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 (Date of earliest event reported): November 13, 2003 ----------------- Strategic Diagnostics Inc. ----------------------------------------------- (Exact Name of Registrant Specified in Charter) Delaware 000-68440 56-1581761 - ---------------- ---------------- ------------------- (State or Other (Commission File (I.R.S. Employer Jurisdiction of Number) Identification No.) Incorporation) 111 Pencader Drive Newark, DE 19702 - ---------------------------------------- ---------- (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (302) 456-6789 Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits. Items (a) and (b) are inapplicable. (c) Exhibits. Exhibit Number Exhibit Title - -------------- ------------- 99 Press release issued by Strategic Diagnostics Inc. on November 13, 2003, furnished in accordance with Item 9 of this Current Report on Form 8-K. Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure. The purpose of this Current Report on Form 8-K is to furnish a press release issued on November 13, 2003 by Strategic Diagnostics Inc. This press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99. 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. STRATEGIC DIAGNOSTICS INC. By: /s/ Stanley J. Musial ----------------------- Stanley J. Musial Chief Financial Officer Dated: November 18, 2003 2 EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit Number Exhibit Title - -------------- ------------- 99 Press release issued by Strategic Diagnostics Inc. on November 13, 2003, furnished in accordance with Item 9 of this Current Report on Form 8-K. 3