Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

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): July 1, 2017

 

 

LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

001-33092   04-2825458

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

63 Second Avenue

Burlington, Massachusetts

  01803
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

(781) 221-2266

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

 

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(b) On July 1, 2017, Michael T. Wijas, who served as Vice President, Sales, The Americas, of LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. (the “Company”), notified the Company of his resignation from the Company, effective July 7, 2017.

The Company has initiated a search for a replacement. In the interim, the North American sales management team will report to George W. LeMaitre, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

The Company expects preliminary unaudited second quarter 2017 sales to be in the range of $25.4 million to $25.7 million.

As the Company’s Q2 2017 sales information presented in this report is preliminary and unaudited, it remains subject to adjustment. This report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements in this report regarding the Company’s business that are not historical facts may be “forward-looking statements” that involve risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements are based on management’s current, preliminary expectations and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from the results expected. Risks and uncertainties that may affect the Company’s future results include, but are not limited to, those discussed under the heading “Risk Factors” in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, as updated by its subsequent filings with the SEC, all of which are available on the Company’s investor relations website at http://www.lemaitre.com and on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

The information contained in this Item 7.01 is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for any purpose, and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, regardless of any general incorporation language in any such filing.


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.

 

  LEMAITRE VASCULAR, INC.
Dated: July 7, 2017   By  

/s/ Joseph P. Pellegrino, Jr.

    Name:   Joseph P. Pellegrino, Jr.
    Title:   Chief Financial Officer and Secretary