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): July 1, 2014
CENTAUR GUERNSEY L.P. INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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| Guernsey | | 001-09913 | | 98-1022387 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | | (Commission File Number) | | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
12930 West Interstate 10, San Antonio, Texas 78249
(Address of principal executive offices)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (210) 524-9000
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 June 30, 2014 , our wholly owned subsidiary, Kinetic Concepts, Inc., (KCI) entered into a settlement and release agreement (the “Settlement Agreement”) with Wake Forest University Health Sciences (Wake Forest), to fully and finally resolve the pending patent disputes between them regarding Wake Forest’s negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) patents formerly licensed to KCI. The Settlement Agreement resolves all disputes between KCI and Wake Forest, and their respective affiliates, related to Wake Forest’s NPWT patents that were the subject of a 1993 license agreement between KCI and Wake Forest, and detailed in our previous disclosures. To fully resolve all the pending disputes between KCI and Wake Forest, KCI agreed to pay Wake Forest retrospective U.S. patent royalties in the amount of $280 million, according to the following schedule: $80 million to be paid in July, 2014, $85 million to be paid in June 2015, $85 million to be paid in June 2016, and $30 million to be paid in June, 2017.
The Settlement Agreement includes a stipulated dismissal with prejudice of the lawsuits between KCI and Wake Forest, including the lawsuit that was previously scheduled to begin trial on July 28, 2014 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, San Antonio Division.
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.
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| | | | CENTAUR GUERNSEY L.P. INC. |
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| Date: June 30, 2014 | | | | By: | | /s/ John T. Bibb |
| | | | | | Name: John T. Bibb |
| | | | | | Title: Executive Vice President and General Counsel |
