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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin: 0pt 7.5pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 18pt;"><b>FORM 8-K</b></p>

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<p style="margin: 0pt 7.5pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>CURRENT REPORT</b></p>

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<p style="margin: 0pt 7.5pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF</b></p>

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<p style="margin: 0pt 7.5pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</b></p>

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<p style="margin: 0pt 7.5pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): </b><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>December 12</b><b>, 2017</b></font></p>

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<p style="margin: 0pt 7.5pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 18pt;"><b>Proto Labs, Inc.</b></p>

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<p style="margin: 0pt 7.5pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">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:</p>

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<p style="margin: 0pt 7.5pt 0pt 30pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">&#8414;<font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</font></p>

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<p style="margin: 0pt 7.5pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.</p>

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<p style="margin: 0pt 7.5pt 0pt 30pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Emerging growth company <font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;&#9744;</font></p>

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<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">On <font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">December 12, 2017, Proto Labs, Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) posted an investor presentation to its website at <u>http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=248039&amp;p=irol-IRHome</u>. A copy of the investor presentation is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.</font></p>

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<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto, is being furnished and shall not be deemed &ldquo;filed&rdquo; for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &ldquo;Exchange Act&rdquo;), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, nor shall it be deemed subject to the requirements of amended Item 10 of Regulation S-K, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing. The furnishing of this information hereby shall not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any such information.</p>

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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="ex_101951.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Proto Labs, Inc.<font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;Investor Presentation dated December 12, 2017.</font></a></p>
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<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">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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prlb20171211_8k.htm
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):
December 12
, 2017
Proto Labs, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Minnesota
001-35435
41-1939628
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification Number)
5540 Pioneer Creek Drive
Maple Plain, Minnesota
55359
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant
's telephone number, including area code:
(763) 479-3680
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:
⃞
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Emerging growth company
☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
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Item
7.01
.
Regulation FD Disclosure
.
On
December 12, 2017, Proto Labs, Inc. (the "Company") posted an investor presentation to its website at
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=248039&p=irol-IRHome
. A copy of the investor presentation is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto, 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 subject to the requirements of amended Item 10 of Regulation S-K, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing. The furnishing of this information hereby shall not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any such information.
Item
9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(
d) Exhibits
99.1
Proto Labs, Inc.
Investor Presentation dated December 12, 2017.
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.
Proto Labs,
Inc.
Date:
December 12
, 2017
By:
/s/ John A. Way
John A. Way
Chief Financial Officer