0001193125-12-023498.txt : 20120125 0001193125-12-023498.hdr.sgml : 20120125 20120125172630 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-12-023498 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120125 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20120125 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120125 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: NUVASIVE INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001142596 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SURGICAL & MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS & APPARATUS [3841] IRS NUMBER: 330768598 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-50744 FILM NUMBER: 12545587 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7475 LUSK BLVD. CITY: SAN DIEGO STATE: CA ZIP: 92121 BUSINESS PHONE: (858) 909-1800 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7475 LUSK BLVD. CITY: SAN DIEGO STATE: CA ZIP: 92121 8-K 1 d287973d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 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): January 25, 2012

 

 

NUVASIVE, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   000-50744   33-0768598

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

7475 Lusk Boulevard, San Diego, California 92121

(Address of principal executive offices, with zip code)

(858) 909-1800

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

n/a

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

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):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

Item 8.01 Other Events

On January 25, 2012, a judge from the U.S. District Court, Southern District of California in San Diego (Case No. 3:08-cv-01512-MMA-MDD) delivered tentative and non-binding rulings (the “Rulings”) on various post-trial motions, including Medtronic Sofamor Danek USA, Inc.’s (“Medtronic”) request for an injunction against NuVasive, Inc. (the “Company”).

The Company continues to anticipate that a final judgment regarding Medtronic’s injunction request and the remainder of the issues and motions under dispute in the post-trial motion process will be delivered by the end of the first quarter or early second quarter of 2012. A copy of the Rulings is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

 

99.1    Tentative Rulings by the U.S. District Court, Southern District of California in Case No. 3:08-cv-01512-MMA-MDD issued on January 25, 2012.

 

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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.

 

    NUVASIVE, INC.
Date: January 25, 2012     By:  

/s/    JASON HANNON

      Jason Hannon
      Executive Vice President, General Counsel

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number

   

Description of Document

99.1    Tentative Rulings by the U.S. District Court, Southern District of California in Case No. 3:08-cv-01512-MMA-MDD issued on January 25, 2012.

 

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EX-99.1 2 d287973dex991.htm TENTATIVE RULINGS Tentative Rulings

Exhibit 99.1

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

 

MEDTRONIC SOFAMOR DANEK USA,   

CASE NO. 08cv1512-MMA(MDD)

INC., et al,   
 

Plaintiffs/Counterclaim Defendants,

   
 

vs.

   

NOTICE AND ORDER PROVIDING

    

TENTATIVE RULINGS RE:

    

PARTIES’ POST TRIAL MOTIONS

NUVASIVE INC.,   
    

[Doc. Nos. 406, 407, 408 & 409]

Defendant/Counterclaimant.

 

   

NOTICE TO ALL PARTIES AND ATTORNEYS OF RECORD:

Currently pending before the Court, and set for hearing on Thursday, January 26, 2012 are four post-trial motions: (1) Medtronic’s motion for judgment as a matter of law, or in the alternative, new trial [Doc. No. 406]; (2) NuVasive’s motion for judgment as a matter of law, or in the alternative, new trial [Doc. No. 407]; (3) Warsaw’s motion for supplemental damages [Doc. No. 408]; and (4) Warsaw’s motion for permanent injunction [Doc. No. 409]. Having considered the submissions of the parties, and in anticipation of Thursday’s hearing, the Court issues the following tentative rulings:

(i) The Court tentatively DENIES Medtronic’s motion for judgment as a matter of law, or in the alternative, new trial [Doc. No. 406].

(ii) The Court tentatively DENIES NuVasive’s motion for judgment as a matter of law, or in the alternative, new trial [Doc. No. 407].

 

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(iii) The Court tentatively DENIES Warsaw’s motion for supplemental damages [Doc. No. 408].

(iv) The Court tentatively DENIES Warsaw’s motion for permanent injunction [Doc. No. 409].

Counsel is advised the Court’s rulings are tentative and the Court will entertain additional argument at the hearing on January 26, 2012.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

 

DATED: January 25, 2012      

/s/ Michael M. Anello

     

Hon. Michael M. Anello

United States District Judge

 

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