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): August 20, 2018

    SYNEOS HEALTH, INC.    

 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

                          Delaware                                                       001-36730                                                    27-340311                        

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

3201 Beechleaf Court, Suite 600

                         Raleigh, North Carolina                        

 

                         27604-1547                        

(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code): (919) 876-9300

 

 

(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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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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Item        7.01

Regulation FD Disclosure.

On August 20, 2018, Syneos Health, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the Company’s acquisition of Kinapse Topco Limited. The full text of the press release was posted on the Company’s internet website and is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

Pursuant to General Instruction B.2 of Current Report on Form 8-K, the information contained in, or incorporated into, Item 7.01, including the press release attached as Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference to such filing.

 

Item        9.01.    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Exhibit No.

  

Exhibit Description

99.1    Press Release dated August 20, 2018


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.

 

    SYNEOS HEALTH, INC.
Date: August 20, 2018     By:  

/s/ Purvesh D. Patel

    Name:   Purvesh D. Patel
    Title:   Executive Vice President, Interim General Counsel and Corporate Secretary