abmd-8k_20180208.htm

 

 

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): February 8, 2018

 

ABIOMED, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Delaware

001-09585

04-2743260

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission
File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

22 Cherry Hill Drive
Danvers, MA 01923

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)

(978) 646-1400

(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 Instructions A.2. below):

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company  

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  

 

 

 


Item 8.01   Other Events

On February 14, 2018, ABIOMED, Inc. issued a press release reporting that is has received an expanded U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Pre-Market Approval (PMA) for the Impella 2.5® and Impella CP® heart pumps during elective and urgent high risk percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedures on patients with severe coronary artery disease, complex anatomy and extensive comorbidities, with or without depressed ejection fraction. A copy of the press release is set forth as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

 

 

 

Exhibit

  

Description

99.1

  

Press release dated February 14, 2018.

 



Exhibit Index

 

 

 

 

Exhibit Number

  

Description

99.1

  

Press release dated February 14, 2018.

 

 


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 authorized.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Abiomed, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Stephen C. McEvoy

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stephen C. McEvoy
Vice President and General Counsel

Date: February 14, 2018