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): December 8, 2006

 

VITAL SIGNS, INC.

 

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

New Jersey
0-18793
11-2279807
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
     
20 Campus Road, Totowa, New Jersey
07512
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (973) 790-1330

 

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):

 

o       Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o       Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o       Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o       Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 


 

Item 2.02

Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

 

On December 8, 2006, Vital Signs, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release regarding results for the three month period and fiscal year ended September 30, 2006 and a press release regarding the Company’s projected earnings for fiscal 2007. Copies of these press releases are being furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

This Current Report on Form 8-K and the press releases attached hereto are being furnished to the Commission inasmuch as they disclose historical information regarding the Company’s results of operations for the three month period and fiscal year ended September 30, 2006 and earnings projections for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2007.

 

 

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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(c)

Exhibits.

As described in Item 2.02 of this Report, the following Exhibit is furnished as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K:

 

Exhibit 99.1: Press release, dated December 8, 2006.

 

 

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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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

  VITAL SIGNS, INC.  
       
  By: /s/ Jay Sturm  
    Name: Jay Sturm
Title: Vice President / General Counsel		  

 

 

 

Dated: December 8, 2006

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

 

 

Exhibit No.
  
Description
    
       

99.1

 

Press release, dated December 8, 2006

 

 

 

 

 

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