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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): October 26, 2017

ASTRONICS CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
    
    
New York
 0-7087
16-0959303
(State of Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 
130 Commerce Way
East Aurora, New York
14052
 
 
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)

 


Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (716) 805-1599

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

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On October 26, 2017, Astronics Corporation (the "Company"), through a wholly owned acquisition subsidiary, entered into an agreement to purchase substantially all of the assets of Telefonix, Incorporated and a related company, Product Development Technologies, LLC (together, the "Sellers") pursuant to the terms of an Asset Purchase Agreement, dated October 26, 2017 (the “Agreement”) by and among the Sellers, Paul Burke and Talon Acquisition Corp. (a wholly owned acquisition subsidiary of the Company). Under the terms of the Agreement, the total consideration for the transaction will be $104.0 million (the “Purchase Price”) in cash.

The foregoing summary of the Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby do not purport to be complete and are subject to, and qualified in their entirety by, the full text of the Agreement, which is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

The Agreement has been provided solely to inform Astronics Corporation’s shareholders and investors of its terms. The representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Agreement were made only for purposes of such agreement and as of specific dates, were made solely for the benefit of the parties to the Agreement and may be intended not as statements of fact, but rather as a way of allocating the risk to one of the parties if those statements prove to be inaccurate. In addition, such representations, warranties and covenants may have been qualified by certain disclosures not reflected in the text of the Agreement, and may apply standards of materiality in a way that is different from what may be viewed as material by shareholders of, or other investors in, Astronics Corporation. Such shareholders and investors are not third-party beneficiaries under the Agreement and should not rely on the representations, warranties and covenants or any descriptions thereof as characterizations of the actual state of facts or condition of the Company or the Sellers.

On October 27, 2017, Astronics Corporation issued a press release announcing entry into the Agreement. A copy of the press release is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference.


Exhibit Number
 
Description
10.1
 
Asset Purchase Agreement dated October 26, 2017
 
 
 
99.1
 
Press Release of Astronics Corporation dated October 27, 2017



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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.

 
 
 
Astronics Corporation
Dated:
October 27, 2017
By:
/s/ David C. Burney
 
 
Name:
David C. Burney
 
 
 
Executive Vice President and     Chief Financial Officer
 
 
 


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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Description
Asset Purchase Agreement dated October 26, 2017
 
 
Press Release of Astronics Corporation dated October 27, 2017
                                    

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