachusetts for the period ending April 1, 2005. The total incremental increase in value of these agreements, as extended, is $921,307. Copies of the Contract Work Authorizations are furnished as Exhibit 10.1 and Exhibit 10.2 to this report.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
The following exhibit is furnished as part of this report, where indicated:
(c) Exhibits.
Exhibit No. | | Description |
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10.1 | | Contract Work Authorization (Form 2) Release No. 2 for Agency Procurements |
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10.2 | | Contract Work Authorization (Form 1) Release No. 3 for Engineering and Construction Management Services |
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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.
| ACUSPHERE, INC. |
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Dated: March 14, 2005 | By: | /s/ John F. Thero | |
| | Name: | John F. Thero |
| | Title: | Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number | | Description |
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10.1 | | Contract Work Authorization (Form 2) Release No. 2 for Agency Procurements |
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10.2 | | Contract Work Authorization (Form 1) Release No. 3 for Engineering and Construction Management Services |
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