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: February 29, 2016
(date of earliest event reported)

VASCULAR SOLUTIONS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Commission File Number: 0-27605


Minnesota
 
41-1859679
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
 
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

6464 Sycamore Court North
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55369
(Address of principal executive offices)

 (763) 656-4300
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)


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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.

Vascular Solutions, Inc. (the “Company”) and Charmaine Sutton, its Senior Vice President, Regulatory & Quality Assurance and a named executive officer, have reached an agreement in principle under which Ms. Sutton will transition to serving as an outside consultant to the Company effective as of March 31, 2016.  As a consultant to the Company, Ms. Sutton will assist the Company with its regulatory strategies and with regulatory reviews.  The terms of Ms. Sutton’s consulting arrangement are pending and will be disclosed when they are determined.

SIGNATURE

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.

  VASCULAR SOLUTIONS, INC.
 
Date:  March 4, 2016
By:
/s/ Gordon Weber
 
   
Gordon Weber
 
 
Its:
General Counsel