SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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): April 29, 2003
Gen-Probe Incorporated
| Delaware (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
0-49834 (Commission File Number) |
33-0044608 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
10210 Genetic Center Drive
San Diego, CA 92121
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(858) 410-8000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
| Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits. | ||||||||
| Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure (Information furnished in this Item 9 is furnished under Item 12) | ||||||||
| SIGNATURE | ||||||||
| EXHIBITS | ||||||||
| EXHIBIT 99.1 | ||||||||
Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(c) Exhibits
99.1 Press release dated April 29, 2003
Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure (Information furnished in this Item 9 is furnished under Item 12)
On April 29, 2003, Gen-Probe Incorporated issued a press release announcing its financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2003. A copy of this press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1. This Form 8-K and the attached exhibit are being furnished pursuant to Item 12 of Form 8-K (“Disclosure of Results of Operations and Financial Condition”) in accordance with the interim guidance provided by the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to SEC Releases Nos. 33-8216; 34-47583, insofar as they disclose historical information regarding the Registrant’s results of operations or financial condition for the quarter ended March 31, 2003.
In accordance with General Instruction B-6 of Form 8-K, the information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
SIGNATURE
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.
| Date: April 29, 2003 | GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED | |||
| By: | /S/ R. William Bowen
R. William Bowen Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary |
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EXHIBITS
| Exhibit | ||
| Number | Description | |
| 99.1 | Press Release dated April 29, 2003 |