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): November 20, 2015

 

 

  

SIRONA DENTAL SYSTEMS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

  

 

 

Delaware   000-22673   11-3374812

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

   (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

 

30-30 47th Avenue, Suite 500    
Long Island City, New York   11101
(Address of Principal Executive Office)   (Zip Code)

 

(718) 937-5765

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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):

 

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

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

 

  

Item 8.01. Other Events

 

On November 23, 2015, Sirona Dental Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) and DENTSPLY International Inc. (“DENSTPLY”) issued a joint press release to report the expiration of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, with respect to the proposed merger of the Company and DENTSPLY. A copy of that press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(c) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.   Description
     
99.1   Joint Press Release, dated November 23, 2015, of Sirona Dental Systems, Inc. and DENTSPLY International Inc.

 

 

 

 

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.

 

  SIRONA DENTAL SYSTEMS, INC.
  (Registrant)
     
Date: November 23, 2015    
     
  By:  /s/ Jonathan Friedman
  Jonathan Friedman
  Secretary and General Counsel