SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

Washington, D.C.  20549

 

FORM 8-K/A

 

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

February 10, 2004

(Date of earliest event reported)

 

ABIOMED, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

0-20584

 

04-2743260

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

 

22 Cherry Hill Drive, Danvers, Massachusetts

 

01923

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

 

 

(978) 777-5410

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

 

 

 

Not Applicable

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

 

 



 

 

The Undersigned Registrant hereby amends its Form 8-K filed earlier on February 10, 2004, to correct an error in the press release attached as Exhbit 99.1. In particular, cash consumed by operating activities of $7.4 million occurred in the nine months ended December 31, 2003, a 42% decrease over the cash consumed by operations in the comparable nine months of the prior year. In our earlier filing we incorrectly indicated this cash was consumed over the three months ended December 31, 2003.

 

Item 7.            Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(c) Exhibits

 

Exhibit Number

 

Description

99.1

 

Press release dated February 10, 2004

 

Item 12.         Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

 

On February 10, 2004, ABIOMED, Inc. announced its financial results for its third fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2003.  The full text of the press release issued in connection with the announcement is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

The information in this Form 8-K and the Exhibit attached hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

 

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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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

ABIOMED, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Charles B. Haaser

 

 

 

Charles B. Haaser
Controller
Principal Accounting Officer
Principal Financial Officer

 

 

Date:       February 10, 2004

 

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Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press release dated February 10, 2004

 

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