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) June 10, 2014

 

 

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:

 

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Item 5.02 Departure of Director or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangement of Certain Officers.

(b)(c) On June 10, 2014 Patterson Companies, Inc. announced that R. Stephen Armstrong, executive vice president and Chief Financial Officer, will step down from his current position as of October 31, 2014. The Board of Directors named Ann B. Gugino, currently the vice president of strategy and planning, as vice president and Chief Financial Officer, to be effective November 1, 2014. Mr. Armstrong will be a senior advisor to the Company through fiscal 2016 to support a smooth transition in responsibilities. A copy of the press release issued by the Company on June 10, 2014 announcing these changes in positions for Mr. Armstrong and the appointment of Mrs. Gugino as Mr. Armstrong’s successor is furnished as Exhibit 99 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

 

99    Press release of Patterson Companies, Inc., dated June 10, 2014.

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 10, 2014     By:  

/s/ R. Stephen Armstrong

      R. Stephen Armstrong
      Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
      (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

Number

   

Description

99    Press release of Patterson Companies, Inc., dated June 10, 2014.