tech20160817_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): August 17, 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 August 17, 2016, describing the results of operations for the quarter ended June 30, 2016 and its financial condition as of June 30, 2016, 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 August 17, 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 August 17, 2016, announcing results of operations.

  

99.2     Press Release, dated August 17, 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.

 

 

TECHNE CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

Date: August 17, 2016

By:

      /s/ Charles R. Kummeth     

 

 

Charles R. Kummeth

 

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

 

Exhibit No.

Description

 

 

 

 

99.1

Press Release, dated August 17, 2016, announcing results of operations

 

 

 

 

99.2

Press Release, dated August 17, 2016, announcing cash dividend.