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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

FORM 8-K/A

 

Amendment No. 1

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) June  3, 2019

 

IMAGE

MERIDIAN BIOSCIENCE, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Ohio

 

0-14902

 

31-0888197

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

3471 River Hills Drive

Cincinnati, Ohio

 

45244

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (513) 271-3700

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report.)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

 

Trading

Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common Stock, no par value

 

VIVO

 

NASDAQ

 

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))

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 (17CFR § 240.12b-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 9.01.     Financial Statements and Exhibits.

On June 3, 2019, Meridian Bioscience, Inc. (“Meridian” or the “Company”) filed a Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Original Filing”) to report completion of the previously announced acquisition of substantially all of the assets of GenePOC Inc., a corporation incorporated under the laws of Canada, pursuant to the Share Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 29, 2019 (the “Purchase Agreement”), by and among Meridian, Meridian Bioscience Canada Inc., a corporation incorporated under the laws of British Columbia and a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, GenePOC Inc., the shareholders of GenePOC Inc., and Apres-demain Holding SA, solely in the capacity of Shareholders’ Representative (“Shareholders’ Representative”). This Form 8-K/A is being filed to amend the Original Filing to provide the required financial statements and pro forma financial information described below. Capitalized terms used in this Current Report but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Original Filing.

(a) Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired

The following financial statements of the business acquired from GenePOC Inc. are filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K/A:

  i. Report of Independent Certified Public Accountants

  ii. Statement of Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed as of June 3, 2019

  iii. Statement of Net Revenues and Direct Operating Expenses for the year ended December 31, 2018

  iv. Notes to Abbreviated Financial Statements as of June 3, 2019 and year ended December 31, 2018

(b) Pro Forma Financial Information

The following pro forma financial information is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.2 to this Form 8-K/A:

  i. Introduction to Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Statement of Operations

  ii. Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Statement of Operations for the year ended September 30, 2018

  iii. Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Statement of Operations

(c) Not applicable

(d) Exhibits

   

Exhibit
No.

   

Description

                 
 

        

     

23

   

Consent of Independent Certified Public Accountants

                 
 

     

99.1

   

Audited abbreviated financial statements of the business acquired from GenePOC Inc. as of June 3, 2019 and for the year ended December 31, 2018

                 
 

     

99.2

   

Meridian Bioscience, Inc. unaudited pro forma combined statement of operations for the year ended September 30, 2018

                 
 

     

104

   

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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.

 

 

MERIDIAN BIOSCIENCE, INC.

             

Date: August 14, 2019

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Bryan T. Baldasare

 

 

 

Bryan T. Baldasare

 

 

 

Interim Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer

 

 

 

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

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