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): August 7, 2013

 

 

REXNORD CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware		001-35475		20-5197013
(State of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

4701 West Greenfield Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin		53214
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

(414) 643-3739

(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:

 

¨	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨	Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

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Item 7.01

Regulation FD Disclosure.

On August 7, 2013, Rexnord Corporation (the “Company”) announced that its wholly-owned subsidiaries, RBS Global, Inc. and Rexnord LLC, will seek to refinance their senior secured term facilities with a new 7-year term loan in an aggregate amount of approximately $1.95 billion and to modify certain provisions applicable to their existing revolving credit facility. The proceeds of the new term loan will be used to refinance the existing senior secured term loan, to purchase, redeem or discharge all of their outstanding 8 ¹/₂% Senior Notes due 2018 and to pay related fees and expenses. The proposed refinancing of the senior secured credit facilities and related transactions are subject to customary conditions, market conditions and other factors, and may not occur as described or at all. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

The Company is furnishing the information in this Current Report on Form 8-K to comply with Regulation FD. Such information shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any of the Company’s filings under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, whether made before or after the date hereof and regardless of any general incorporation language in such filings, except to the extent expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)

Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press release dated August 7, 2013

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, Rexnord Corporation has caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto authorized this 7th day of August, 2013.

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press release dated August 7, 2013