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): August 22, 2002


                                    SLI, INC.
             ______________________________________________________
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)



           Oklahoma                       0-25848                73-1412000
(State or Other Jurisdiction of         (Commission            (IRS Employer
        Incorporation)                 File Number)          Identification No.)


             500 Chapman Street, Canton, Massachusetts         02021
             _______________________________________________________
               (Address of principal executive offices) (zip code)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (781) 828-2948


                                 Not Applicable
          _____________________________________________________________
          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Item 5.  Other Events.

         On August 22, 2002, SLI, Inc. issued a press release. A copy of the
press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by
reference.


ITEM 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(a)      Exhibits:

         Number            Description

         99.1     Press Release, dated August 22, 2002, of SLI, Inc.
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                                   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.



                                              SLI, Inc.


                                              By:     /s/ Robert J. Mancini
                                              ------------------------------
                                              Name:  Robert J. Mancini
                                              Title: Chief Financial Officer

Date: August 22, 2002
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                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS

         Number                     Description

         99.1     Press Release, dated August 22, 2002, of SLI, Inc.
<PAGE>



                                                                   Exhibit 99.1

                            [LETTERHEAD OF SLI, INC.]

                    SLI INC. REPORTS CONTINUING NEGOTIATIONS

Company Contact:           Frank M. Ward
                           Chairman and CEO
                           (781) 828-2948

Canton, Massachusetts, August 22, 2002... SLI, Inc., one of the world's largest
lighting manufacturers, today announced continuing negotiations with its senior
lenders.

The Company, while continuing negotiations with its senior lenders, continues to
be unable to obtain an extension of the forbearance agreement with its senior
banks with respect to the Company's current defaults, including its payment
default. The Company is continuing to explore all available alternatives to
restructuring its existing debt and addressing its current liquidity issues,
including the possibility of filing voluntary petitions for reorganization under
Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code for its United States subsidiaries. In
connection with the Company exploring various strategic alternatives, the
Company has retained the services of a financial advisor.

SLI Inc., based in Canton, MA, is a vertically integrated designer, manufacturer
and seller of lighting systems, which are comprised of lamps and fixtures. The
Company offers a complete range of lamps (incandescent, fluorescent, compact
fluorescent, high intensity discharge, halogen, miniature incandescent, neon,
LED and special lamps). They also offer a comprehensive range of fixtures. The
Company serves a diverse international customer base and markets, has 35 plants
in 11 countries and operates throughout the world. SLI, Inc. is also the #1
global supplier of miniature lighting products for automotive instrumentation.

         Statements in this release may be forward-looking within the meaning of
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking
statements reflect assumptions and involve risks and uncertainties that may
affect the company's business and prospects and cause actual results to differ
materially from these forward-looking statements. Among the factors and risks
that may affect the company's future results are: the company's ability to
successfully: amend, restructure and/or renegotiate its existing credit
facilities or cure or receive a waiver of the events of default under its credit
facilities, the failure of which may result in the company filing a voluntary
petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code;
continue to operate in the ordinary course and manage its relationships with its
creditors, including its lenders, vendors and suppliers, employees and customers
given the company's financial condition; access alternative sources of financing
if it is unable to amend, restructure and/or renegotiate its credit agreements;
limit the amount of time the company's management and officers devote to
restructuring its existing operations and credit facilities and exploring
strategic alternatives in order to also allow them to run the company's business
and implement its business strategy; retain its key senior managers and other
employees; avoid net losses which could require the company to find additional
sources of financing to fund its operations, implement its financial and
business strategies, meet anticipated capital expenditures, research and
development costs and financing commitments; implement its business strategy of
reducing expenses and improving cash flow; retain its key customers and limit
the company's vulnerability to general adverse economic conditions; sell and
market its products worldwide; as well as manage other uncertainties and risk
factors, including those described from time to time in the company's filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form
10-K for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2001 and Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2002.
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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): August 22, 2002

                                    SLI, INC.
             ______________________________________________________
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

           Oklahoma                       0-25848                73-1412000
(State or Other Jurisdiction of         (Commission            (IRS Employer
        Incorporation)                 File Number)          Identification No.)

