-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, SjGOlr0N/1m/vfukfNRcCAgZFE5e+dQg2Sb7D0NzHb8Wl9iv3dzYr/DqR/Q7M4xD MKDL4dESPY6TkHOWBRaBPQ== 0000950135-03-003256.txt : 20030523 0000950135-03-003256.hdr.sgml : 20030523 20030523115729 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950135-03-003256 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20030522 ITEM INFORMATION: Other events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial statements and exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20030523 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GSI LUMONICS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001076930 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SPECIAL INDUSTRY MACHINERY, NEC [3559] IRS NUMBER: 381859358 STATE OF INCORPORATION: A3 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-25705 FILM NUMBER: 03717576 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 105 SCHNEIDER RD KANATA STREET 2: ONTARIO CANADA CITY: K2K 1Y3 STATE: A6 ZIP: 00000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 105 SCHNEIDER RD KANATA STREET 2: ONTARIO CANADA CITY: K2K 1Y3 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: GSI LUMONICS DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19990331 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: LUMONICS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19990115 8-K 1 b46776gse8vk.txt GSI LUMONICS INC. ================================================================================ 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): May 22, 2003 GSI LUMONICS INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) New Brunswick, Canada ---------------------------------------------------------------- (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) 333-71449 98-0110412 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) 39 Manning Road, Billerica, Massachusetts 01821 ---------------------------------------------------------------- (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code) (978) 439-5511 ---------------------------------------------------------------- (Registrant's telephone number, including area code) ================================================================================ ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS. On May 22, 2003 GSI Lumonics Inc. (the Company) issued a press release announcing that its annual general meeting of shareholders will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, June 24, 2003 at the Renaissance Bedford Hotel, Bedford, Massachusetts. A copy of the press release is attached to this report as Exhibit 99.1. ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS. (a) Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired. Not required. (b) Pro Forma Financial Information. Not required. (c) Exhibits. 99.1 Press Release issued May 22, 2003. SIGNATURE Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. GSI LUMONICS INC. (Registrant) Date: May 23, 2003 By: /s/ Charles D. Winston --------------------------------------- Charles D. Winston, President and Chief Executive Officer EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit No. Description - ----------- ----------- 99.1 Press Release issued May 22, 2003. EX-99.1 3 b46776gsexv99w1.txt PRESS RELEASE DATED MAY 22, 2003 EXHIBIT 99.1 GSI LUMONICS INC. ANNOUNCES THAT ITS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING WILL BE HELD ON JUNE 24, 2003 BILLERICA, MASSACHUSETTS (MAY 22, 2003): GSI Lumonics Inc. (NASDAQ: GSLI and TSX: LSI) today announced that its Annual General Meeting will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, June 24, 2003 at the Renaissance Bedford Hotel, Bedford, Massachusetts. At the meeting, shareholders will be asked only to vote on the election of directors and the reappointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's auditors. Definitive proxy materials relating to this annual general meeting were filed yesterday with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission). Due to the Commission's current review of the registration statement on Form S-4 filed by GSLI Corp, the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary, the proposal relating to the plan of arrangement discussed in the registration statement will not be submitted to our shareholders at the annual general meeting. Details of a special meeting to vote on the plan of arrangement will be announced once finalized. - ----------------------- GSI Lumonics Inc. supplies precision motion control components, lasers and laser-based advanced manufacturing systems to the global medical, semiconductor, electronics and industrial markets. Its common shares are listed on The NASDAQ Stock Market(R) (GSLI) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (LSI). The Company's Internet website address is http://www.gsilumonics.com/. For more information: Victor H. Woolley GSI Lumonics Inc. (978) 439-5511, ext. 6135 Certain statements in this news release may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the United States Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These forward-looking statements may relate to anticipated financial performance, management's plans and objectives for future operations, business prospects, outcome of regulatory proceedings, market conditions, tax issues and other matters. All statements contained in this news release that do not relate to matters of historical fact should be considered forward-looking statements, and are generally identified by words such as "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "plan," "objective" and other similar expressions. Readers should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements contained in this news release. Such statements are based on management's beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to management and are subject to risks, uncertainties and changes in condition, significance, value and effect. Other risks include the fact that the Company's sales have been and are expected to continue to be dependent upon customer capital equipment expenditures, which are, in turn, affected by business cycles in the markets served by those customers. Other factors include volatility in the semiconductor industry, the risk of order delays and cancellations, the risk of delays by customers in introducing their new products and market acceptance of products incorporating subsystems supplied by the Company, similar risks to the Company of delays in its new products, our ability to continue to reduce costs and capital expenditures, our ability to focus R&D investment and other risks detailed in reports and documents filed by the Company with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and with securities regulatory authorities in Canada. Such risks, uncertainties and changes in condition, significance, value and effect, many of which are beyond the Company's control, could cause the Company's actual results and other future events to differ materially from those anticipated. The Company does not, however, assume any obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect actual results, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting such forward-looking statements. -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----