8-K 1 a202012072011grayhawk.htm 8-K

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 7, 2020

Mercury Systems, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Massachusetts

000-23599

04-2741391

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

50 Minuteman Road, Andover, Massachusetts						01810
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)						(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (978) 256-1300

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

			Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company  ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class			Trading Symbol(s)			Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01			MRCY			Nasdaq Global Select Market

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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On December 7, 2020, Mercury Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Physical Optics Corporation (“POC”). Based in Torrance, California, POC is a leading designer, developer, and integrator of advanced technologies, primarily focused on avionics & mission subsystems for defense applications. The Company’s press release is furnished as exhibit 99.1 hereto. The information provided in Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K and in the attached exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing. This Current Report will not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any information in this report that is being disclosed pursuant to Regulation FD.

Item 9.01.    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)    Exhibits.

Exhibit No.    Description

99.1        Press Release, dated December 7, 2020, of Mercury Systems, Inc.

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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 thereunto duly authorized. 

Dated: December 7, 2020

MERCURY SYSTEMS, INC.

By:

/s/ Michael D. Ruppert

Michael D. Ruppert

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer

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