SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

FORM 10-K/A

Amendment No. 1

FOR ANNUAL AND TRANSITION REPORTS PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM ______________TO__________________

Commission File No. 0-14902

MERIDIAN BIOSCIENCE, INC.

Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None

Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: Common Stock, No Par Value

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months, and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (Section 229.405 of this Chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. [ ]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 12b-2).

The aggregate market value of Common Stock held by non-affiliates as of March 31, 2004 was $107,496,766 based on a closing sale price of $10.19 per share on March 31, 2004. As of December 1, 2004, 15,059,536 shares of no par value Common Stock were issued and outstanding.

Documents Incorporated by Reference

Portions of the Registrant’s Annual Report to Shareholders for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2004 furnished to the Commission pursuant to Rule 14a-3(b) as specified and portions of the Registrant’s Proxy Statement filed with the Commission for its 2005 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting are incorporated by reference in Parts II and III as specified.

 

The purpose of this filing of Amendment No. 1 to Form 10-K is to file as an exhibit the Registrant’s 2004 Annual Report to Shareholders, which was listed as Exhibit Number 13 to the Registrant’s Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2004 (which was filed on December 13, 2004), but was inadvertently omitted.

ITEM 15.

EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

(a) (1) and (2) FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SCHEDULES.

All financial statements and schedules required to be filed by Item 8 of this Form and included in this report have been listed previously under Item 8. No additional financial statements or schedules are being filed since the requirements of paragraph (d) under Item 15 are not applicable to Meridian.

(a) (3) EXHIBITS.

 

 

(1) Only portions of the 2004 Annual Report to Shareholders specifically incorporated by reference in the Form 10-K are filed. A supplemental paper copy of the 2004 Annual Report to Shareholders has been provided to the Securities and Exchange Commission for informational purposes only.

*Management Compensatory Contracts

Incorporated by reference to:

A.	Registration Statement No. 333-02613 on Form S-3 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 18, 1996.
B.	Registration Statement No. 33-6052 filed under the Securities Act of 1933.
C.	Registration Statement No. 333-11077 on Form S-3 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 29, 1996.
D.	Meridian’s Schedule T-O filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 24, 2003.
E.	Meridian’s Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 17, 1993.
F.	Meridian’s Forms 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 8, 1994 and April 6, 1994.
G.	Meridian’s Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 2, 1996.
H.	Meridian’s Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 17, 1998.
I.	Registration Statement No. 33-89214 on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 5, 1995.
J.	Registration Statement No. 33-78868 on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 12, 1994.
K.	Meridian’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 1996.
L.	Meridian’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 1995.
M.	Company’s Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission filed on November 13, 1998.
N.	Meridian’s Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 21, 1998.
O.	Meridian’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 29, 2000.
P.	Meridian’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 1999.
Q.	Registration Statement No. 333-75312 on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 17, 2001.
R.	Meridian’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2001.
S.	Meridian’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2003.

 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 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.

Date: May 26, 2005

	By:	/s/ William J. Motto
		William J. Motto
		Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.