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UNITED STATES

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):  October 28, 2014

SYNERGETICS USA, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(636) 939-5100

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act.

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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act.

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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act.

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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act.

 

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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 October 28, 2014, Guy R. Guarch announced his retirement from the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Synergetics USA, Inc. (the “Company”), effective immediately.

 

On October 29, 2014, Robert H. Dick announced his retirement from the Board upon the expiration of his term as a Director and Chairman of the Board of the Company at the Company’s 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

 

Messrs. Guarch and Dick made their announcements for personal and professional reasons and not as a result of any disagreements with the Company.

 

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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.

 

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