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 8, 2011

 

 

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)

 

 

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

On December 8, 2011, NuVasive, Inc. (the “Company”) repurchased, in privately negotiated transactions, $37.0 million of its outstanding 2.25% Convertible Senior Notes due March 2013 (the “Notes”). The aggregate purchase price totaled approximately $36.4 million (representing a price of approximately 97.9% of the principal face value of the Notes plus accrued interest).

The repurchases were made using a portion of the net proceeds from the Company’s recently completed offering of $402.5 million aggregate principal amount of 2.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2017.

At December 9, 2011, approximately $74.3 million of the Notes’ original aggregate principal amount of $230.0 million remains outstanding.

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: December 9, 2011   By:  

/s/ Alexis V. Lukianov

    Alexis V. Lukianov
    Chairman and Chief Executive Officer