UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K/A
(Amendment No. 2)
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report
(Date of earliest event reported):
February 3, 2014
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THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)
| Delaware | 1-8002 | 04-2209186 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
| 81 Wyman Street | ||
| Waltham, Massachusetts | 02451 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
| (781) 622-1000 | ||||
| (Registrant’s telephone number including area code) |
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THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC.
Explanatory Note.
As previously reported in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 4, 2014 (the “Initial Filing”), on February 3, 2014, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April 14, 2013 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Life Technologies Corporation (“Life Technologies”), Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (“Thermo Fisher”), and Polpis Merger Sub Co., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Thermo Fisher (“Merger Sub”), Merger Sub merged with and into Life Technologies (the “Merger”), with Life Technologies surviving the Merger as an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Thermo Fisher. On April 16, 2014, Thermo Fisher amended the Initial Filing (“Amendment No.1”) to include the historical financial statements of Life Technologies and the pro forma financial information required by Item 9.01 of Form 8-K. This Amendment No. 2 on Form 8-K further amends the Initial Filing and Amendment No.1 principally to include additional pro forma financial information for the nine-month period ended September 27, 2014, which information was not required to be included in the Initial Filing or Amendment No. 1.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(b) Pro Forma Financial Information.
See Exhibit Index attached hereto.
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THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC.
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.
| Date: November 5, 2014 | THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC. | |
| By: | /s/ Peter E. Hornstra | |
| Peter E. Hornstra | ||
| Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer | ||
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number | Description of Exhibit | |
| 99.1 | Pro forma financial information listed in Item 9.01(b). |
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