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):  March 31, 2011

 

SATCON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware

 

1-11512

 

04-2857552

(State or Other Jurisdiction

 

(Commission

 

(I.R.S. Employer

of Incorporation)

 

File Number)

 

Identification No.)

 

27 Drydock Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts

 

02210-2377

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(617) 897-2400

(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 1.01.                                          Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On March 31, 2011, the Company entered into a Ninth Loan Modification Agreement to its existing Loan Agreement (the “SVB Loan Agreement”) with Silicon Valley Bank that increases the maximum amount available to be borrowed under the SVB Loan Agreement from $15,000,000 to $30,000,000 on a formula basis.  This increase will be in effect through May 31, 2011.

 



 

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.

 

 

SATCON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

Date: April 5, 2011

By:

/s/ John W. Peacock

 

 

John W. Peacock

 

 

Chief Accounting Officer

 

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