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)

September 17, 2018

PATTERSON COMPANIES, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

1031 Mendota Heights Road

St. Paul, Minnesota 55120

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)

(651) 686-1600

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code)

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):

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §24 .12b-2).

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(a)    Patterson Companies, Inc. (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on September 17, 2018. There were 95,062,744 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. At the Annual Meeting, the holders of 88,030,201 shares of common stock were represented in person or by proxy; therefore, a quorum was present.

(b)    The matters that were voted upon at the Annual Meeting, and the number of votes cast for or against, as well as the number of abstentions and broker non-votes, as to each such matter, where applicable, are set forth below.

Proposal No. 1: Election of Directors

John D. Buck, Alex N. Blanco, Jody H. Feragen, Robert C. Frenzel, Francis (Fran) J. Malecha, Ellen A. Rudnick, Neil A. Schrimsher, Mark S. Walchirk and James W. Wiltz were elected directors of the Company to have terms expiring in 2019, and until their successors shall be elected and duly qualified. The results of the vote were as follows:

Proposal No. 2: Vote on Amendment to 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan

The proposal to amend the Company’s 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares reserved for issuance thereunder from 4,000,000 to 11,500,000 was approved. The results of the vote were as follows:

Proposal No. 3: Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation

The advisory proposal concerning the Company’s executive compensation program was approved. The results of the non-binding vote were as follows:

Proposal No. 4: Ratification of the Appointment of the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst and Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending April 27, 2019 was approved. The results of the vote were as follows:

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.