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

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): September 17 , 2018

OXFORD IMMUNOTEC GLOBAL PLC

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

England and Wales

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

001-36200		Not Applicable
(Commission File Number)		( IRS Employer Identification No.)

94C Innovation Drive, Milton Park, Abingdon OX14 4RZ, United Kingdom

(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number including area code +44 (0) 1235 442780

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Item 1 .0 1 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement .

On September 17, 2018, Oxford Immunotec Ltd. (“OI Ltd.”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Oxford Immunotec Global PLC (the “Registrant”), entered into a Fifth Amendment to Distributorship Agreement (the “Amendment”) with Fosun Long March Medical Science Co. Ltd. and Shanghai Xin Chang Medical Device Co. Ltd. (collectively the “Distributors”). The Amendment amends the Distributorship Agreement between the parties dated October 8, 2013, as amended on April 22, 2015, November 3, 2016, December 20, 2017, and June 5, 2018, pursuant to which the Distributors purchase T-SPOT ^® . TB test kits from OI Ltd. for distribution in China (the “Agreement”). The Agreement was originally filed as Exhibit 10.24 of our Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-191737) on October 15, 2013, as Exhibit 10.1 of our Quarterly Report on Form 10Q on August 4, 2015, as Exhibit 10.20 of our Annual Report on Form 10K on March 1, 2017, as Exhibit 10.21 of our Annual Report on Form 10K on February 27, 2018, and as Exhibit 10.1 of our Quarterly Report on Form 10Q on July 31, 2018. The Amendment establishes conditional rebates based on the volume of purchases made by Distributors during the 2018 calendar year.

The foregoing description of the Agreement does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full and complete terms of the Agreement which are incorporated by reference herein. In addition, the foregoing description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full and complete terms of the Amendment, which will be filed as an exhibit to the Registrant’s next periodic report.

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.

Date: September 20, 2018