Edgar Filing: BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC.

BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC.

Date: March 18, 2019

/s/ Timothy S. Ernst

Timothy S. Ernst

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

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: March 18, 2019

(Date of earliest event reported)

BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

1-7928

94-1381833

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation or organization)

Commission

File Number:

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

1000 Alfred Nobel Dr.

Hercules, California 94547

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(510) 724-7000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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ITEM 8.01

Other Events.

On March 4, 2019, Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (the “Company”) filed a Form 12b-25, or NT 10-K, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to extend the filing deadline for its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 (“2018 Form 10-K”) by the 15 calendar days allotted under Rule 12b-25. At that time, the Company indicated that it expected to file its 2018 Form 10-K on or before the extended deadline of March 18, 2019.

As of March 18, 2019, the Company requires additional time to complete its year end procedures, including its assessment of the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2018. Therefore, the Company is unable to file its 2018 Form 10-K by the extended filing deadline of March 18, 2019 provided by Rule 12b-25 but intends to complete the filing as promptly as possible thereafter.

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.