================================================================================ 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): December 13, 2002 Commission file number: 0-12742 SPIRE CORPORATION ----------------------------------------------------------- (Name of small business issuer as specified in its charter) Massachusetts 04-2457335 - ------------------------------- ---------------- (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification Number) One Patriots Park, Bedford, Massachusetts 01730-2396 - ---------------------------------------- ---------- (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code) (781) 275-6000 ------------------------------------------------ (Issuer's telephone number, including area code) ================================================================================ ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS - -------------------- Spire Corporation (the "Company") hereby provides certain unaudited financial information reflecting its transfer of an exclusive patent license for a hemodialysis split-tip catheter to a wholly owned subsidiary of C.R. Bard, Inc. in exchange for up to $16 million and a sublicense from C.R. Bard, Inc. The Company originally announced the transaction in its October 22, 2002 filing of a Current Report on Form 8-K. The accompanying financial information is set forth as an unaudited balance sheet dated as of October 31, 2002, appearing in Exhibit 99 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. The unaudited balance sheet is intended to show, among other matters, an increase in the Company's unaudited stockholders' equity, as a result of cash received in the transaction referred to above which more than fulfills the requirements of Nasdaq. ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, UNAUDITED FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- (c) Exhibits 99 Unaudited Balance Sheet dated October 31, 2002. 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. Spire Corporation (Registrant) Dated: December 13, 2002 By: /s/ Roger G. Little --------------------------------------- Roger G. Little President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board 2 EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit Description Page Number - ------- ----------- ----------- 99 Unaudited Financial Statements dated October 31, 2002. 4 3