SURMODICS INC — Board/Management Information 2013

Sep 20, 2013

8-K 1 a50712631.htm SURMODICS, INC. 8-K Copyright 2013 Business Wire, a Berkshire Hathaway company. All rights reserved www.businesswire.com

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

| September
16, 2013 |
| --- |
| Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) |

SurModics, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Minnesota	0-23837	41-1356149
(State of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

9924 West 74 th Street Eden Prairie, Minnesota	55344
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip
Code)

(952) 500-7000
(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):

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

(b) On September 16, 2013, Robert C. Buhrmaster, Chairman of the Board of Directors of SurModics, Inc. (the “ Company ”), notified the Company of his intention to retire from its Board of Directors effective at the conclusion of the Company’s 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held in February 2014. The Company also announced the election of Scott R. Ward to succeed Mr. Buhrmaster as chairman. Mr. Ward has been a director of the Company since 2010.

A copy of a press release announcing the foregoing is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits .

Exhibit Number	Description
99.1	Press Release dated September 20, 2013

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.

/s/ Bryan K. Phillips
Bryan K. Phillips
Sr. Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number	Description
99.1	Press Release dated September 20, 2013