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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
APRIL 28, 2005
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):
ABAXIS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
CALIFORNIA 000-19720 77-0213001
(State or other Jurisdiction of (Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer)
Incorporation) Identification No.)
3240 WHIPPLE ROAD
UNION CITY, CA 94587
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(510) 675-6500
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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
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ITEM 2.02 RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION.
On April 28, 2005, Abaxis, Inc. announced its financial results for the
fourth quarter and the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005 and certain other
information. A copy of Abaxis' press release announcing these financial
results and certain other information is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
The earnings release presents Abaxis' income from operations and net
income attributable to common shareholders. To supplement the financial
statements presented in accordance with GAAP, Abaxis uses non-GAAP measures
of operating income per share on a pro forma basis and net income per share
on a pro forma basis to exclude a one-time income tax benefit in the fiscal
quarter ended March 31, 2004, certain interest and other income and expense,
preferred dividends, and income tax provision, which are not a measurement of
performance under accounting principles generally accepted in the United
States of America. Management uses these measures in comparing Abaxis'
historical performance and believes that these measures provide meaningful
and comparable information to management and investors to assist in their
review of Abaxis' performance relative to prior periods and its competitors.
The earnings release includes schedules that reconciles Abaxis'
statement of operations prepared in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles to its results on a pro forma basis for the three- and
twelve-month periods ended March 31, 2005 and 2004.
The information in this Current Report is being furnished and shall not
be deemed "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") or otherwise subject to the
liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference
in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act,
regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.
ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
(C) EXHIBITS.
The following exhibit is furnished with this report on Form 8-K:
Exhibit No. Description
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99.1 Press release dated April 28, 2005 (furnished pursuant
to Item 2.02).
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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.
Date: April 28, 2005
ABAXIS, INC.
By: /s/ Alberto Santa Ines
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Alberto Santa Ines
Vice President, Finance and
Chief Financial Officer
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ABAXIS, INC.
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit No. Description
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99.1 Press release dated April 28, 2005.
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