tech20180904_8k.htm

 

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): September 5, 2018

 


 

BIO-TECHNE CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Minnesota

0-17272

41-1427402

(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification
Number)

 

614 McKinley Place NE

Minneapolis, MN 55413

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

(612) 379-8854

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

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:

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

Emerging growth company

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 



 

 

 

 

Item 8.01 Other Events

 

As described in this Current Report, effective in the first quarter of fiscal year 2019, Bio-Techne Corporation. (“Bio-Techne” or “the company”) changed its reportable segments due to recent changes in its underlying organizational model designed to support the business following recent acquisitions and to facilitate global growth.  This Current Report recasts previously issued financial information and does not represent a restatement.  The information contained in this Form 8-K is being furnished in order to provide the financial community with historical financial data that is presented on a basis consistent with the Company’s new reporting structure. Bio-Techne did not operate under the realigned reportable segment structure for any of these prior periods and will begin to report comparative results under the new structure effective with the filing of its Quarterly Report on Form 10Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2018.

 

The information in this Form 8-K, including the exhibit attached hereto, is furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

 

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

 

(d)

Exhibits

 

 

99.1

Supplemental Historical Business Segment Net Sales and Operating Income for Bio-Techne Corporation for each of the quarterly periods ended September 30, December 31, March 31, and June 30, 2018 and 2017 and for the years ended June 30, 2018 and 2017.

 

 

 

 

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.

 

  BIO-TECHNE CORPORATION
   
   
Date: September 5, 2018

By: /s/ Brenda S. Furlow     

Brenda S. Furlow

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary 

   

 


        

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No. Description
   
   
99.1 Supplemental Historical Business Segment Net Sales and Operating Income for Bio-Techne Corporation for each of the quarterly periods ended September 30, December 31, March 31, and June 30, 2018 and 2017 and for the years ended June 30, 2018 and 2017.