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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):
     October 16, 2012

STRATEGIC DIAGNOSTICS INC.
(Exact name of registrant specified in its charter)
 
 
Delaware
000-22400
56-1581761
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification
No.)
 
 
111 Pencader Drive
Newark, Delaware
19702
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
 
 
Registrant’s telephone, including area code:
     (302) 456-6789
   
   
   
 
    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):

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Item 2.01.
Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

As disclosed by the Company in its Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on October 1, 2012, Strategic Diagnostics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and Romer Labs Technology, Inc. a Delaware corporation (the “Purchaser”), entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (as amended, the “Purchase Agreement”).

On October 16, 2012, pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement, the Company completed the sale of all of the Company’s right, title, and interest in certain of the assets, equipment, inventory and intellectual property (the “Purchased Assets”) related exclusively to the Company’s business units comprised of the development, manufacturing and sale of diagnostics kits for the detection of various food pathogens and genetically modified organisms.  At the closing, $600,000 of the $13,500,000 purchase price for the Purchased Assets was placed in escrow pending the satisfaction of certain post-closing conditions and the remaining $12,900,000 was paid to the Company in cash.

The foregoing description of the Purchase Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Purchase Agreement, which is filed herewith as Exhibit 2.1.

Item 9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(b)          Pro forma financial information.

The following pro forma financial information of the Company, giving effect to the sale transaction described in Item 2.01 above, is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference into this Item 9.01(b); unaudited pro forma consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2012; and unaudited pro forma consolidated statements of operations for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2011, 2010, and 2009 and for the six-months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011.

(d)          Exhibits.

Exhibit Number
Description of Exhibit
   
2.1
Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 28, 2012 between Strategic Diagnostics, Inc. and Romer Labs Technology, Inc.*
 
*Schedules are omitted. The registrant hereby undertakes to furnish the Commission supplementally upon request a copy of omitted Schedules to the Asset Purchase Agreement.
99.1
Unaudited pro forma consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2012; and unaudited pro forma consolidated statements of operations for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2011, 2010, and 2009 and for the six-months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011.

 
 
 
 

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.
 
   
STRATEGIC DIAGNOSTICS INC.
 
       
         
Date:
 
 
By:
   
    Name:   Francis M. DiNuzzo  
   
Title:
  President and Chief Executive Officer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit Number
Description of Exhibit
   
2.1
Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 28, 2012 between Strategic Diagnostics, Inc. and Romer Labs Technology, Inc.*
*Schedules are omitted. The registrant hereby undertakes to furnish the Commission supplementally upon request a copy of omitted Schedules to the Asset Purchase Agreement.
99.1
Unaudited pro forma consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2012 and unaudited pro forma consolidated statements of operations for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2011, 2010, and 2009 and for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2012 and 2011.