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):  January 18, 2011 (January 18, 2011)

SPECTRUM BRANDS, INC.
 (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware  

001-13615

 

22-2423556

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission File No.)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

601 Rayovac Drive

Madison, Wisconsin 53711

(Address of principal executive offices)

(608) 275-3340
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 8.01.          Other Events.

On January 18, 2011, Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc., the parent company of Spectrum Brands, Inc., issued a press release (the “Press Release”) announcing its intention to refinance the existing $680 million senior secured term loan governed by the Credit Agreement, dated as of June 16, 2010, by and among Spectrum Brands, Inc. and certain of its domestic subsidiaries, as borrowers, the lenders party thereto and Credit Suisse AG, as administrative agent, maturing in June 2016, with a new term loan facility. A copy of the Press Release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(a) Not applicable.
(b) Not applicable.
(c) Not applicable.
(d) Exhibits


 

Exhibit No.

Description

99.1 Press Release, dated January 18, 2011


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

SPECTRUM BRANDS, INC.

 
 

By:

/s/ John T. Wilson

Name:

John T. Wilson

Title:

Senior Vice President, Secretary and

General Counsel

 

 

 

Dated:

January 18, 2011


EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit

Description

 
99.1

Press Release, dated January 18, 2011