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    International Holdings, Inc.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; text-align: center">20-5313323</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(Commission File Number)</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; text-align: center">600 Cruiser Lane<BR> Belgrade, Montana</TD>
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Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions
(<U>see </U>General Instruction A.2. below):</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 15%; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold">ITEM&nbsp;5.02</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 85%; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold">DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS.</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">On September 6, 2012, the Company&rsquo;s
Board of Directors unanimously voted to expand the size of the Board and fill the newly created vacancy with John Deedrick. Mr.
Deedrick is an e<FONT STYLE="color: black">xperienced senior executive with 15 years experience in healthcare venture capital and
business consulting. &nbsp;Mr. Deedrick also has 12 years of experience in the high tech defense industry. &nbsp;He has served
as a corporate venture capitalist for Mayo Clinic and a Founder and General Partner for Accuitive Medical Ventures. &nbsp;Mr. Deedrick
also serves as President and CEO of CHIP Solutions and is Founder and Chairman of GreatDeeds, a Minnesota non-profit organization.
Mr. Deedrick has served on the board of numerous early stage healthcare companies over the last 15 years. Mr. Deedrick received
his undergraduate degree from Northwestern College (Roseville, MN) and his MBA from St. Thomas University (St. Paul, MN).</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="color: black">Mr. Deedrick
will </FONT>serve as a Class II Director<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"> </FONT>until the 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and
until his successor has been duly elected and qualified. Committee assignments have not yet been determined. There are no related
party transactions between the Company and Mr. Deedrick, other than the standard Board compensation for independent directors,
which is described in detail in our Proxy Statement.</P>

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release announcing the matter described in Item 5.02 above is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein. The information
in this Item 7.01 and the document attached as Exhibit 99.1 are being furnished and shall not be deemed &ldquo;filed&rdquo; for
purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &ldquo;Exchange Act&rdquo;), nor otherwise subject
to the liabilities of that section, nor incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange
Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 9.01.</B> &nbsp; <B>Financial Statements and Exhibits.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Exhibits</U>.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 87%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold">Description</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">99.1</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Press Release of Bacterin International Holdings, Inc., dated September 12, 2012 entitled &ldquo;John Deedrick Joins Bacterin Board of Directors&rdquo;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">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.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; text-align: justify">Dated: September 11, 2012</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; text-align: justify"><B>BACTERIN INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC</B>.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; text-align: justify">By: /s/ Guy S. Cook</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Name: Guy S. Cook</TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Title: President and Chief Executive
Officer</P></TD></TR>
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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):
September 6, 2012
Bacterin
    International Holdings, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
333-158426
20-5313323
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
600 Cruiser Lane
Belgrade, Montana
59714
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
(406) 388-0480
(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
(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):
¨
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 5.02
DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS.
On September 6, 2012, the Company's
Board of Directors unanimously voted to expand the size of the Board and fill the newly created vacancy with John Deedrick. Mr.
Deedrick is an e
xperienced senior executive with 15 years experience in healthcare venture capital and
business consulting.  Mr. Deedrick also has 12 years of experience in the high tech defense industry.  He has served
as a corporate venture capitalist for Mayo Clinic and a Founder and General Partner for Accuitive Medical Ventures.  Mr. Deedrick
also serves as President and CEO of CHIP Solutions and is Founder and Chairman of GreatDeeds, a Minnesota non-profit organization.
Mr. Deedrick has served on the board of numerous early stage healthcare companies over the last 15 years. Mr. Deedrick received
his undergraduate degree from Northwestern College (Roseville, MN) and his MBA from St. Thomas University (St. Paul, MN).
Mr. Deedrick
will
serve as a Class II Director
until the 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and
until his successor has been duly elected and qualified. Committee assignments have not yet been determined. There are no related
party transactions between the Company and Mr. Deedrick, other than the standard Board compensation for independent directors,
which is described in detail in our Proxy Statement.
Item 7.01
Regulation FD Disclosure.
A copy of the press
release announcing the matter described in Item 5.02 above is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein. The information
in this Item 7.01 and the document attached as Exhibit 99.1 are being furnished and shall not be deemed "filed" for
purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), nor otherwise subject
to the liabilities of that section, nor incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 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
.
Exhibit No
Description
99.1
Press Release of Bacterin International Holdings, Inc., dated September 12, 2012 entitled "John Deedrick Joins Bacterin Board of Directors"
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.
Dated: September 11, 2012
BACTERIN INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC
.
By: /s/ Guy S. Cook
Name: Guy S. Cook
Title: President and Chief Executive
Officer