-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, KUFWrr2Y/PVR3/uFzsw5HYw8fucR4cysmBV5gzPAu6QaWav+WLt+kEWBXVlc5Aqr PajqenSJCDyjb/hrOOEwEw== 0000891618-99-005796.txt : 19991223 0000891618-99-005796.hdr.sgml : 19991223 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000891618-99-005796 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 19991222 ITEM INFORMATION: FILED AS OF DATE: 19991222 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: VISX INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000837991 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTROMEDICAL & ELECTROTHERAPEUTIC APPARATUS [3845] IRS NUMBER: 061161793 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-17247 FILM NUMBER: 99778981 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3400 CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY CITY: SANTA CLARA STATE: CA ZIP: 95051 BUSINESS PHONE: 4087332020 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: VISX INC STREET 2: 3400 CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY CITY: SANTA CLARA STATE: CA ZIP: 95051-0703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: TAUNTON TECHNOLOGIES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19901212 8-K 1 FORM 8-K 1 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 Date of Report: December 22, 1999 (Date of earliest event reported: December 17, 1999) Commission File Number: 1-10694 VISX, INCORPORATED (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 06-1161793 (State of incorporation or organization) (IRS Employer I.D. No.)
3400 Central Expressway, Santa Clara, California 95051-0703 ----------------------------------------------------------- (Address of principal executive offices) (408) 733-2020 -------------- (Registrant's telephone number, including area code) 2 Item 5. Other Events On December 17, 1999 in the case captioned VISX v. Nidek Co., Ltd (T 195-94) the Canadian federal court ruled that Nidek and other defendants in the patent infringement action brought by VISX do not infringe the VISX patents asserted in the case. The court found that the VISX patents asserted in the case are valid despite the defendants' claims to the contrary. VISX will file an appeal of the decision regarding infringement. As VISX has previously disclosed in reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, litigation is inherently uncertain and there can be no assurance as to the outcome of any case. Additional discussion of factors affecting the Company's business, including proceedings before the International Trade Commission and other litigation, is contained in the Company's most recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including VISX's Annual Report and Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998 and VISX's Form 10-Q report for the quarters ended March 31, June 30, and September 30, 1999. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. VISX, INCORPORATED By: /s/ TIMOTHY MAIER ---------------------------------- Timothy Maier, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Date: December 22, 1999 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----