FORM 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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 9, 2007

Mercury Computer Systems, Inc.


(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Massachusetts

 

000-23599

 

04-2741391

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

199 Riverneck Road, Chelmsford, Massachusetts

 

01824

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (978) 256-1300

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

(a) – (d) Not applicable.

(e) On February 9, 2007, Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) paid Marcelo G. Lima, Vice President and General Manager, Commercial Imaging and Visualization and a “named executive officer” (as such term is used in Item 402(a)(3) of Regulation S-K), a cash bonus in the amount of $4,847 under the Company’s annual executive bonus program for fiscal year 2007. As part of the 2007 annual executive bonus program, Mr. Lima receives a quarterly bonus determined as a percentage of the revenues of the CIV business unit, and the foregoing payment represents the amount earned by Mr. Lima with respect to CIV’s revenues for the second fiscal quarter.

(f) Not applicable.

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.

 

   

MERCURY COMPUTER SYSTEMS, INC.

                        (Registrant)

Date: February 9, 2007     By:   /S/    ROBERT E. HULT        
       

Robert E. Hult

Senior Vice President and Chief

Financial Officer