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
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 4, 2013 (May 30, 2013)
CHEMBIO DIAGNOSTICS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Nevada
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0-30379
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88-0425691
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(IRS Employer
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of Incorporation)
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Identification Number)
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3661 Horseblock Road
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Medford, NY 11763
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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631-924-1135
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(Registrant's Telephone Number)
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N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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ITEM 7.01. REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE.
On May 30, 2013, Chembio Diagnostics, Inc. (the "Company") received a confirmed purchase order from a leading international procurement agency in the approximate amount of $5.3 million. The purchase order from the procurement agency is based on the Company's published bulk procurement pricing. It is on behalf of the Ministry of Health of a developing country that is undertaking a large program for the prevention of HIV from mother to child and other HIV prevention strategies using the Company's HIV 1/2 STAT PAK® rapid HIV tests. The procurement has been funded by a leading multi-lateral fund that is organized to fund and promote such prevention programs, among others. The Company anticipates that substantially all of this order will be shipped during the third quarter of 2013. The procurement agency is a long-established customer of the Company.
The information in this Item 7.01 of this Form 8-K is being furnished and shall not be deemed "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. The information in this Item 7.01 of this Form 8-K also shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except to the extent that the Company specifically incorporates it by reference.
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 thereunto duly authorized.
June 4, 2013 Chembio Diagnostics, Inc.
By: /s/ Lawrence A. Siebert
Lawrence A. Siebert
Chief Executive Officer