0001323974-12-000036.txt : 20121001 0001323974-12-000036.hdr.sgml : 20121001 20121001083931 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001323974-12-000036 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120928 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement FILED AS OF DATE: 20121001 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20121001 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MWI Veterinary Supply, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001323974 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: WHOLESALE-MEDICAL, DENTAL & HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES [5047] IRS NUMBER: 020620757 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-51468 FILM NUMBER: 121118363 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3041 W. PASADENA DR. CITY: BOISE STATE: ID ZIP: 83705 BUSINESS PHONE: (800) 824-3703 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3041 W. PASADENA DR. CITY: BOISE STATE: ID ZIP: 83705 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MWI Holdings, Inc. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20050415 8-K 1 form8k.htm MWIV FORM 8-K 10-01-12 form8k.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 28, 2012
 
MWI VETERINARY SUPPLY, INC.
 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
000-51468
02-0620757
(State or other jurisdiction of
(Commission File
(I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation)
Number)
Identification No.)

3041 W. Pasadena Dr. Boise, Idaho  83705
 
(Address of principal executive offices)  (Zip Code)
 
(208) 955-8930
 
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
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Item 1.01.  Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

MWI Veterinary Supply Co. (“MWI”), a wholly owned subsidiary of MWI Veterinary Supply, Inc., and IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (“IDEXX”) on September 28, 2012 entered into an IDEXX Distribution Agreement (the “IDEXX Agreement”) effective January 1, 2013.  Under the IDEXX Agreement, MWI is entitled to distribute IDEXX’s animal diagnostic products to end-user veterinary customers in the United States and in certain U.S. territories.  Under the IDEXX Agreement, MWI will be a non-exclusive distributor of IDEXX products and MWI may promote, market, sell or distribute products of other competing manufacturers in the defined territory.  MWI is required to use commercially reasonable efforts to market and promote IDEXX animal diagnostic products in the defined territory.  The IDEXX Agreement expires on December 31, 2014, and automatically renews for successive twelve-month periods unless MWI or IDEXX provide thirty days’ notice of intent to terminate prior to the end of the initial or renewal terms.  Either party may terminate the IDEXX Agreement with thirty days’ notice for material breach of the agreement or if the other party becomes insolvent.

 
 
 

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, thereunto duly authorized.

     
MWI VETERINARY SUPPLY, INC.
       
Date:  October 1, 2012
  
By:
  /s/ Mary Patricia B. Thompson 
     
Mary Patricia B. Thompson
     
Senior Vice President of Finance and Administration,
     Chief Financial Officer