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

June 15, 2010

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)

 

 

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Item 5.02

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangement of Certain Officers.

(d) On June 15, 2010, the Board of Directors of Patterson Companies, Inc. (the “Company”) elected Scott P. Anderson as a member of the Board of Directors. Mr. Anderson, who has served as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer since April 25, 2010, will join the Board effective immediately. Mr. Anderson had held the position of President of the Company’s subsidiary Patterson Dental Supply, Inc., since June 2006 and previously held the positions of Vice President, Sales and Vice President, Marketing of Patterson Dental Supply, Inc. At the Annual Meeting in 2010, Mr. Anderson will be a nominee for election as Director for a term expiring at the Annual Meeting in 2012.

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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: June 16, 2010		By:		/s/ R. Stephen Armstrong
				R. Stephen Armstrong
				Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
				(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)