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



February 4, 2015

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 74th 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 February 4, 2015, Gerald B. Fischer, a member of the board of directors of SurModics, Inc. (the “Company”), resigned as a director of the Company, effective immediately.  Mr. Fischer resigned from the Board for personal health reasons and not as a result of any disagreement with the Company.

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 February 5, 2015


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.

SURMODICS, INC.

 

 
Date: February 5, 2015

 

/s/     Bryan K. Phillips

Bryan K. Phillips

Sr. Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary


EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit

 

Number

Description

99.1

Press Release dated February 5, 2015