U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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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) August 6, 2007
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GREATBATCH, INC.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 1-16137 16-1531026
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(State or other jurisdiction of (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer
incorporation) Identification No.)
9645 Wehrle Drive, Clarence, New York 14031
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code (716) 759-5600
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Not Applicable
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers.
On August 10, 2007, Greatbatch, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press
release announcing the appointment of Kevin C. Melia to its Board of Directors
(the "Board") effective August 6, 2007. Mr. Melia will also serve on the Audit
and Science and Technology Development Committees of the Board. Mr. Melia's term
as director will last until the next annual meeting of stockholders.
Since April 2003, Mr. Melia has been non-executive chairman of the board
of A.Net (formerly Lightbridge Inc.), an e-payment company, and IONA
Technologies PLC, a leading middleware software company. He was the co-founder,
chairman and chief executive officer of Manufacturers' Services Ltd. ("MSL")
from June 1994 to January 2003, a leading company in the electronics
manufacturing services Industry. Prior to establishing MSL, he held a number of
senior executive positions over a five-year period at Sun Microsystems. Mr.
Melia also held a number of senior executive positions in operations and finance
over a sixteen-year career at Digital Equipment Corporation.
Mr. Melia is a director of RadiSys Corporation, a provider of embedded
advanced solutions for the communications networking and commercial systems
markets. He also is a joint managing director of Boulder Brook Partners LLC, a
private investment company and a member of the board of directors of C&S
Wholesale Grocers. Mr. Melia is a past non-executive chairman of the board of
directors of Manugistics Group Inc., a supply chain software application company
and is a past member of the board of directors of Eircom PLC, a leading telecom
company in Ireland. He is a Chartered Accountant and holds a joint diploma in
Management Accounting from the Accounting Institutes of the U.K and Ireland.
As a Director, Mr. Melia will be entitled to receive remuneration in
accordance with the Company's Director compensation program, as disclosed in the
Company's most recent proxy statement dated April 20, 2007.
In the August 10, 2007 press release the Company also announced the
appointment of Bill R. Sanford as Vice Chairman of the Board. Mr. Sanford has
served as a director since October 2000. He is the founder and chairman of
Symark LLC, a technology commercialization and business development company. Mr.
Sanford is executive founder, and from 1987 to 2000 was chairman of the board
and chief executive officer, of STERIS Corporation, a global provider of
infection and contamination prevention systems, products, services and
technologies. He serves on the board of directors of KeyCorp and on the risk
management and nominating and corporate governance committees of that board. He
also is a director of several early stage private technology companies and
not-for-profit organizations.
A copy of the press release is filed as exhibit 99.1 to this report.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
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(d) Exhibits
99.1 Press Release dated August 10, 2007.
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: August 10, 2007 GREATBATCH, INC.
By: /s/ Thomas J. Mazza
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Thomas J. Mazza
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer