Current Report Filing (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

April 17, 2019

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)

Surmodics, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Minnesota

0-23837

41-1356149

(State of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

9924 West 74 ^th Street

Eden Prairie, Minnesota

55344

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

(952) 500-7000

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

On April 17, 2019, Surmodics, Inc. issued a press release providing an update regarding the TRANSCEND clinical trial. A copy of a press release announcing the foregoing is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits .

	Exhibit
	Number		Description
	99.1		Press Release dated April 17, 2019.

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.