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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): November 13, 2017



CREE, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


North Carolina
0-21154
56-1572719
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
(Commission File
Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

4600 Silicon Drive
 
Durham, North Carolina
27703
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)


(919) 407-5300
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:

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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 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).
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.    [ ]






Item 1.01
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

On November 13, 2017, Cree, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Second Amendment (the “Second Amendment”) to its Credit Agreement, dated as of January 9, 2015 (as amended from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, E-conolight LLC, a domestic subsidiary of the Company, as guarantor, and the other lenders party thereto.

The Second Amendment amends the Credit Agreement to extend the maturity date for any borrowings and the termination of any commitments of the lenders under the Credit Agreement to January 9, 2022.

The foregoing descriptions of the Credit Agreement and the Second Amendment do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Credit Agreement, which was filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated January 9, 2015, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 12, 2015, and the Second Amendment, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1, each of which is incorporated by reference herein.


Item 2.03
Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant
    
Item 1.01 above is incorporated herein by reference.


Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits
    
(d)    Exhibits

Exhibit No.
 
Description of Exhibit
 
 
 
10.1
 





SIGNATURE

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.


 
CREE, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:
 
/s/ Michael E. McDevitt
 
 
 
Michael E. McDevitt
 
 
 
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer


Date: November 16, 2017