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

February 5, 2013 Date of report

 

 

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:

 

¨	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))

 

 

 

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Item 5.02

DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR PRINCIPAL OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF PRINCIPAL OFFICERS

 

(b)

On February 5, 2013, David P. Sproat resigned as President of the Patterson Medical Unit of Patterson Companies, Inc. effective February 15, 2013. Scott P. Anderson, the Chief Executive Officer of Patterson Companies, Inc. will assume the leadership of the medical business on an interim basis. A press release announcing Mr. Sproat’s resignation, dated February 8, 2013, is furnished as Exhibit 99 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

Item 9.01

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

 

(d)

Exhibits

 

99

Press release of Patterson Companies, Inc., dated February 8, 2013

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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: February 8, 2013				By:		/s/ R. Stephen Armstrong
						R. Stephen Armstrong
						Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
						(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit Number		Description
99		Press release of Patterson Companies, Inc. dated February 8, 2013