8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

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CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 30, 2017

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VAREX IMAGING CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

001-37860	81-3434516
(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

1678 S. Pioneer Road, Salt Lake City, Utah	84104
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (801) 972-5000

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors of Certain Officers; Election of Directors;

Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

On March 30, 2017, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Varex Imaging Corporation (the “Company”) approved the appointment of Jocelyn D. Chertoff, MD, to the Board, effective April 3, 2017. Dr. Chertoff is Chair of the Department of Radiology and Professor of Radiology and Obstetrics and Gynecology at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. She is also Vice President of the Regional Radiology Service Line, Director of Gastrointestinal Radiology, and Assistant Medical Director for Medical Staff Affairs.

Dr. Chertoff will serve on the Compensation and Management Development Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board. There are no current or proposed transactions with the Company for which disclosure is required under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

In accordance with the Company’s current program for compensation of non-employee directors, Dr. Chertoff will receive an annual cash retainer in the amount of $65,000, $8,000 for service on the Compensation & Management Development Committee, and $7,000 for service on the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee. In addition, Dr. Chertoff will be granted equity compensation in the form of shares of the Company’s common stock having a value of $160,000 as of the date of grant.

On April 3, 2017, the Company issued a press release regarding the appointment of Dr. Chertoff to the Board, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)     Exhibits

99.1 Press Release data April 3, 2017

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.

		VAREX IMAGING CORPORATION
Dated: April 3, 2017	By:	/s/ Kimberley E. Honeysett
		Kimberley E. Honeysett
		Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit No.	Exhibit
99.1	Press Release Dated April 3, 2017

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

VAREX IMAGING NAMES DR. CHERTOFF TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 3, 2017 - Varex Imaging Corporation (Nasdaq: VREX) today announced that Jocelyn D. Chertoff, MD, has been appointed to the company’s Board of Directors, effective April 3, 2017.

Dr. Chertoff is Chair of the Department of Radiology and Professor of Radiology and Obstetrics and Gynecology at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. She is also Vice President of the Regional Radiology Service Line, Director of Gastrointestinal Radiology, and Assistant Medical Director for Medical Staff Affairs.

“I am very pleased to have Jocelyn Chertoff join the Varex Board of Directors,” said Ruediger Naumann-Etienne, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Varex Imaging Corporation. “She is not only a highly accomplished physician and educator, but also brings her vast experience in radiology from an end user perspective that will help us with product development and in our relationships with existing and prospective X-ray imaging system manufacturers,” added Mr. Naumann-Etienne.

Dr. Chertoff will serve on the Compensation and Management and Development Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. In connection with this appointment, the Varex Board increased its size to seven directors.

Dr. Chertoff graduated from Brown University, then from University of Vermont College of Medicine. Following a Transitional Internship at Hartford Hospital, a Pediatric Internship at University of Connecticut Health Sciences Center, and two years in a physician shortage area, and after serving as the Medical Director for Vermont EMS, she completed a Residency in Radiology and a Fellowship in Cross-Sectional Imaging at the Medical Center of Vermont. She was a 2003-2004 Fellow of the Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program, and she received a Master’s degree from the Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences at Dartmouth College in 2005, and a Master’s of Health Care Delivery Science from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and The Dartmouth Institute.

Dr. Chertoff serves on multiple institutional and national committees, and is Past Chair of the Association of American Medical Colleges Group on Women in Medicine and Science, as well as the Hitchcock Foundation Board of Directors. She is Past President of the Alliance of Clinician-Educators in Radiology, the Association of Program Directors in Radiology, the Association of University Radiologists and the New Hampshire Radiological Society.

About Varex Imaging

Varex Imaging Corporation is a leading innovator, designer and manufacturer of X-ray imaging components, which include tubes, digital flat panel detectors and other image processing solutions, which are key components of X-ray imaging systems. Varex’s components are used in medical imaging as well as in industrial and security imaging applications. With a 65+ year history of successful innovation, global OEM manufacturers of X-ray imaging system use the company’s X-ray sources, digital detectors, connecting devices and imaging software as components in their systems to detect, diagnose and protect. Varex employs approximately 1,400 people located at manufacturing and service center sites in North America, Europe, and Asia. For more information about Varex, visit www.vareximaging.com.

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For Information Contact:

Howard Goldman

Director of Investor & Public Relations

Varex Imaging Corporation

801.978.5274 | howard.goldman@vareximaging.com