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):  November 21, 2013

SYNERGETICS USA, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
001-10382
20-5715943
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

3845 Corporate Centre Drive
O’Fallon, Missouri
 
63368
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)

(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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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On November 21, 2013, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Synergetics USA, Inc. (the “Company”) finalized fiscal 2013 bonus payments to each of the Company’s named executive officers.  This bonus compensation information was not included in the Summary Compensation Table included in the Company’s Proxy Statement for its 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 12, 2013 (the “Proxy Statement”), because the amount of the bonuses had not been determined at the time of filing the Proxy Statement.  The table below updates the Bonus and Total columns in the Summary Compensation Table for the named executive officers previously set forth in the Proxy Statement.  No other amounts have changed.

2013 Summary Compensation Table

 
Name and Principal Position
Fiscal
Year  
  
 
Salary
   
 
Bonus
   
Stock
Awards(1)
   
Option
Awards(1)
   
All Other
Compensation
   
 
Total
 
David M. Hable
2013
  
$
410,800
    
$
—
(2)
  
$
96,760
    
$
103,028
    
$
675
    
$
611,263
  
President & Chief Executive Officer
 
                                                
 
 
                                                
Jerry L. Malis
2013
  
$
283,832
    
$
15,327
(2)
  
$
33,425
    
$
35,592
    
$
—
    
$
368,176
  
Executive Vice President & Chief Scientific Officer
 
                                                
 
 
                                                
Pamela G. Boone
2013
  
$
280,779
    
$
13,477
(2)
  
$
33,068
    
$
35,209
    
$
1,250
    
$
363,783
  
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
 
                                                
 
 
                                                
Jason J. Stroisch
2013
  
$
260,000
    
$
—
(2)
  
$
21,434
    
$
22,822
    
$
1,275
    
$
305,531
  
Vice President of Marketing & Technology
 
                                                
 
 
                                                
Michael R. Fanning
2013
  
$
222,485
    
$
5,340
(2)
  
$
18,342
    
$
19,528
    
$
9,075
    
$
274,770
  
Vice President of Domestic Sales
 
                                                
 
(1) Represents the aggregate grant date fair value for all restricted stock or stock options, as applicable, granted to the named executive officers in the fiscal year indicated, computed in accordance with FASB Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718, Compensation — Stock Compensation. For information about the assumptions made in this valuation, refer to Note 13 “Stock-Based Compensation Plans” to the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2013.

(2) Bonus amounts reported for 2013 were earned in fiscal 2013 and paid in fiscal 2014.
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.

Dated:            November 27, 2013

 
SYNERGETICS USA, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
By:
 
/s/ Pamela G. Boone
 
Name:
 
Pamela G. Boone
 
Title:
 
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
 
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