0001193125-12-133319.txt : 20120327 0001193125-12-133319.hdr.sgml : 20120327 20120327083030 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-12-133319 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120323 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers FILED AS OF DATE: 20120327 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120327 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000097745 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MEASURING & CONTROLLING DEVICES, NEC [3829] IRS NUMBER: 042209186 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-08002 FILM NUMBER: 12715814 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 81 WYMAN ST STREET 2: PO BOX 9046 CITY: WALTHAM STATE: MA ZIP: 02451 BUSINESS PHONE: 7816221000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 81 WYMAN ST STREET 2: PO BOX 9046 CITY: WALTHAM STATE: MA ZIP: 02451 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: THERMO ELECTRON CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 8-K 1 d321276d8k.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):

March 23, 2012

 

 

THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)

 

Delaware   1-8002   04-2209186
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)   (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

 

81 Wyman Street

Waltham, Massachusetts

   02451
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(781) 622-1000

(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):

 

¨ 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 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(b) On March 23, 2012, Michael Porter, a director of Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (the “Company”), informed the Company that he is resigning from the Board of Directors of the Company effective immediately prior to the Company’s 2012 Annual Meeting on May 23, 2012. Dr. Porter was first elected to the Board in July 2001. Dr. Porter was a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance and Strategy and Finance Committees of the Board of Directors.

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, on this 27th day of March, 2012.

 

THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC.
By:   /s/ Seth H. Hoogasian
 

Seth H. Hoogasian

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary