Current Report Filing (8-k)
November 15 2017 - 4:02PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
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)
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November 15, 2017
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VARIAN
MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified
in its Charter)
Delaware
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1-7598
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94-2359345
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(State or Other Jurisdiction
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(Commission File Number)
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(IRS Employer
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of Incorporation)
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Identification No.)
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3100
Hansen Way, Palo Alto, CA
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94304-1030
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(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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Registrant's telephone number,
including area code
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(650)
493-4000
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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 Instruction A.2. below):
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the
Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the
Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b)
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c)
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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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
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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.
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Item 8.01.
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Other Events
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On November 15,
2017, the Compensation and Management Development Committee of the Board of Directors of Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (the “Company”)
adopted new forms of award agreement pursuant to which performance-based nonqualified stock options, time-based nonqualified stock
options, restricted stock units and performance units may be granted under the Company’s Fourth Amended and Restated Omnibus
Stock Plan to Section 16 officers of the Company. Copies of these new forms of award agreements are attached hereto as Exhibits
10.1, 10. 2, 10.3 and 10.4, respectively.
The information
contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
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Item 9.01.
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Financial Statements and Exhibits
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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.
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Varian Medical Systems, Inc.
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By:
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/s/ John W. Kuo
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Name:
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John W. Kuo
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Title:
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Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
Corporate Secretary
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Dated: November 15, 2017
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