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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): February 2, 2016

  


 

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:

 

☐     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 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition

 

A copy of the press release issued by Bio-techne Corporation on February 2, 2016, describing the results of operations for the quarter ended March 31, 2015 and its financial condition as of December, 2015, is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

 

The information in this Form 8-K and the Exhibits attached hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

 

 

Item 8.01 Other Events

 

A copy of the press release issued by Bio-techne Corporation on February 2, 2016, announcing a cash dividend is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2.

 

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits

 

99.1      Press Release, dated February 2, 2016, announcing results of operations.

  

99.2      Press Release, dated February 2, 2016, announcing a cash dividend.

 

 

 
 

 

 

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: February 2, 2016  

By:

/s/ Charles R. Kummeth

 

 

Charles R. Kummeth

 

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

        

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

 

Exhibit No.

Description

     
  99.1 Press Release, dated February 2, 2016, announcing results of operations
     
  99.2      Press Release, dated February 2, 2016, announcing cash dividend.