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

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Item 5.02         Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(b)       On September 16, 2013, Robert C. Buhrmaster, Chairman of the Board of Directors of SurModics, Inc. (the “Company”), notified the Company of his intention to retire from its Board of Directors effective at the conclusion of the Company’s 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held in February 2014.  The Company also announced the election of Scott R. Ward to succeed Mr. Buhrmaster as chairman.  Mr. Ward has been a director of the Company since 2010.

A copy of a press release announcing the foregoing is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01         Financial Statements and Exhibits.

                          (d)  Exhibits.

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.

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