             500 Chapman Street, Canton, Massachusetts         02021
             _______________________________________________________
               (Address of principal executive offices) (zip code)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (781) 828-2948

                                 Not Applicable
          _____________________________________________________________
          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Item 5.  Other Events.

         On August 22, 2002, SLI, Inc. issued a press release. A copy of the
press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by
reference.

ITEM 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(a)      Exhibits:

         Number            Description

         99.1     Press Release, dated August 22, 2002, of SLI, Inc.
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.

                                              SLI, Inc.

                                              By:     /s/ Robert J. Mancini
                                              ------------------------------
                                              Name:  Robert J. Mancini
                                              Title: Chief Financial Officer

Date: August 22, 2002
INDEX TO EXHIBITS

         Number                     Description

         99.1     Press Release, dated August 22, 2002, of SLI, Inc.
Exhibit 99.1

                            [LETTERHEAD OF SLI, INC.]

                    SLI INC. REPORTS CONTINUING NEGOTIATIONS

Company Contact:           Frank M. Ward
                           Chairman and CEO
                           (781) 828-2948

Canton, Massachusetts, August 22, 2002... SLI, Inc., one of the world's largest
lighting manufacturers, today announced continuing negotiations with its senior
lenders.

The Company, while continuing negotiations with its senior lenders, continues to
be unable to obtain an extension of the forbearance agreement with its senior
banks with respect to the Company's current defaults, including its payment
default. The Company is continuing to explore all available alternatives to
restructuring its existing debt and addressing its current liquidity issues,
including the possibility of filing voluntary petitions for reorganization under
Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code for its United States subsidiaries. In
connection with the Company exploring various strategic alternatives, the
Company has retained the services of a financial advisor.

SLI Inc., based in Canton, MA, is a vertically integrated designer, manufacturer
and seller of lighting systems, which are comprised of lamps and fixtures. The
Company offers a complete range of lamps (incandescent, fluorescent, compact
fluorescent, high intensity discharge, halogen, miniature incandescent, neon,
LED and special lamps). They also offer a comprehensive range of fixtures. The
Company serves a diverse international customer base and markets, has 35 plants
in 11 countries and operates throughout the world. SLI, Inc. is also the #1
global supplier of miniature lighting products for automotive instrumentation.

         Statements in this release may be forward-looking within the meaning of
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking
statements reflect assumptions and involve risks and uncertainties that may
affect the company's business and prospects and cause actual results to differ
materially from these forward-looking statements. Among the factors and risks
that may affect the company's future results are: the company's ability to
successfully: amend, restructure and/or renegotiate its existing credit
facilities or cure or receive a waiver of the events of default under its credit
facilities, the failure of which may result in the company filing a voluntary
petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code;
continue to operate in the ordinary course and manage its relationships with its
creditors, including its lenders, vendors and suppliers, employees and customers
given the company's financial condition; access alternative sources of financing
if it is unable to amend, restructure and/or renegotiate its credit agreements;
limit the amount of time the company's management and officers devote to
restructuring its existing operations and credit facilities and exploring
strategic alternatives in order to also allow them to run the company's business
and implement its business strategy; retain its key senior managers and other
employees; avoid net losses which could require the company to find additional
sources of financing to fund its operations, implement its financial and
business strategies, meet anticipated capital expenditures, research and
development costs and financing commitments; implement its business strategy of
reducing expenses and improving cash flow; retain its key customers and limit
the company's vulnerability to general adverse economic conditions; sell and
market its products worldwide; as well as manage other uncertainties and risk
factors, including those described from time to time in the company's filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form
10-K for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2001 and Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2002.