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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): </font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">January </font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">1</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">1</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">, 201</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">6</font>
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			<font style="text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt; padding-right:22pt;"><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">Item 2.02.</font></font><font style="text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt; padding-right:4pt;text-align:left"><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">Results of Operations and Financial Condition.</font></font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">On </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">January </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">1</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">1</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">, 201</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">6</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">, &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">AtriCure, Inc.</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">(&#x201C;AtriCure&#x201D; or the &#x201C;Company&#x201D;) </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">issued a press release regarding its </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">preliminary financial results</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;"> for the </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">fourth</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;"> quarter </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">and full year </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">ended </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">Dec</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">ember</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;"> &nbsp;3</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">1</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">,</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;"> 201</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">5</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.</font>
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			<font style="text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt; padding-right:22pt;"><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">Item 7.01.</font></font><font style="text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt; padding-right:4pt;text-align:left"><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">Regulation FD Disclosure.</font></font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">During the week of </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">January </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">1</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">1</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">, 201</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">6</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">, the Company is </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">holding meetings with</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> investors discussing, among other topics, an overview of the Company&#x2019;s business and growth strategy. A copy of the investor presentation, which is available at www.atricure.com, is furnished as Exhibit 99.2 to this Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">The Company</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">&#x2019;s</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> presentation discloses certain financial results both in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)&nbsp;and on a non-GAAP basis with adjustments for certain items. The Company&#x2019;s management believes that presentation of these non-GAAP financial measures and their related reconciliations are useful to investors because the non-GAAP financial measures provide investors with a basis for comparing the results to financial results from prior periods.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Information in the presentation contains forward-looking statements regarding future events and performance of the Company. All such forward-looking statements are based largely on the Company&#x2019;s </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">experience and perception of current conditions, trends, expected future developments and other factors</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">,</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> and on</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> management&#x2019;s expectations</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">,</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially, including, but not limited to, those factors described in the presentation and in the Company&#x2019;s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">The information in each of Item 2.02 and Item 7.01 of this Form 8-K and in the press release attached as Exhibit 99.1 and the presentation attached as Exhibit 99.2 is being furnished and shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section&nbsp;18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#x201C;Exchange Act&#x201D;), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information in each of Item&nbsp;2.02 and Item 7.01 of this Form 8-K and each of Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2 shall not be incorporated by reference in any filing or other document under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in any such filing or document.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">99.1</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;;font-size: 10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 36pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">Press Release dated </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">January </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">1</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">1</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">, 201</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">6</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;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.</font>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">ATRICURE,</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">INC.</font></p>
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8-K ATRC Q4 2015
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):
January
1
1
, 201
6
ATRICURE, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
Delaware
000-51470
34-1940305
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
7555 Innovation Way
Mason, OH
45040
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (513) 755-4100
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):
☐
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 2.02.
Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
On
January
1
1
, 201
6
,
AtriCure, Inc.
("AtriCure" or the "Company")
issued a press release regarding its
preliminary financial results
for the
fourth
quarter
and full year
ended
Dec
ember
3
1
,
201
5
. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 7.01.
Regulation FD Disclosure.
During the week of
January
1
1
, 201
6
, the Company is
holding meetings with
investors discussing, among other topics, an overview of the Company's business and growth strategy. A copy of the investor presentation, which is available at www.atricure.com, is furnished as Exhibit 99.2 to this Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
The Company
's
presentation discloses certain financial results both in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and on a non-GAAP basis with adjustments for certain items. The Company's management believes that presentation of these non-GAAP financial measures and their related reconciliations are useful to investors because the non-GAAP financial measures provide investors with a basis for comparing the results to financial results from prior periods.
Information in the presentation contains forward-looking statements regarding future events and performance of the Company. All such forward-looking statements are based largely on the Company's
experience and perception of current conditions, trends, expected future developments and other factors
,
and on
management's expectations
,
and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially, including, but not limited to, those factors described in the presentation and in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The information in each of Item 2.02 and Item 7.01 of this Form 8-K and in the press release attached as Exhibit 99.1 and the presentation attached as Exhibit 99.2 is being furnished and shall not be deemed "filed" for 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. The information in each of Item 2.02 and Item 7.01 of this Form 8-K and each of Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2 shall not be incorporated by reference in any filing or other document under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in any such filing or document.
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits
.
(d)
Exhibits
No.
Description
99.1
Press Release dated
January
1
1
, 201
6
99.2
Investor Presentation
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.
ATRICURE,
INC.
Dated:
January 11, 2016
By:
/s/ M. Andrew Wade
M. Andrew Wade
Senior
Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer