cmc8kfiled022709.htm
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 27, 2009


Cabot Microelectronics Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
  
000-30205
  
36-4324765
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
  
(Commission File Number)
  
(IRS Employer Identification)

870 Commons Drive, Aurora, Illinois
  
60504
(Address of principal executive offices)
  
(Zip Code)

(630) 375-6631
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 8.01                      Other Events.

On February 27, 2009, Cabot Microelectronics Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release entitled “Cabot Microelectronics Corporation Completes Acquisition of Epoch Material Co., Ltd.”, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.  The Company has completed the acquisition of Epoch Material Co., Ltd. (“Epoch”) from Eternal Chemical Co., Ltd. (“Eternal”) for approximately $66 million, which it had previously announced in December 2008.  Epoch specializes in the development, manufacture and sale of copper chemical mechanical planarization (“CMP”) slurries and CMP cleaning solutions to the semiconductor industry, as well as color filter slurries to the liquid crystal display industry.  The Company has initially obtained 90 percent of Epoch’s stock, with the remaining 10 percent of the shares scheduled to be transferred to the Company from Eternal in eighteen months.



Item 9.01                      Financial Statements and Exhibits.


(c)
Exhibits
   
 
99.1           Press release, dated February 27, 2009, entitled “Cabot Microelectronics Corporation Completes Acquisition of Epoch Material Co., Ltd.”


 
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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.

 
CABOT MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION
     
     
Date: February 27, 2009
By:
/s/ WILLIAM S. JOHNSON
   
William S. Johnson
   
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
   
[Principal Financial Officer]



 
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit
Number
  
 
Title
99.1
  
Press release, dated February 27, 2009, entitled “Cabot Microelectronics Corporation Completes Acquisition of Epoch Material Co., Ltd.”
 
 
 
 
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