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): September 4, 2014
IDEXX LABORATORIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 000-19271 | 01-0393723 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| One IDEXX Drive, Westbrook, Maine | 04092 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (ZIP Code) |
207.556.0300
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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. to Form 8-K):
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| Item 2.03 | Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of the Registrant. |
On July 22, 2014, IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Note Purchase Agreement (the “NYL Agreement”) among the Company and the accredited institutional purchasers named therein (the “Purchasers”) pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell $75,000,000 of its 3.72% Senior Notes having a twelve-year term (the “2026 Notes”) at a purchase price of 100% of the principal amount of the 2026 Notes. On September 4, 2014, the Company issued and sold the 2026 Notes to the Purchasers pursuant to the NYL Agreement.
The disclosure under the heading “NYL Agreement” in Item 1.01 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 25, 2014 is incorporated herein by this reference.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| (d) | Exhibits |
See Exhibit Index attached hereto.
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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.
| IDEXX LABORATORIES, INC. | ||||||
Date: September 10, 2014 | By: | /s/ Jacqueline L. Studer | ||||
| Jacqueline L. Studer | ||||||
| Corporate Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | ||||||
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit | Description of Exhibit | |
| 99.1 | Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 22, 2014, among the Company, as issuer, New York Life Insurance Company, and NYL Investors LLC, as investment manager for New York Life Insurance and Annuity Corporation and New York Life Insurance and Annuity Corporation Institutionally Owned Life Insurance Separate Account (BOLI 30C), as purchasers (previously filed as Exhibit 99.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 25, 2014 and incorporated herein by this reference). | |
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