SURMODICS INC — Earnings Release 2013

Jul 31, 2013

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

| July
31, 2013 |
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| 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)

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Item 2.02 Results of Operations And Financial Condition.

On July 31, 2013, SurModics, Inc. (the “ Company ”) issued a press release (the “ Press Release ”) announcing the results for the quarter ended June 30, 2013. A copy of the full text of the Press Release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.

Item 8.01 Other Events.

In the Press Release, the Company also announced that its Board of Directors has authorized the Company to repurchase up to $20 million of the Company’s outstanding common stock. Under the share repurchase program, repurchases may be effected through open market purchases, privately negotiated transactions, block trades, accelerated share repurchase transactions, tender offers, or by any combination of such methods. The share repurchase program does not have a fixed expiration date.

Item 9.01	Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)	Exhibits .
	Exhibit Number	Description
	99.1	Press Release dated July 31, 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/ Andrew D. C. LaFrence
Andrew D. C. LaFrence
Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number	Description
99.1	Press Release dated July 31, 2013