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)
February 14, 2005
MAXWELL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 1-15477 | 95-2390133 | ||
| (State of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
| 9244 Balboa Avenue San Diego, California |
92123 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (858) 503-3300
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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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
On February 14, 2005, Maxwell Technologies accepted a purchase order from Northrop Grumman Space and Mission Systems Corp., an Ohio corporation, by and through the Northrop Grumman Space Technology sector, for the purchase of single board computers for applications in the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS), for which the buyer is prime contractor. Under the terms of the purchase order, deliveries will commence in February 2005 and conclude in August 2007, according to a schedule set forth in the subcontract. Additionally, the subcontract grants options to the buyer to purchase additional single board computers, commencing in 2011, according to a schedule set forth in the contract.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
| (a) | Not applicable. |
| (b) | Not applicable. |
| (c) | Not applicable |
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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 hereunto duly authorized.
| MAXWELL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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| Date: February 18, 2005 |
By: |
/s/ Richard D. Balanson | ||
| Richard D. Balanson President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||
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