Edgar Filing: ANGIODYNAMICS INC

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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): June 2, 2008

AngioDynamics, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware	000-50761	11-3146460
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

603 Queensbury Avenue, Queensbury, New York 12804

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(518) 798-1215

(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:

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Item 8.01 – Other Events.

On June 2, 2008, AngioDynamics, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Settlement Agreement (the "Settlement Agreement") with VNUS Medical Technologies, Inc. ("VNUS") relating to the previously disclosed litigation filed on October 4, 2005, by VNUS against the Company and other defendants entitled VNUS Medical Technologies, Inc. v. Diomed Holdings, Inc., Diomed Inc., AngioDynamics, Inc., and Vascular Solutions, Inc., case no. C05-2972 MMC, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, the Company has agreed to pay VNUS approximately $6.8 million and a royalty, payable quarterly, on U.S. sales of NeverTouch™ VenaCure® products from June 1, 2008 until the expiration date of the applicable patents. In exchange, VNUS has granted the Company a non-exclusive and non-sublicenseable license to the applicable patents for use in endovenous laser therapy. All litigation between the parties will be dismissed.

A copy of the press release issued by the Company on June 3, 2008, announcing the execution of the Settlement Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Forward-Looking Statements

This document and its attachments include "forward-looking statements" intended to qualify for the safe harbor from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors can identify these statements by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. These statements contain words such as "expect," "reaffirm," "anticipate," "plan," "believe," "estimate," "may," "will," "predict," "project," "might," "intend," "potential," "could," "would," "should," "estimate," "seek," "continue," "pursue," or "our future success depends," or the negative or other variations thereof or comparable terminology, are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. In particular, they include statements relating to, among other things, future actions, strategies, future performance, future financial results of the Company. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and projections about future events.

Investors are cautioned that forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance or results and involve risks and uncertainties that cannot be predicted or quantified and, consequently, the actual performance or results of the Company may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the factors described from time to time in the Company's reports filed with the SEC, including the Company's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 2, 2007 and Form 10-Q for the period ended February 29, 2008, financial community and rating agency perceptions of the Company; the effects of economic, credit and capital market conditions on the economy in general, and on medical device companies in particular; domestic and foreign health care reforms and governmental laws and regulations; third-party relations and approvals, technological

advances and patents attained by competitors; and challenges inherent in new product development, including obtaining regulatory approvals. In addition to the matters described above, the ability of the Company to consummate the purchase of the Diomed businesses described above, the ability of the Company to develop its products, future actions by the FDA or other regulatory agencies, results of pending or future clinical trials, the outcome of pending patent litigation, overall economic conditions, general market conditions, market acceptance, foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations, and the effects on pricing from group purchasing organizations and competition, may affect the actual results achieved by the Company.

Any forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and, as such, speak only as of the date made. The Company disclaims any obligation to update the forward-looking statements. Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements which speak only as of the date stated, or if no date is stated, as of the date of this document.

Item 9.01 – Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press Release dated June 3, 2008.

SIGNATURE

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.

		ANGIODYNAMICS, INC.
		(Registrant)


Date: June 4, 2008	By:	D. Joseph Gersuk
		D. Joseph Gersuk
		Chief Financial Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press Release dated June 3, 2008.