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<a name="sF5172E9CE92B61EA73C577C5B4572FC6"></a><div></div><br><div style="line-height:279%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">UNITED STATES</font></div><div style="line-height:279%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div><div style="line-height:279%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM 8-K</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">CURRENT REPORT</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): December 23, 2014</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">GT Advanced Technologies Inc.</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Delaware</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:32px;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)</font><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:78.2051282051282%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td width="50%"></td><td width="50%"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:center;padding-left:4px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">001-34133</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:center;padding-left:4px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">03-0606749</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:center;padding-left:4px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">(Commission File Number)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:center;padding-left:4px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:32px;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">243 Daniel Webster Highway, Merrimack, New Hampshire 03054</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:32px;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">(Address of principal executive offices)</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:32px;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#32;<br></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">(603) 883-5200</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#32;<br></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">(Registrant&#8217;s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:32px;text-align:center;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">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):</font></div><div style="line-height:173%;text-align:justify;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">[]  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</font></div><div style="line-height:173%;text-align:justify;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">[]  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</font></div><div style="line-height:173%;text-align:justify;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">[]  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</font></div><div style="line-height:173%;text-align:justify;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">[]  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s870B3B69EB0DAE63359E77C5B4760608"></a><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 8.01. Other Events </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">As previously disclosed in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed by GT Advanced Technologies Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), on October 6, 2014, the Company and certain of its subsidiaries (collectively, the &#8220;Debtors&#8221;) filed voluntary petitions in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Hampshire (the &#8220;Bankruptcy Court&#8221;) for reorganization relief under the provisions of Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code. The Debtors&#8217; Chapter 11 cases (the &#8220;Chapter 11 Cases&#8221;) are being jointly administered under the caption In re GT Advanced Technologies Inc., et al, Case No. 14-11916-HJB.  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">As also previously disclosed in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company, on December 19, 2014, the Company and Apple Inc. (and a related party) entered into an Amended and Restated Adequate Protection and Settlement Agreement which was approved by the Bankruptcy Court.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">On December 23, 2014, the Company issued a press release announcing that, following the Bankruptcy Court&#8217;s recent approval of its Settlement Agreement with Apple, the Company is now pursuing ASF&#174; furnace opportunities for sapphire cover glass applications across the broader smartphone market as well as ongoing opportunities in the LED and Industrial markets. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.</font></div><div style="line-height:209%;padding-bottom:6px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 9.01&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Financial Statements and Exhibits.</font></div><div style="line-height:209%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">(d) Exhibits</font></div><div style="line-height:100%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td width="18%"></td><td width="82%"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit No.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Description</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">99.1</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Press Release dated December 23, 2014.</font></div><div style="padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:4px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s870B3B69EB0DAE63359E77C5B4760608"></a><br><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">SIGNATURES</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:26px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">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.</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:32px;text-align:left;padding-left:288px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">GT ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES INC.</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Dated: December 23, 2014                                            </font></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:left;padding-left:282px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">/s/ Hoil Kim                                                                            &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:left;padding-left:288px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">By:&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Hoil Kim</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:left;padding-left:288px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Its:&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, General </font></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:left;padding-left:288px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;Counsel and Secretary</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">- 2 -</font></div><div 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GTAT8-KDecember232014
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): December 23, 2014
GT Advanced Technologies Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
001-34133
03-0606749
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
243 Daniel Webster Highway, Merrimack, New Hampshire 03054
(Address of principal executive offices)
(603) 883-5200
(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):
[]  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
[]  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
[]  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
[]  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 8.01. Other Events
As previously disclosed in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed by GT Advanced Technologies Inc. (the "Company"), on October 6, 2014, the Company and certain of its subsidiaries (collectively, the "Debtors") filed voluntary petitions in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Hampshire (the "Bankruptcy Court") for reorganization relief under the provisions of Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code. The Debtors' Chapter 11 cases (the "Chapter 11 Cases") are being jointly administered under the caption In re GT Advanced Technologies Inc., et al, Case No. 14-11916-HJB.
As also previously disclosed in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company, on December 19, 2014, the Company and Apple Inc. (and a related party) entered into an Amended and Restated Adequate Protection and Settlement Agreement which was approved by the Bankruptcy Court.
On December 23, 2014, the Company issued a press release announcing that, following the Bankruptcy Court's recent approval of its Settlement Agreement with Apple, the Company is now pursuing ASF® furnace opportunities for sapphire cover glass applications across the broader smartphone market as well as ongoing opportunities in the LED and Industrial markets. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit No.
Description
99.1
Press Release dated December 23, 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.
GT ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES INC.
Dated: December 23, 2014
/s/ Hoil Kim
By:    Hoil Kim
Its:    Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, General
Counsel and Secretary
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