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

April 10, 2012

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

 

CEPHEID

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

California   000-30755   77-0441625

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

file number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

904 Caribbean Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94089

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(408) 541-4191

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

 

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

As of February 24, 2012, the record date for its 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Record Date”), Cepheid had a total of 7,279,326 shares subject to all outstanding equity awards, including 6,270,263 shares subject to outstanding equity awards under Cepheid’s 2006 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2006 EIP”). On the Record Date, there were 6,682,717 shares subject to all outstanding option awards with a weighted average exercise price of $18.66 and a weighted average remaining contractual term of 4.15 years. Also on the Record Date, there were 596,609 shares subject to all outstanding full-value equity awards that had not yet vested.

Additionally, as of the Record Date, there were 169,670 shares authorized under the 2006 EIP but not subject to outstanding awards.

Details regarding the 2006 EIP are included in Cepheid’s proxy statement, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 15, 2012.


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.

 

    CEPHEID
Date: April 10, 2012     By:  

/s/ Andrew D. Miller

    Name:   Andrew D. Miller
    Title:   Executive Vice President,
      Chief Financial Officer