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) | March 29, 2010 (March 23, 2010) | |||
L. B. Foster Company | ||||
| (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) | ||||
| Pennsylvania | 000-10436 | 25-1324733 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||
| 415 Holiday Drive, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | 15220 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
| Registrant’s telephone number, including area code | (412) 928-3417 | |||
| (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.) | ||||
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
On March 23, 2010, the Registrant purchased, pursuant to an Asset Purchase Ageement of even date (the "Purchase Agreement"), from Interlocking Deck Systems International, LLC( "IDSI") certain equipment, inventory, proprietary information, goodwill and other assets related to IDSI's steel bridge decking business. The purchase price for these assets was six million nine hundred seventy thousand dollars ($6,970,000), with $5,020,000 having been paid in cash by March 23, 2010, one million dollars ($1,000,000) being payable on the first anniversary of the Closing, as defined in the Purchase Agreement, and nine hundred fifty thousand dollars ($950,000) being payable on the second anniversary of the Closing, with the deferred payment obligations being embodied in a promissory note. Under the Purchase Agreement, IDSI may continue to use, at IDSI's risk, certain of the equipment and may repurchase, with Registrant's agreement, certain of the inventory in connection with IDSI's completion of backlog and other contractual obligations. The Purchase Agreement is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
10.25 Asset Purchase Agreement between Interlocking Deck Systems International, LLC and L.B. Foster Company, dated March 23, 2010.
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.
L.B. Foster Company
(Registrant)
Date: March 29, 2010
/s/ David J. Russo
David J. Russo
Senior Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit Number | Description |
| 10.25 | Asset Purchase Agreement between Interlocking Deck Systems International, LLC and L.B. Foster Company, dated March 23, 2010. |