Form 8-K

 

 

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

December 7, 2009

Date of report

 

 

PATTERSON COMPANIES, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Minnesota   0-20572   41-0886515

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

   (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

1031 Mendota Heights Road

St. Paul, Minnesota 55120

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)

(651) 686-1600

(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 following provisions:

 

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

(d) On December 7, 2009, the Board of Directors of Patterson Companies, Inc. (the “Company”) elected Brian S. Tyler as a member of the Board of the Company. Mr. Tyler will join the Board effective immediately and will serve on the compensation and governance committees. Mr. Tyler will receive compensation payable to non-employee directors serving on the Board as summarized under the caption “Non-Employee Director Compensation” in the 2009 Proxy Statement. At the Annual Meeting in 2010, Mr. Tyler will be a nominee for election as Director for a term expiring at the Annual Meeting in 2013.

A copy of a press release issued by the Company on December 9, 2009, announcing the election of Mr. Tyler is furnished as Exhibit 99 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits

 

99    Press release of Patterson Companies, Inc., dated December 9, 2009.

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.

 

    PATTERSON COMPANIES, INC.
Date: December 9, 2009     By:   /S/     R. STEPHEN ARMSTRONG        
      R. Stephen Armstrong
      Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
      (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

Number

   

Description

99    Press release of Patterson Companies, Inc., dated December 9, 2009.