8-K

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): September 29, 2009

L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.
L-3 Communications Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrants as Specified in Charter)

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

001-14141	13-3937434
333-46983	13-3937436
(Commission File Numbers)	(IRS Employer Identification Nos.)

600 Third Avenue, New York, New York	10016
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

(212) 697-1111

(Registrants’ 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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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SECTION 8 — OTHER EVENTS

Item 8.01. OTHER EVENTS.

L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. issued a press release today announcing that L-3 Communications Corporation, its wholly owned subsidiary, intends to issue senior notes. A copy of this press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.

SECTION 9 — FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

     (D) EXHIBITS.

Exhibit
Number	Title
99	Press release, dated September 29, 2009, issued by L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.

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-3 COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC. L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
By:	/s/ Ralph G. D’Ambrosio
	Name:	Ralph G. D’Ambrosio
	Title:	Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)

Dated: September 29, 2009

EX-99

Exhibit 99

L-3 COMMUNICATIONS ANNOUNCES SENIOR NOTE OFFERING

NEW YORK —(BUSINESS WIRE)— September 29, 2009—L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: LLL) announced today that L-3 Communications Corporation, wholly owned subsidiary, intends to issue $750 million of senior notes in a private placement. The notes will be offered within the United States only to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The notes will also be offered outside the United States to non-U.S. investors.

Subject to the successful consummation of this offering, L-3 intends to use the net proceeds from the offering and cash on hand to redeem the company’s $750 million 7 5/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due in June 2012 and to repay its $650 million outstanding term loan. In connection with the repayment of the term loan, the company plans to replace its $1.0 billion revolving credit facility with a new three-year revolving credit facility of at least $750 million.

The securities to be offered have not been registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws and, unless so registered, may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any security and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offering would be unlawful.

Headquartered in New York City, L-3 Communications employs over 66,000 people worldwide and is a prime contractor in aircraft modernization and maintenance, C³ISR (Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance) systems and government services. L-3 is also a leading provider of high technology products, subsystems and systems. The company reported 2008 sales of $14.9 billion.

To learn more about L-3, please visit the company’s Web site at www.L-3com.com. L-3 uses its Web site as a channel of distribution of material company information. Financial and other material information regarding L-3 is routinely posted on the company’s Web site and is readily accessible.

Safe Harbor Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

Except for historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this news release are forward-looking statements. Statements that are predictive in nature, that depend upon or refer to events or conditions or that include words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “estimates,” “will,” “could” and similar expressions are forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements set forth above involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from any such statement, including the risks and uncertainties discussed in the company’s Safe Harbor Compliance Statement for Forward-looking Statements included in the company’s recent filings, including Forms 10-K and 10-Q, with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements speak only as of the date made, and the company undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements.

Source: L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.

L-3 Communications
Corporate Communications, 212-697-1111