0001193125-18-287786.txt : 20181001 0001193125-18-287786.hdr.sgml : 20181001 20180928173205 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-18-287786 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20180928 ITEM INFORMATION: Regulation FD Disclosure FILED AS OF DATE: 20181001 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20180928 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PATTERSON COMPANIES, INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000891024 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: WHOLESALE-MEDICAL, DENTAL & HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES [5047] IRS NUMBER: 410886515 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MN FISCAL YEAR END: 0426 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-20572 FILM NUMBER: 181095122 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1031 MENDOTA HEIGHTS RD CITY: ST PAUL STATE: MN ZIP: 55120-1401 BUSINESS PHONE: 6516861600 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1031 MENDOTA HEIGHTS RD CITY: ST PAUL STATE: MN ZIP: 55120-1401 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PATTERSON DENTAL CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19950111 8-K 1 d629959d8k.htm 8-K 8-K

 

 

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 (Date of earliest event reported)

September 28, 2018

 

 

PATTERSON COMPANIES, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Minnesota   0-20572   41-0886515

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

1031 Mendota Heights Road

St. Paul, Minnesota 55120

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)

(651) 686-1600

(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. below):

 

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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §24 .12b-2).

Emerging growth company                ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.   ☐

 

 

 

Item 7.01

Regulation FD Disclosure.

On September 28, 2018, Patterson Companies, Inc. signed an agreement to settle the litigation entitled In re Dental Supplies Antitrust Litigation, No. 1:16-CV-00696-BMC-GRB in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Under the terms of the settlement, Patterson will pay $28.3 million upon final court approval. Patterson previously established a pre-tax reserve of $28.3 million to account for the settlement of this matter. Although Patterson has agreed to settle this matter, it expressly denies the allegations of the complaint and all liability. The settlement remains subject to preliminary and final court approval.

This information is furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 of Form 8-K promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and shall not be deemed to be “filed” with the SEC for the 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 to be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

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.

 

    PATTERSON COMPANIES, INC.
Date: September 28, 2018     By:   /s/ Les B. Korsh
      Les B. Korsh
      Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary