UNITED STATES






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:  March 23, 2011

(Date of earliest event reported)

 




BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 




Commission File Number: 1-7928

 

 

 

 

Delaware

 

94-1381833

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)


 

1000 Alfred Nobel Dr.

Hercules, California 94547

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

(510) 724-7000

(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:

 

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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


Effective March 23, 2011, James J. Bennett retired from the Board of Directors of Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.

(“Bio-Rad” or the “Company”), a position he held since 1977.  Mr. Bennett served Bio-Rad in several key

operating positions during his 33-year association with the Company.








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.

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

Date:

March 29, 2011

 

By:

/s/ Christine A. Tsingos

 

 

 

 

 

Christine A. Tsingos

 

 

 

 

 

Vice President, Chief Financial Officer