Form 8-K

0001193125-11-339701.txt : 20111213 0001193125-11-339701.hdr.sgml : 20111213 20111213172006 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-11-339701 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20111209 ITEM INFORMATION: Regulation FD Disclosure FILED AS OF DATE: 20111213 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20111213 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: NEWPORT CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000225263 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: LABORATORY APPARATUS & FURNITURE [3821] IRS NUMBER: 940849175 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NV FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-01649 FILM NUMBER: 111259213 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1791 DEERE AVE CITY: IRVINE STATE: CA ZIP: 92714 BUSINESS PHONE: 7148633144 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1791 DEERE AVE CITY: IRVINE STATE: CA ZIP: 92714 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: DOLE JAMES CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19910905 8-K 1 d271185d8k.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): December 9, 2011

NEWPORT CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Nevada	000-01649	94-0849175
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

1791 Deere Avenue, Irvine, California		92606
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(949) 863-3144

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(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:

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

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

Item 7.01 – Regulation FD Disclosure.

Between December 9, 2011 and December 13, 2011, Newport Corporation (the “Registrant”) retired $38.7 million in principal amount of its 2.5% convertible subordinated notes due February 15, 2012 (the “Notes”). The total consideration paid by the Registrant for such Notes was $38.9 million plus accrued interest through the retirement date.

This information shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing by the Registrant under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except as may be set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

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.


	NEWPORT CORPORATION

Date: December 13, 2011	By:	/s/ Jeffrey B. Coyne
		Jeffrey B. Coyne
		Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary