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): January 11, 2016

 

 

ALERE INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   1-16789   04-3565120
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
 

(Commission

File Number)

  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

51 Sawyer Road, Suite 200, Waltham, Massachusetts 02453

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(781) 647-3900

(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

  ¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

On January 11, 2016, Alere Inc. made a presentation at the 2016 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference. Certain preliminary financial information regarding the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015 are referenced in the presentation. A copy of the presentation is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

As provided in General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in this Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 incorporated herein shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), nor shall they be deemed to be 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.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

99.1    Alere Inc. Presentation for J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on January 11, 2016, furnished herewith.


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.

 

    ALERE INC.
Date: January 11, 2016     By:  

/s/ Douglas Barry

      Douglas Barry
      Associate General Counsel


Index of Exhibits

 

EXHIBIT

NO.

  

DESCRIPTION

99.1    Alere Inc. Presentation for J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on January 11, 2016, furnished herewith.