Orasure Technologies, Inc - Form 8-K

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): March 10, 2005

 


 

OraSure Technologies, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 


 

Delaware   001-16537   36-4370966

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  (Commission File Number)  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

220 East First Street

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

  18015-1360
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 610-882-1820

 


 

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:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 



Item 1.01 – Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement

 

OraSure Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) and Northampton County New Jobs Corp. (the “Landlord”) are parties to a Commercial Lease, dated April 30, 1999, as amended (the “Lease”), pursuant to which the Company has leased its facilities at 150 Webster Street, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, for an initial term expiring March 31, 2005. Pursuant to the Lease, the Company has exercised its option to extend the term of the Lease for an additional period of five (5) years. On March 10, 2005, the Company and the Landlord entered into a Fourth Amendment to Commercial Lease, dated as of March 4, 2005 (the “Fourth Amendment”), which extends the term of the Lease until March 31, 2010. A copy of the Fourth Amendment is attached as Exhibit 10 to this Form 8-K.

 

Item 9.01 – Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(c) Exhibits

 

Exhibit Number

 

Description


10   Fourth Amendment to Commercial Lease, dated as of March 4, 2005, between OraSure Technologies, Inc. and Northampton County New Jobs Corp.

 

2


Signatures

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

 

    ORASURE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Date: March 11, 2005   By:  

/s/ Jack E. Jerrett


        Jack E. Jerrett
        Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

 

3


Index to Exhibits

 

Exhibit

No.


 

Description


10   Fourth Amendment to Commercial Lease, dated as of March 4, 2005, between OraSure Technologies, Inc. and Northampton County New Jobs Corp.

 

4