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):  June 8, 2007 (June 8, 2007)

Kronos Incorporated

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

Massachusetts

 

000-20109

 

04-2640942

(State or other juris-

 

(Commission

 

(IRS Employer

diction of incorporation)

 

File Number)

 

Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

 

297 Billerica Road, Chelmsford, Massachusetts

 

01824

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (978) 250-9800

N/A

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

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Item 8.01               Other Events.

On June 8, 2007, Kronos Incorporated (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that the shareholders of the Company had voted to approve the previously announced merger agreement providing for the acquisition of the Company by an investor group led by Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners VI, L.P., a private equity investment firm, in a transaction valued at approximately $1.8 billion.

A copy of the press release issued by the Company announcing shareholder approval of the merger agreement is filed as an exhibit hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01.              Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)           Exhibits

99.1 - Press Release issued by Kronos Incorporated on June 8, 2007.

See the Exhibit Index attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which is incorporated herein by reference.

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SIGNATURE

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.

 

KRONOS INCORPORATED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: June 8, 2007

 

By:

/s/ Mark V. Julien

 

 

 

 

Mark V. Julien

 

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press Release issued by Kronos Incorporated on June 8, 2007.

 

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