================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Date of Report: June 2, 2004 QLT Inc. ------------------------------------------------------ (Exact name of registrant as specified in its Charter) British Columbia, Canada 000-17082 N/A - ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------- (Jurisdiction of (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer Incorporation) Identification No.) QLT Inc., 887 Great Northern Way, Vancouver, B.C., CANADA, V5T 4T5 (604) 707-7000 ---------------------------------------------------- (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of principal executive offices) ================================================================================ ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS QLT announced that it has entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the National Eye Institute to study the effects of preservative-free triamcinolone acetonide as an adjunct to Visudyne(R) therapy in patients with wet age-related macular degeneration. ITEM 7. EXHIBITS Exhibit Number Description - ------- ----------- 99.1 Press Release dated June 2, 2004. 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, thereunto duly authorised. QLT Inc. ------------------------------------ (Registrant) Date June 2, 2004 /s/ Paul J. Hastings -------------------- ------------------------------------- (Signature) President and Chief Executive Officer